A lecturer at the University of Waterloo and a post-doctoral fellow at Queen’s University in Kingston, she studies religion and social theory. Her primary focus rests on conspiracy theories, the Christian belief that the world is coming to an end…[Continue Reading...]
A conspiracy theory is defined as a theory that rejects the standard explanation for an event and instead credits a covert group or organization with carrying out a secret plot. Chances are, you can think of at least one conspiracy…[Continue Reading...]
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, which led to a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones for repeatedly calling the 2012…[Continue Reading...]
Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who gained notoriety as the “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed paperwork to run for Congress as a Libertarian candidate in the battleground state’s 8th Congressional District. Rep. Debbie Lesko,…[Continue Reading...]
From flags etched with burning Qs to “Where we go one, we go all” T-shirts and the infamous “QAnon Shaman,” the presence of QAnon at the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was palpable. Also prominent, albeit somewhat less visibly, were various…[Continue Reading...]
Researchers found conspiracy theories among the extreme right drive antisemitism and violence, according to a report published late last month. The GW Program on Extremism and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation published a report that discusses the…[Continue Reading...]
Alex Jones is fighting a bankruptcy judge’s ruling that he is on the hook for $1 billion he owes Sandy Hook families by arguing the old claim that Jones got a raw deal when he was defaulted for pretrial abuses…[Continue Reading...]
In Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories, Mike Rothschild (who is not related to the banking family) shows how seamlessly fantasies freshly baked by today’s Rothschild-crazies connect to the antisemitic mythology of yore. Members of…[Continue Reading...]
The rapid outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a pandemic known as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A recent Scientific Reports study assessed the effect of religiosity, education, trust in scientists, and political orientation on people’s belief…[Continue Reading...]
At least since the publication of Richard Hofstadter's "The Paranoid Style in American Politics," belief in conspiracy theories has been seen as an aberrational, fringe phenomenon. But what if is isn't? A 2014 study by Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood…[Continue Reading...]
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