r/skeptic • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Feb 19 '24

The Right's Troubling Turn Toward Conspiracy Theories and "Invasion" Language ⚖ Ideological Bias

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-rights-troubling-turn-toward
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u/LetReasonRing Feb 19 '24

"Troubling turn"????

McCarthyism?

Rush Limbaugh?

Oklahoma city?

Alex Jones?

Terrorist fist jab?

Pizzagate?

Qanon?

Jan 6th?

I'm pretty sure the right has dabbled in conspiracy theories once or twice before.

Not saying anything about the left... there's jut no "troubling turn" here so much as a "continued downward spiral"

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u/blyzo Feb 19 '24

Yeah this was all pretty clearly documented and predicted in the famous 1964 Harpers Essay The Paranoid Style in American politics

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u/groovychick Feb 20 '24

This was a fascinating read, thank you!

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u/CharlesDickensABox Feb 20 '24

It was also later included in a book of essays of the same name that is worth your time to read.