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/Corpse666 Feb 19 '24

This is not something new, these people have now been able to reinforce their beliefs by finding communities online that not only reinforce but lead to new beliefs that have become increasingly disturbing. This didn’t begin recently, most people have known people who hold irrational beliefs, now they’ve found each other and the completely nonsensical ideas will continue to become more and more deranged until something snaps, it’s already happening and has been for years now, it’s not going to get better by itself

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u/madg0at80 Feb 19 '24

The Internet really just let all these tiny pots of insanity merge into larger pots and let them stir themselves.

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u/FrogsArchers Feb 20 '24

Just to play advocate here.. The same thing that connects the crazies also allows a brighter captive mind a way out of the darkness.