Fringe and conspiracy theories have long been a part of the undercurrent of American culture, often dismissed as the tinfoil hat echochamber. On this episode of Let’s Talk About Race, we take a look at how detrimental these theories like QANON are.
“I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
—— Malcolm X
Domestic terrorism is real. It's why we conduct lockdown drills for active shooters & bomb threats in our schools. Wanting to dedicate resources to prevent these atrocities should not scare the American people; what should scare them is if we do nothing.
I’m a mom of 3 who is wide awake at 1am & 4am every day pumping to increase breast milk supply for my 1 month old daughter.
I, and millions of other parents like me, will never forget how 192 Republicans voted against fixing the baby formula supply issue.
BREAKING: The House votes 414-9 in favor of a bill ensuring access to baby formula with low-income women, infants, and children (WIC) benefits during this shortage.
All 9 NO votes were Republicans, including Boebert, Gaetz, Gohmert, Gosar, Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
On the SAME day, Republicans both held a press conference blaming Biden for the baby formula shortage *AND* voted against a bill that would ensure access to baby formula amid a shortage.
The only question reporters should be asking Elise Stefanik is why she's claiming to be "very saddened" about the shooting in Buffalo when she paid for Facebook ads promoting the exact conspiracy theory the shooter espoused.
There's been a lot of discussion about the neighborhood in which the anti-Black white supremacist terriorist attack occured. Here's a short 🧵on the area from a person who not only lives in the area, but who is researching it as well. 👇🏿
Journalism students: this is a good example to bring up when the conversation is about “objectivity” and how we frame people we identify with and how we frame people we DON’T identify with.
With these theories now basking in the limelight of mainstream media channels like Fox News and OANN, these theories are now ingrained in right wing society. To listen to this episode of LTAR click here: https://t.co/xyhJzA7Ldg
Fringe and conspiracy theories have long been a part of the undercurrent of American culture, often dismissed as the tinfoil hat echochamber. On this episode of Let’s Talk About Race, we take a look at how detrimental these theories like QANON are.
Over the last few years they have become much more prominent and much more dangerous with the viral spread of these theories. Social media hashtags like innocuous # savethechildren, were started by QANON members.