Pax on both houses: Contemporary Conspiracism In Context: "You're Not Entitled To Your Own Facts"

Monday, December 2, 2019

Contemporary Conspiracism In Context: "You're Not Entitled To Your Own Facts"

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Alan Archibald

I created the following blog post -- "You Are Not Entitled To Your Own Facts" -- while thinking about a life-long friend who has become a devout conspiracist and right-wing cultist.

Arthur has not yet declared himself a Trumpista per se but he openly champions Bolsonaro in Brazil, Salvini in Italy, and argues that Putin-and-Assad are champions of Syrian civilization fighting the barbarism of villainous "White Hats."

Simultaneously, he promotes the conspiracy theory that the massacre of 20 six year old kids at Sandy Hook Elementary School -- as well as every other firearm massacre for at least the last ten years -- has been designed by Homeland Security (using so-called "crisis actors") to "stage apparent massacres" in order to turn popular opinion against 2nd Amendment rights.

I spend conserable time communicating with people "on the hard right" and they routinely believe such nonsense.

Often, these are high-functioning people with remarkable social skills.

But they are also cultists participatin in delusional systems every bit as wacky as "Heaven's Gate," "The Moonies" and Jim Jones' church in Guyana.

"Bette Midler And The Trumpian Truth Of Ted Bundy"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/…/bette-midler-and-tru…

Recently, I challenged my friend by sending him the same email I sent to Laura Wood, a Catholic Traditionalist (not to be confused with "traditional Catholic"), including a cover letter that him what I told "The Thinking Housewife": he needs to visit Sutherland, Texas (like he recently visited war-torn Syria) to probe, first-hand, the massacre of 26 people gathered to worship at Sutherland Baptist Church, instead of thinking it was a dramatic montage choreographed by the federal government.

"Correspondence With 'The Thinking Housewife' About The Supposed Hoax Of Mass Murder At Sutherland Baptist Church In Sutherland, Texas."
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/…/names-of-sutherland-…