Baseless accusations are branding people as satanist pedophiles at the speed of the internet — just ask a GOP prosecutor who recently lost re-election.
, carrying long guns and banners that read “Groomers are not welcome in Idaho,” invoking the term that has bridged anti-LGBTQ activism and the more generic panic over child trafficking and abuse. Thirty-one members of the white power group Patriot Front were arrested on charges of conspiracy to riot.
“The satanic panic mongers have always loved the idea that we’re harassing children or otherwise harming them,” he said. “And that whatever they do against us is justified in the name of preserving the children.” Social media can also power new accusations, launch police investigations and invite harassment or worse upon the accused who have little recourse to defend themselves.that they were reopening an investigation into allegations of sexually explicit crimes against several members of the community.
“I went in, swords drawn, and tried to wade my way through it,” Day said in a phone interview. “And then I realized what I was up against.” Day described Garcia’s family as friends who owned the one house in the neighborhood with a swimming pool. Kids, including his own, were always welcome, he said. By the time Day thought to make his Facebook profile private, it had already been swarmed with Garcia’s supporters. People commented under photos of his children that he was a pedophile, posting his home address and writing that they were “coming for him.” Some described the things that would happen to him in prison. Others sent him violent videos like one with kittens being put through sausage grinders. They wrote that his grandchildren should be kept far away from him.
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