An Article I just read

which basically said:

If you aren't a Liberal... you are a Conspiracy Theorist!

what the el does this mean and what for the future?

I think it means if you don't conform to the Leftist Ideology, you are all the words that the Lefties say you are.... including a conspiracy Theorist.

Will they be coming for us in our homes soon for not agreeing with the leftist Ideology?

Is what is written in the Article a Conspiracy itself??

Here is the Article:

www.niemanlab.org...

probably the main part of the Article I'm chatting about (If you don't want to read all or more):

“This conspiracy thinking that’s going on today takes a very different and novel and dangerous form,” she says, because it seeks to delegitimize political rivals, government agencies, the press and others who might stand in the way. “It unsettles the ground on which we argue, negotiate, and even disagree,” she and coauthor Russell Muirhead wrote in their 2019 book, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy. “It makes democracy unworkable — and ultimately, it makes democracy seem unworthy.”

One of the most influential ideas in conspiracy theory scholarship is that people who identify themselves as politically conservative are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. In a widely cited 1964 essay in Harper’s Magazine, Columbia University historian Richard Hofstadter argued that a “paranoid style” runs through conservative political movements of the twentieth century, fed by distrust of “cosmopolitans and intellectuals.” Uscinski says his polling research finds no evidence that conservatives are more prone to believe in conspiracy theories than liberals, but other researchers still think there’s something to this idea.

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They should survey ATS members. That would debunk that quickly.

a reply to: CrazeeWorld777
It means that "conspiracy theorist" is the new "fascist".
It is an attempt to criminalise criticism.

Just one of many things Controlled Opposition Trump accomplished. Right wingers are now seen as tin hatters and QanonTards, as well as anti maskers and anti vaxx. That was the whole purpose of his role. Because of all of this, Biden is now seen as the good guy who defeated Orange Man when he's just as much of a puppet. If you logically question this rushed vaccine, you're labeled a crazy Trunper. Like i've said before, Trumpers walked right into a Biden administration, that's always what was going to happen when "trusting the plan."

originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: CrazeeWorld777
It means that "conspiracy theorist" is the new "fascist".
It is an attempt to criminalise criticism.

Yes... I think youre right. No pun intended

a reply to: DarkestConspiracyMoon

Although I believe you're right (again no pun intended), I am a UK CItizen and believe this article relates to Global Politics, although the person interviewed is an American.

THe Sxxx has hit the fan.

a reply to: CrazeeWorld777
Attack conspiracy theorists creating a conspiracy theory sounds stupid for us but smart for them.

originally posted by: DarkestConspiracyMoon
Just one of many things Controlled Opposition Trump accomplished. Right wingers are now seen as tin hatters and QanonTards, as well as anti maskers and anti vaxx. That was the whole purpose of his role. Because of all of this, Biden is now seen as the good guy who defeated Orange Man when he's just as much of a puppet. If you logically question this rushed vaccine, you're labeled a crazy Trunper. Like i've said before, Trumpers walked right into a Biden administration, that's always what was going to happen when "trusting the plan."

Best CTer's post I'ma read today. Bet?

I suppose that this is yet another example of a progressive liberal institution, Harvard, and their propaganda arm known as the Nieman Journalism Lab, re-enforcing the left's agendas.

Their Moto:

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Link

Here is the info on the guy who wrote this.

Greg Miller is a science journalist based in Portland, Oregon. This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, an independent journalistic endeavor from Annual Reviews.

Knowable Magazine content is thoroughly researched, reported, edited, copy-edited and fact-checked. Review articles in Annual Review journals provide ideas, but editorial decisions and reporting decisions are made by the magazine staff, guided by what will best inform and intrigue readers. In this task they are guided by a Magazine Advisory Group, which includes leading journalists and communicators working in a variety of media. Knowable Magazine is supported by grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Knowable Magazine

a reply to: CrazeeWorld777

It's just an opinion article it doesn't mean anything.

It's just someones opinion.

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If they didn’t steal the election, why are they acting exactly like someone that stole an election?

A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy. “It makes democracy unworkable — and ultimately, it makes democracy seem unworthy.”

They have a completely different definition and understanding of the word” democracy” than I do.

Conspiracies are myths until they start becoming real and threatening to the perpetrators of the conspiracy, at which point they need to be silenced and labeled as whacko.

a reply to: mtnshredder

Yes... if what someone says is harming to someone else... their business for example, Twitter or Facebook, then its a conspiracy to have that site damaged. You're right.

If you're against any Governing body, you must be a conspiracy theorist and far right activist!

a reply to: CrazeeWorld777

Conservatives believed Trump won the election despite there being no proof. Conservatives (mostly) fell for Q-anon.
Conservatives believed Obama was a foreigner.

But things like 9/11 blow this theory out the water, where people on both sides of the US political divide cry conspiracy