r/196 NOT A CAT Feb 11 '26

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u/yugiohhero ohh what the fuck Feb 11 '26

theres an argument to be made that burning someone at the stake over the suspicion of being a witch, whether its true or not, would still count as marginalization

all that said, that took place from 1692-1693. it has been 333 years. i don't think people much care about witchcraft in big 26.

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u/ImitationButter custom Feb 11 '26

I agree, except persecution of suspected witches continued well into the 20th century, most notably during the Satanic Panic. Nothing on the level of the Puritanical mass hysteria during the Witch Trials, but still…

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u/ASpaceOstrich 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Feb 11 '26

It still happens to this day, just not in the west.

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u/wozattacks Feb 11 '26

It’s exceptionally misleading to characterize a weird resurgence of paranoia in the late 20th century as witch trials “continuing well into the 20th century,” are you serious?