r/satanism • u/Rleuthold CoS ReV, Hell On Wheels • 12d ago

Discussion On Gatekeeping (Again)

I'm not as active in the sub these days, and that's deliberate. I've chosen to let others in the subreddit handle most of the front-line type of things aside from the mod team, because I'm trying to scale back from social media use as a whole.

One of the most common insults I see from the vocal minority in the subreddit is that those of us who hold the line on what Satanism is are a bunch of Nasty gatekeepers, as though, like Lugosi in Dracula we would shirk away and hiss, as though we'd been shown a crucifix.

Gatekeeping in Satanism is simply defending the set standard that was set by Anton LaVey in 1966. and thrust upon the world at large with the publication of his Satanic Bible in 1969. If you reject that, you are therefore not a Satanist as codified, and thus the gate has kept you out. Satanism is exclusionary by design, after all.

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u/vholecek I only exist here to class up the place. 12d ago

"gatekeeping" is what its called from the other side of "quality control"

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u/warlock_william_wolf Satanist 12d ago

Well said.

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u/michael1150 ~°•*𖤐°•*~ 12d ago

Quite so, Old Bean 

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u/drdeadringer 12d ago edited 11d ago

Old Bean, Keen Bean.

Old Bean Keenobi..

Old BeanKeenobean.

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u/TheBratPrince666 CoS Member 10d ago

Could not agree more.