08-29-2020, 12:40 PM
James Kirkpatrick has an article out that charges that Republicans in Washington are focused on the wrong conspiracy. He highlights two conspiracies being talked about - QAnon and 'white privilege.'
Interesting article and what he presents does not surprise me but rather reinforces the 'stupid party' label of the GOP.
Tale Of Two Conspiracy Theories: QAnon Is Harmless, “White Privilege” Provokes Riots. Guess Which One GOP Leadership Denounces?
Quote:The economic damage and human toll of the BLM riots is almost beyond calculation now, but the Republican leadership has still leapt to denounce “QAnon.”
Quote:Perhaps I’m being overly pessimistic. But pessimism encourages people to resist and fight, rather than being complacent. It’s complacency which has destroyed the American Right, as Republicans smugly tweet about “soy boy” leftists, smelly hippies or crazy intellectuals, without realizing that the supposed losers are the ones with real social, economic, and political power.
Possibly some people might use some QAnon theory to do something dangerous or stupid. However, even if we take the most expansive definition of the movement, most Americans hadn’t heard of it until journalists began panicking [QAnon’s conspiracy theories have seeped into U.S. politics, but most don’t know what it is, Pew Research Center, March 30, 2020]. Those aren’t QAnon mobs burning cities and rioting nonstop. Besides, as President Trump himself put it, is opposing child sex trafficking “supposed to be a bad thing?” If people believe something terrible is happening and the truth is that it’s not, what’s the problem?
In contrast, the most powerful conspiracy theory today is “white privilege,” which holds that the only reason blacks and Hispanics aren’t achieving the same level of success as whites is because of white racism. (Asians are conveniently ignored.) It legitimizes violence against women. It inspires self-hatred and even suspicion of one’s own white children. It radicalizes people to murder whites, even five-year-olds, with the indifference (or silent approval) of the MSM.
Interesting article and what he presents does not surprise me but rather reinforces the 'stupid party' label of the GOP.
Tale Of Two Conspiracy Theories: QAnon Is Harmless, “White Privilege” Provokes Riots. Guess Which One GOP Leadership Denounces?