Widespread recognition of the phenomenon of the moral panic has spawned the "moral panic panic", where legitimate concerns about the safeguarding of children ha

Widespread recognition of the phenomenon of the moral panic has spawned the "moral panic panic", where legitimate concerns about the safeguarding of children have been swept aside as "just a moral panic", combined with the mockingly sarcastic use of the Simpsons quote "won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!" Yes, we know there aren't really gangs of pedo-satanists out there. Yes, we know it's manipulative to use children as an excuse to push an ideology. But knowing these things breeds complacency - as if no concern at all is necessary. Vulnerable people do still face the prospect of real harms every day, and it is still worth defending them, regardless of whether previous attempts at defence have been overwrought.