Exactly. It's a grave error to claim that people like Melissa from Florida just have mental problems. They may very well. But millions of ppl share her beliefs of fighting daily with Satan and his demons.
Here's one of many sites promoting this belief web.archive.org/web/2021072023…
Here's one of many sites promoting this belief web.archive.org/web/2021072023…
https://twitter.com/fafagirl102/status/1433126380535889922
People like Melissa from Florida are the core audience of Alex Jones, QAnon, Donald Trump, & any other right-wing grifter you can imagine. She and her church friends are the people they prey upon.
Jones et al have weaponized religious extremism for money and for political power.
Jones et al have weaponized religious extremism for money and for political power.
It works bc right-wing media is a politico-religious "Matrix" for the weak-minded. People are totally mentally occupied w/an enormous array of programming across many formats.
For a brief look inside the giant Salem Media empire, see this from @anelsona flux.community/anne-nelson/20…
For a brief look inside the giant Salem Media empire, see this from @anelsona flux.community/anne-nelson/20…
@anelsona The grift is then made financially sustainable by peddling fake medical remedies. The very fact that they don't work is then monetized bc other ones are offered in their place.
Because the hosts are so trusted, the audience never sees the shell game: flux.community/conor-hefferna…
Because the hosts are so trusted, the audience never sees the shell game: flux.community/conor-hefferna…
@anelsona The Salem Media extremist factory and others like it are supported by MSM hosts like @chucktodd who invite their front-people like Hugh Hewitt on. They get recruits from these shows, just like they do from moderate churches that unwittingly buy their services.
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