A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.
  • admiralteal
    48•5 months ago

    she has accused the Satanic Temple of making filings that “are only meant to evoke strong emotions and incite others.”

    I don’t think anyone in the Satanic Temple would disagree with that. That’s honestly a pretty good description.

    It’s basically a rite of the religion, to stir up trouble. To rile people up until they reveal their hypocrisy.

    • @doctordevice@lemm.ee
      30•5 months ago

      The more positive spin version is that they test freedom of (and from) religion to ensure it is being applied broadly and not solely for Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Judaism.

    • Pup Biru
      6•5 months ago

      i would add just a tiny bit more to that if i were her

      are only meant to evoke strong emotions and incite others which is in turn only meant to correct hypocrisy