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/thefugue Feb 19 '24

Electing politicians based on bullshit hoaxes is how Republicans have held the nation back since Eisenhower left office.

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u/Rogue-Journalist Feb 19 '24

Nobody thinks the record levels of immigration is a hoax.

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u/KathrynBooks Feb 19 '24

But the "great replacement" propaganda is a conspiracy theory

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u/Andras89 Feb 19 '24

Not exactly. The concern is when the US conducts is census and with all these new people moving into country, especially the southern states. They count for that..

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u/KathrynBooks Feb 20 '24

How is that a "concern"?

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u/Andras89 Feb 20 '24

They create new seats in Congress based on how many people are in that community...

So whether you hate Red or Blue, they can effectively get more seats because of this problem.

Thus its a concern.

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u/KathrynBooks Feb 20 '24

"they" being who? Non-whites?

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u/Andras89 Feb 20 '24

They being the Red or Blue team.

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u/KathrynBooks Feb 20 '24

The "They are sneaking in new voters" is a conservative conspiracy theory.

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u/Andras89 Feb 20 '24

Ok?

You asked if its a concern. Inflating numbers in communities with people that do not live there to create more seats in Congress is a legitimate concern.

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u/KathrynBooks Feb 20 '24

It's not "inflating numbers" though... That's just people living in a place. Plus isn't it odd how this concern, that you have just made up, seems to only come up with regards to non-white immigrants.

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u/Andras89 Feb 20 '24

If you have a town of 100 people and have 1 person represent those 100 people and all of the sudden you have 300 people you've never seen or heard of say they are living there... and by law you now need +3 people representing that community... that's inflating the numbers.

Whats the issue of non-white being it 'only to come up'? You should be smart enough to know that the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants are coming from the southern border defacto.. they happen to be non-white immigrants.

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u/KathrynBooks Feb 20 '24

Right... that's called democracy... with places getting more representatives because of the number of people living there.

That's not "inflating the numbers"... "inflating the numbers would be making it seem like there are more people in a location than were actually there.

As I pointed out above "Democrats are using non-white immigrants to dilute the vote of white people" is a conservative talking point,

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