How to mainstream delusional thinking - Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls QAnon followers 'gentle' patriots theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…
This slow creep of insane conspiracy theories being accepted by an increasing number of the US right is a fundamental threat to democratic societies.
Engaging with conspiracy theorists who see everyone outside of their community as either dupes or part of the conspiracy is extremely dangerous, especially when that conspiracy claims the political opposition are a cult of Satanic paedophiles.
It's basically engaging with radicalised elements of society, and by giving them a sense of mainstream credibility you're only increasing the risk from those communities. It's incredibly irresponsible, but that's the pro-Trump Republican media for you in 2021.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Eliot Higgins

Eliot Higgins Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @EliotHiggins

8 Mar
lol these sites are garbage Image
More like 3 dollars
I like this site twice as much as the other one. Image
Read 4 tweets
8 Feb
New investigation from @Bellingcat shows how influencers use services that provide monkeys, tigers, lions and cheetahs that they pose with in their Instagram posts that can be tracked to a shady network involved in the wildlife trade bellingcat.com/news/mena/2021…
Our researchers were able to track multiple animals that appeared in different influencers' videos and photographs by using the pattern on the animals' fur.
Helpfully, the users who shared the photographs and videos of the animals on Instagram tagged the same account, the mysterious mbe.777
Read 22 tweets
8 Feb
You'd think with all the questions @marydejevsky has about me and Bellingcat she would have at least tried to have emailed us some questions while she was writing this piece, I'd have been happy to answer them. unherd.com/2021/02/bellin…
Mary on the edge here of discovering the details of my years playing World of Warcraft & administrating housing moves and bill payments for asylum seekers. What's more interesting to explain, the details of organising a 40 man raid on Blackwing Lair or our latest investigations?
Mary could answer many of these questions about our sources by reading our detailed articles about our sources and how we treat them, or listening to the many interviews I've given on the topic in the last couple of weeks bellingcat.com/resources/2020…
Read 5 tweets
19 Jan
Russia will not be participating as they've refused to take part in the hearing. Definitely the act of an innocent party.
Jacques Maire starts by explaining the situation they're investigating, the poisoning of Navalny with Novichok, and introduces the work of Bellingcat, as seen here bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
Read 34 tweets
8 Jan
Our latest on @bellingcat takes a look at the journey of Ashli Babbitt, from Obama supporter to MAGA QAnon cultist, and the shooting in the Capitol building on January 6th that led to her death.
bellingcat.com/news/2021/01/0…
In 2018, Ashli Babbitt expressed support for President Obama and opposition to Hillary Clinton, which led to her voting for Trump.
A year later, she was already referring to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led many to QAnon conspiracy theories
Read 7 tweets
21 Dec 20
BREAKING - In a bizarre twist in the Navalny FSB assassination case, Navalny managed to trick one of the FSB officers involved into providing details of the assassination attempt by phone, all caught on camera. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
The FSB officer involved in the post-operation clean up provided details of the attempt in a 45+ minute call with Navalny, including details of where the poison was placed - Navalny's underpants.
The FSB officer also provided Navalny, who he believed to be the assistant of a senior government figure, with the reason why he thought the plot failed.
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!