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Getting in on -- and tossed out of -- the Satanist Temple joke [View all]
From the article:
Jex Blackmore is a Satanist, as she plainly admits to the camera in Director Penny Lanes documentary Hail Satan?, a portrait of the 30-something Blackmore that opened earlier this year.
But shes not a Satan worshipper. A self-proclaimed Satanic feminist, she was until recently a national spokesperson for the non-theistic, religious-cum-political-activist group called The Satanic Temple. She defines a Satanist as an individual who embraces her pariah status and actively challenges arbitrary authority in defense of personal sovereignty....
The Satanic Temple insisted her appearance (and incendiary rhetoric) wasnt formally sanctioned by TST, and it has since severed ties with Blackmore. Blackmore, for her part, criticized the organizations lack of diversity, charging in a recent interview with Jezebel that weve again seen an organization consolidate power into the hands of a group of men or people who support and act as a mouthpiece for those men. She went on to point out that Satanism has long been vulnerable to being co-opted by white supremacists.
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https://religionnews.com/2019/05/24/getting-in-on-and-tossed-out-of-the-satanist-temple-joke/
Did Satan cause these white supremacists to be intolerant?
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What "point" would one be trying to make if they are threatening to kill someone?
trotsky
May 2019
#25
Every bumper sticker starts with a saccharine and ultimately useless anecdote.
Act_of_Reparation
May 2019
#15
If we look at what she said, it was that some white supremacists have historically had a tendency
muriel_volestrangler
May 2019
#26