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QUESTION The Growth of Mainstream Conservative Conspiracy Theories - Areo

If we are to look at some examples of “fringe” beliefs in popular conservatism, I think my point become more clear. I can’t, for instance, come up with a liberal counterpart to someone like Alex Jones who, to his two million weekly listeners, has touted theories like the use of the US’s “gay bomb,” a souped-up vaccine conspiracy suggesting that vaccine side effects are intentional, or the suggestion that the Sandy Hook shooting was orchestrated. Jones once hosted a guest on his show who claimed that NASA was operating a child-sex ring on Mars. Jones says this all, of course, while he peddles his wares, a major source of income for his show: male virility supplements and apocalypse preparedness kits.

zblaze 7 Jan 12
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Alex Jones sounds like a parody of someone like Alex Jones. It's hard to believe ANYONE listens to him and says: "Hmm. Yes, he's got a point I never thought about." And Fox News channel has plenty more of the same ilk. But there are real wacky stories going around online. Michelle Obama is really a man, or maybe a Gorilla. Barak on the other hand was of course, as every trump fan knows, from Kenya, and a Moslem - or, on the other hand , he could be a shape shifting lizard being. Reptilian. And they never had children, the children are props. HEY, not my opinions, just quoting mad conspiracies.

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why are you watching that bunk? STOP IT

LOL I stopped watching him three years ago. He was just one example of conservative conspiracy wingnuts.

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I thought vaccine conspiracy was a crazy leftist vegan thing.... hmmm

I've always thought it was science denying, religious conservatards that were propagating that nonsense...lol

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