Even though no compelling evidence ever surfaced to prove the fantasies those modern-day witch hunters were selling (and that's exactly what most of them were doing), many completely innocent people were harassed or jailed because too many people believed in that bullshit.ĥ. Anything vaguely "occult" was suspect, whether it was music with darker themes, role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, or the activities of harmless magical groups such as Wiccans. Perhaps the craziest moral panic unleashed during the '80s was the "Satanic panic" - in which religious wackos, law enforcement groups, tabloid media and certain "experts" tried to convince everyone else that large numbers of people were involved in organized Satanic criminal activities - sacrificing babies, molesting children and other horrific stuff straight out of a bad movie.
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During the decade, groups formed to protest arcade games, the PMRC tried to gut music that it found offensive, and there were attempts to crack down on pornography, just to name a few efforts. There have been killjoy creeps looking to stop anything young people considered fun throughout the 20th century, but a bunch of them really ramped up their efforts in the '80s. Things were looking extremely grim for anyone coming of age or contemplating having sex back then. Add to that that Ronald Reagan's administration considered it to be a "gay disease," and didn't rush to respond to the health crises adequately. I don't think there's anything that I can say about this terrible disease that hasn't been said better by others already, but suffice it to say, AIDS sucks, and it was almost always a death sentence in the '80s. There was a lot going on, just as there is during any era of American history, but before we collectively glaze over all the rough spots and romanticize the 1980s, let's take a look at some of the things that weren't cool at all. The show got me thinking though.I grew up during the '80s, transitioning from child to adult during that time.
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Recently, the Netflix series Stranger Things has a lot of viewers talking about the 1980s again, and it's understandable the show is great, and goes a long way toward capturing the look and feel of that decade without overdoing it. The distance of 20 or more years can work wonders for a decade's cultural reputation, especially among those too young to have a firm memory of an era, or folks who weren't even alive at the time. Nostalgia for certain decades is a strange thing it creeps up on people slowly over time, as the memory of its unpleasant parts fades and is replaced by a kind of hazy idealization.
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