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As Of 2020, The Republican Party Has Become The Party Of Conspiracy Theorists
Historic fact explains the methods Republican strategists have employed throughout the decades to mold the political mindset of the white Christian conservative working class. Part hate-mongering, part fear-mongering, and, for every election cycle, some new and dangerous foreign menace and/or segment of U.S. society that poses a serious threat to the security and well-being of the GOP’s voting base.
After generations of this Republican mental torture inflicted on their right-wing and centrist supporters, these tens-of-millions of Americans will accept, as fact, any off the cuff remark, idle gossip, coffee break conversation, ridiculous rumor, social media bullsh!t, and/or the propaganda spewed by conservative radio and TV programs, etc. Anything that feeds their ever-increasing paranoia.
It’s nearly impossible to have a rational discussion with any conservative or the vast majority of centrists, since the impeached president trump cast his spell over them. The unending, unsubstantiated allegations, the groundless conspiracy theories that arise each day, and the growing right-wing fear of... everything, has made these seventy-plus million people putty in the hands of any Republican politician who offers them the slightest justification for all their fears, anxiety, and feelings of being constantly victimized.
The extreme right has gone so far away from center, the Flat-earthers among them are terrified they will soon fall off the edge of the Earth. Down there, there be dragons.
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As Of 2020, The Republican Party Has Become The Party Of Conspiracy Theorists
Historic fact explains the methods Republican strategists have employed throughout the decades to mold the political mindset of the white Christian conservative working class. Part hate-mongering, part fear-mongering, and, for every election cycle, some new and dangerous foreign menace and/or segment of U.S. society that poses a serious threat to the security and well-being of the GOP’s voting base.
After generations of this Republican mental torture inflicted on their right-wing and centrist supporters, these tens-of-millions of Americans will accept, as fact, any off the cuff remark, idle gossip, coffee break conversation, ridiculous rumor, social media bullsh!t, and/or the propaganda spewed by conservative radio and TV programs, etc. Anything that feeds their ever-increasing paranoia.
It’s nearly impossible to have a rational discussion with any conservative or the vast majority of centrists, since the impeached president trump cast his spell over them. The unending, unsubstantiated allegations, the groundless conspiracy theories that arise each day, and the growing right-wing fear of... everything, has made these seventy-plus million people putty in the hands of any Republican politician who offers them the slightest justification for all their fears, anxiety, and feelings of being constantly victimized.
The extreme right has gone so far away from center, the Flat-earthers among them are terrified they will soon fall off the edge of the Earth. Down there, there be dragons.
Even if it wanted to, the Republican Party can’t stop the spread of QAnon conspiracies and candidates which support them.
This election has seen the emergence of Republican Party candidates who support conspiracy theories like QAnon. Ben Margulies examines the rise of these candidates, and reminds us that US political…
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