In social media groups and private channels, adherents share photos and discuss whether people like John Krasinski or Erin Darke have had gender-affirming surgeries and/or perform blood rituals to Baphomet.
I don’t even know what a “Baphomet” is, but these people STILL sound batshit insane to me
Baphomet is the goat-headed humanoid, usually depicted with one hand showing two fingers pointed up and the other hand with two fingers pointed down (as above, so below). Usually associated with the occult or pagan religions, today it’s usually referred to as the Satan goat.
I wanted to, but most of the ones I found had Baphomet depicted with female-presenting breasts, and I wanted to ensure I wasn’t going to break any rules by sharing it.
Edit:
If you’d like a more cartoonish version of him, then this image taken from the game The Binding of Isaac should suffice, even though he’s labeled as “Satan” when you fight him.
The transvestigation people are absolutely insane. They’ve made up this whole universe where every celebrity is trans and they’re being transed for the glory of Satan/ to destroy the family. It’s incredibly weird. It goes from casual transphobia to belief in a satanic cabal in seconds. It’s whole logic is basically “there is no variation in human body in regards to sex, therefore, any variation is proof that someone is trans”. It’s basically Incel body rating for terfs.
They tried to claim that Andre the giant was FTM, which is hilarious if you know anything about Transmascs.
One section has declared that Dylan mulvaney is a “Double flipper”, who was born female, was made to transition to male, and then transitioned to female.
They will literally declare that folds in clothing or proof that someone has a penis. Completely innocent folds in clothing.
The Satanic Panic was around long before D&D and heavy metal music and it never really left. It just moved on to new targets. Someone, somewhere has always been doing something satanic as a plot, it’s just easier to find people talking about it in the age of social media.
Same with conspiracy theories. The alt-right never invented anything new, they just recycled things that wingnuts and cranks have been spouting for centuries and adapted them to modern settings. Look at the parallels between “Hillary tortures children and drinks their blood to stay young” and the old Blood Libel conspiracy for example.
I go back and forth as to why I think this kind of thing is so enduring. Maybe people need to believe in some kind of evil because it allows them to feel good about being on the “right” side of something. It could make them feel smart to find “secrets” that people won’t openly admit (because they aren’t true). Or they feel some kind of cognitive dissonance if they don’t have an enemy and invent one to quiet it. Or maybe it’s just a convoluted effort to take control over something they aren’t comfortable with in a “he who can destroy a thing, controls the thing” sort of way. Maybe all of them even.
I dunno, like you said, people are goddamn stupid and fucking nuts sometimes. Shame they’re so often dangerous because of it.
I don’t even know what a “Baphomet” is, but these people STILL sound batshit insane to me
Baphomet is the goat-headed humanoid, usually depicted with one hand showing two fingers pointed up and the other hand with two fingers pointed down (as above, so below). Usually associated with the occult or pagan religions, today it’s usually referred to as the Satan goat.
…so it’s even dumber than I thought.
You can share images here.
Exit: but thanks for the info
I wanted to, but most of the ones I found had Baphomet depicted with female-presenting breasts, and I wanted to ensure I wasn’t going to break any rules by sharing it.
Edit:
If you’d like a more cartoonish version of him, then this image taken from the game The Binding of Isaac should suffice, even though he’s labeled as “Satan” when you fight him.
That’s all I needed to hear.
The transvestigation people are absolutely insane. They’ve made up this whole universe where every celebrity is trans and they’re being transed for the glory of Satan/ to destroy the family. It’s incredibly weird. It goes from casual transphobia to belief in a satanic cabal in seconds. It’s whole logic is basically “there is no variation in human body in regards to sex, therefore, any variation is proof that someone is trans”. It’s basically Incel body rating for terfs.
They tried to claim that Andre the giant was FTM, which is hilarious if you know anything about Transmascs.
One section has declared that Dylan mulvaney is a “Double flipper”, who was born female, was made to transition to male, and then transitioned to female.
They will literally declare that folds in clothing or proof that someone has a penis. Completely innocent folds in clothing.
They’re absolutely insane.
The Satanic Panic was around long before D&D and heavy metal music and it never really left. It just moved on to new targets. Someone, somewhere has always been doing something satanic as a plot, it’s just easier to find people talking about it in the age of social media.
Same with conspiracy theories. The alt-right never invented anything new, they just recycled things that wingnuts and cranks have been spouting for centuries and adapted them to modern settings. Look at the parallels between “Hillary tortures children and drinks their blood to stay young” and the old Blood Libel conspiracy for example.
I go back and forth as to why I think this kind of thing is so enduring. Maybe people need to believe in some kind of evil because it allows them to feel good about being on the “right” side of something. It could make them feel smart to find “secrets” that people won’t openly admit (because they aren’t true). Or they feel some kind of cognitive dissonance if they don’t have an enemy and invent one to quiet it. Or maybe it’s just a convoluted effort to take control over something they aren’t comfortable with in a “he who can destroy a thing, controls the thing” sort of way. Maybe all of them even.
I dunno, like you said, people are goddamn stupid and fucking nuts sometimes. Shame they’re so often dangerous because of it.
I know these are crazy people, but I love the casualness of “having surgery and/or performing blood rituals” 😛
Whichever.
“Basically the same thing”
Gender affirming surgeries, blood rituals to Baphomet, same thing.