If only there were a way for me to combine the shitty politics of fundamentalism, the self-righteous smugness of atheism, and the patent ridiculousness of magick! Then they'd *have* to invite me to the cool parties!
How is it that people (like reddit atheists and Satanists) constantly complain about "sheeple" and "brainwashed Christians", and then turn around and have the exact same fucking opinions? They're just sheeple with fedoras!
I Liked That Joke, January 15, 2017, 12:18:49 pm
These groups tend to accommodate people that want to piggyback onto a movement without doing any of the work involved in actually understanding the ideas the movement is supposedly based on. They get to be a part of something.
I think there are three possibilities here:
-Teen internet Satanists have always had terrible opinions on things like trans rights, they just never had an opportunity to really deliver their hot takes because there wasn't a heated national discussion about these issues back during web 1.0
-Their contrarian impulses have more to do with messages of tolerance and acceptance in the -lamestream media, man- than conservatism or Christianity.
-There is a tiny man living inside their fedoras telling them at regular intervals "shitpost about the "SJW"s, or I will never tell you the secrets of how to increase your sex power"