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It's a good time to talk about the philosophy of satanism and strip away the LaVeyian Church of Satan's grasp on it. LaVey and "Lucien Greaves" are a bunch of carnie hacks who extort copyrighted symbols for cashflow, using their position as self-appointed authorities on satanism to enable eugenicist and neo-nazi rhetoric, but then turning around and suing a small group of progressive satanists for "politicizing" the church because they espoused anti-fascist views.

Satanism at its core is looking out for your own wellbeing and questioning power structures as to whether they're helping or hindering your personal freedoms, but also being responsible to the people around you and facilitating a fair and equal world for everyone. The "Satan" part of "satanism" isn't anti-religion, it's egalitarity and freedom - and that means honoring the faith of others.

The LNX video is more of a cultural satanism, poking fun at the Christian boogeyman of Hell. That in itself is an interesting conversation - personally, the Christian backlash against this music video rings hollow when I remember the irreverent way the Simpsons handled Hell and Satan. Hell hasn't been taboo for decades. And the commentary of the video, that LNX is trolling about religious conservatism as a response to his repression and backlash as a gay man, justifies the video in my eyes.

But my current bag is philosophical satanism, and the hokeyness of LeVayian Satanism in relation to the egalitarian roots of philosophical satanism. If we're talking about satanism right now, let's talk about satanism.

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