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[–]unUSEFULidiot 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pretty sure the "satanic panic" started the trend. It was a moral panic, similar to the moral panic around childhood kidnappings in the 80's and the panic around shark attacks in the summer of 2001 I believe.

I recommend searching up Jonathan Haidt on YouTube. The guy has a couple of lectures which give a good overview of the phenomenon.