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- Sep 2024
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www.splcenter.org www.splcenter.org
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The suspect accused of a mass murder at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018 and the killer behind an attack at a mosque and a community center in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 2019 each cited the “great replacement” theory. So did the suspect in the August 2019 attack on a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and the individual who opened fire at a synagogue in Poway, California, and set fire to a mosque in Escondido, California, in 2019.
list of attacks in fear of the great replacement theory
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www.britannica.com www.britannica.com
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national governments or unspecified elites are secretly directing the replacement
government involvement too
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or circumstance that accuses powerful actors of working in secret for their own benefit, against the common good, and in a way that undermines bedrock societal norms, rules, or laws
meaning of conspiracy theory
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the scientific consensus on climate change (Miller et al., 2016), the authenticity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate (Pasek et al., 2014), COVID-19 (Miller, 2020), and the election of Joe Biden
things that cater to republican beliefs
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identify Republicans, conservatives, corporations, and the rich as conspirators
things that cater to democratic beliefs
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the left is more prone to conspiracy theorizing than the right
"nuh-uh"
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fake news and misinformation online
right is more likely to engage with fake news & misinformation
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an artifact of which conspiracy theories researchers investigate
conspiracy theories are catered to individual interests, thus some conspiracy theories will only attrach certain people and not others
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