1/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- All adults know there is little in our lives we can #Control; we can control ourselves, & for some time, our children. Little else.
- Some people are very uncomfortable w #LackOfControl
- Many people find #Comfort in #Religion
@MaddowBlog
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2/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- In seeking #Comfort to #MakeSenseOfConfusion that seems to surround us, some people gravitate to conspiracy theories
- Like #SnakeOil they provide answers to same #Confusion facing us all
- Without proven #Facts they erode #Democracy
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3/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #Confusion is not #Comfortable
- #Facts we can establish provide a #Framework of #Reality
- Most adults verify #Reality thru #Facts they feel are #Verified
- #ConspiracyTheories are mostly based on #Opinions, not verifiable #Facts
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4/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #ConspiracyTheories often offer an #AlternativeReality based on #Opinions & #Inuendo, not #Facts
- A #Dangerous period in #American history was launched by #ConspiracyTheorist #SenJoesephMcCarthy known as “ #McCarthyism”
@MaddowBlog
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5/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #SenJosephMcCarthy targeted many #Americans accusing them of being “ #Communists” most of which proved untrue, but nevertheless ruined careers merely by #CreatingDoubt at time of great anxiety abt #Russians during #ColdWar.
@BeschlossDC
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6/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- Conspiracy theories have various #Agendas: selling products, creating #AlternativeReality to push particular #Lies for #Political reasons
- The theories are not based on #Facts, they’re constructed of plausible #Opinions #Inuendo or #Lies
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7/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- At a time of high #Anxiety #Confusion, from #COVID19 #RacialTensions #IncomeDisparity tanking #Economy & attacks on our #Elections, people are “ripe” to believe conspiracy theories which SEEM to provide answers.
@BeschlossDC @waltshaub
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8/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #Trump rode his 1st #Campaign to victory on the #Lie & #ConspiracyTheory/ #Birtherism challenging @BarackObama’s citizenship.
- Master of #MediaManipulation #Trump has no compunction for using any tactics to #WinAnElection including #Lies
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9/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #Trump has a #Paranoid personality adopting many others’ #AlternateRealities & #Conspiracies, then “selling” as his own.
- #Trump’s lately challenging coming #Election as full of #VoterFraud. This unproven #Lie damages #Democracy.
@AC360
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10/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- Unproven #Lies abt #VoterFraud decreases confidence in #DemocraticProcess & efficacy of our #Election2020
- Telling #Voters the #ConspiracyTheory that their #Votes will be #Stolen #Discarded #NotCounted is false #Political & unproven.
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11/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #America has never had a president telling as many #Lies as #Trump now over 20,000
- #America has never had a president believing & spreading non-stop #ConspiracyTheories. Many #Facts dispute these #Theories.
@MaddowBlog @jheil @JoeBiden
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12/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- Presidents should support our #Election process not undermine it; #Trump’s #Lies amount to #VoterSuppression by lowering confidence in our #Democracy
- Peddling #AltenateReality #Trump primes #TrumpSupporters to challenge #Election2020
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13/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- If #Trump loses #Election2020 he’s already says it will be “ #Rigged” signaling #TrumpSupporters to challenge the outcome.
- #America has ALWAYS had a #PEACEFULTransitionOfPower, where losers gracefully concede.
@SethAbramson @MaddowBlog
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14/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- Responsible #Americans must rely on proven #Facts not #ConspiracyTheories to guide their #Actions
- #Trump has #Blamed hundreds of people for 100s of unproven actions & theories, including blaming #Democrats for #rigging #Election2020
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15/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- #Americans must not allow our #Democracy to be hijacked by unproven #ConspiracyTheories. We must base our actions on #Facts not unproven #Lies.
- #TrumpSupporters may threaten @JoeBiden’s win, if he wins, by #Violence #Lies & #Chaos
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16/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- We must trust the tried & true #Integrity of our #ElectionProcess & not be #Bullied into #Distrusting #Lies spread in a #AlternateReality
- #Trump has put winning above all else, including risking 190,000 #COVID19 #Deaths
@SethAbramson
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17/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- @JoeBiden has called for #Trump to say “[all] #Violence is wrong” without response from #Trump
- Our #Democracy has always relied on & supported a #PeacefulTransitionOfPower...(cont’d)
@MaddowBlog @BeschlossDC @SethAbramson @JoeBiden
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18/.. #Democracy & #ConspiracyTheories
- ..(cont’d) Whatever outcome of #Election2020 we can’t allow fabric of #Democracy be shredded. We must have faith in our #Constitution #BillOfRights #RightToVote #RightToVote & #ElectionWorkers beyond call of duty efforts during #COVID19.
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Time to #WakeUp & realize magnitude of situation we are in, & the #Threat to our #Democracy.
- Can’t sit & passively be disengaged
- If there was EVER a time to be #Engaged & #TakeAction this is it
- #Vote Call write tweet meet with representatives
#ThreatToDemocracy @AmerIndivis https://twitter.com/nora_kelly/status/1301968385517985792

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& #Danger to Democracy of #ConspiracyTheories

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