not sure how its meaning could be tarnished so much.

Christianity and labeling anything they deem "unchristian" as Satanic. That's how.

Same reason we got "Explicit Content" warning stickers on Compact Discs with cuss words and "clean" versions of the same albums with cuss words censored out.

It's pretty bog standard for controlling authoritarians who rely on Faith and not evidence. Destroy any evidence that contradicts the "faithfuls" narrative, which is why you get book burnings and such.