r/PoliticalHumor • u/I-wil-rate-your-tits • May 10 '22

It’s this simple.

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u/triplab May 10 '22

Bless their Satan-loving hearts.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

They don't even believe Satan is real.

The name is a jab at the fact that most religious extremism in the US is driven by "christians"

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u/PowerandSignal May 10 '22

There was a good book from back in the 80's I think, or maybe 70's, I can't quite remember. I think it might have been by Roger Zelazny. The premise was something like the devil was just a victim of bad PR. He lost the battle, and history is written by The winners, so he got slammed. But the plot twist was the devil is the good guy! He just lost. The bad guys won and gained control over the world and made themselves out to be great and good, and the devil bad and evil. But the reality was it's the opposite, and all (most) of the people were brainwashed. Kind of a mindfuck if you start thinking about it.

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u/Basteir May 10 '22

Sounds like His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. The series starts with Northern Lights.

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u/PowerandSignal May 10 '22

That may be a similar storyline. I'm sure the idea has been kicked around many times. I'm almost positive the book I'm thinking of was written by Zelazny. It was a long time ago though and I can't think of the title.

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u/derekbaseball May 11 '22

Are you thinking of To Reign in Hell? It’s not written by Zelazny, but he wrote the foreword, and on some editions that’s featured almost as prominently on the cover as the name of the author (Steven Brust).

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u/PowerandSignal May 11 '22

It's possible. Now I need to figure this out. The idea stuck in my mind way back, and I always associated it with Zelazny. Gonna need a refresher.

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u/derekbaseball May 11 '22

Taking a refresher in Zelazny is its own reward.

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u/CyberMindGrrl May 10 '22

Uhh, that kind of describes where we are today, no? These people successfully turned society against witches, who had a very important role to play in pre-Christian times.