![]() ![]() It ripples outward to yet again demonize marginalized groups. Just like in the '80s and '90s, it's not just the secret, powerful Satanists who are the focus of this cultural fear. Rippling outward from there, an even larger sample of the population seems to be stuck on the idea that children's books and history classrooms hide a secret evil that's coming for our children.Īnti-trans advocates keep contradicting each other QAnon is still growing (in 2021, an alarming 16 percent of Americans said they believe its core tenets, according to a 2022 PRRI study), pushing the idea that secret Satanists within the government are both sacrificing children (because the bad guy is always secretly sacrificing children) and trying to undermine your personal safety and take away your (unspecified) rights. The panic stole some part of our innocence and had a ripple effect deep into our lives.įor the past few years, I've watched-with growing unease-as another Satanic Panic unfolds in my lifetime. With our childhoods missing pieces because instead of laughing at cartoons, we were being asked to interrogate them, tattle on them, and destroy them in the name of God. With our panic attacks and our shame and our confusion about who and what to trust. One couple spent 21 years behind bars.Īnd then there were the invisible victims, like me and my cohort. ![]() Terrified parents decided their kids were being abused by daycare providers and, despite a complete lack of evidence, the paranoia that had gripped the nation pushed judges and juries to convict. It can do real harm.ĭuring the Satanic Panic of the '80s and '90s, that fear led to the false imprisonment and deportation of innocent people. But when the fear is unjustified-not grounded in real danger-it can be a prison. It asks, "Do you really want to walk down that dark alley"? It protects. Because fear is natural, and even good sometimes. Some (even innocuous) things still do.įear is something I've since learned to interrogate in myself. For so much of my life, everything felt like a threat. I'm hypervigilant, prone to panic attacks, triggered in the clinical sense of the word. You may not be surprised to learn that I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in my 20s. A collection of fever-pitch fears that the most innocuous things might be the very path to hell. Ironically, in the crossfire of both panics lie the children-who are learning to be afraid Boas have heat sensitive scales in their faces that help them to sense when prey is near.Now, the so-called villains are drag queens, queer people, history teachers, gender rebels. They do not move very fast it is not necessary because they lie patiently and wait to ambush their prey instead of chasing it down. Adaptationsīoa constrictors are not venomous instead they wrap their bodies around their prey and squeeze until the prey can no longer breathe. Their patterns can vary to match their environment. Their coloration can be pinkish or tan with a dark brown or black pattern. The largest is the Anaconda, which also lives in the forests of South America. They are not the largest or longest snake. They usually weigh between 60 and 100 or more pounds once fully grown. The largest ever recorded was 18 feet long. Sizeįully grown boa constrictors average 6 - 14 feet in length. They catch the bats by hanging in trees and snatching them as they fly by. Dietīoa constrictors are carnivorous and feed on a variety of small animals including birds, rodents, and lizards. ![]() Although they are excellent swimmers, they generally avoid the water. They may be found in trees or on the ground. These remarkable snakes are highly adaptable to different conditions and can be found in a variety of habitats including rainforests, agricultural areas and deserts. ![]()
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