The concept of a permanent moral panic contradicts its definition.

Evidence

The notion of a ‘permanent moral panic’ is less an exaggeration than a oxymoron. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 113

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 113
• XREF: connects to: A moral panic is a widespread fear, most often an irrational one, that someone or something is a threat to the values, safety, and interests of a community or society at large. — A Sociological Understanding of Moral Panic; A moral panic sometimes passes over and is forgotten, except in folklore and collective memory. — Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The creation of the Mods and Rockers; Even without immediate traces of routinization, moral panics create cognitive deposits and memories that may make the next panic have longer-lasting effects; thus no moral panic should be considered trivial. — ‘Good Moral Panics’ and the Late Modern Condition (+3 more)