When Behindology Gets Out of Hand
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“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” was almost certainly never said by Sigmund Freud – but what is to be done when conspiracies are more appealing than facts?
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Sep 9, 2023
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Jason Scott Montoya @JasonSMontoya
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Sep 9, 2023
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“One of the undeniable appeals of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s quixotic campaign to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2024, despite its limited chance of success, is his bracing honesty.”
“RFK Jr.’s liability is that he habitually takes things too far.”
“My concern is that RFK Jr.’s making conspiratorial lies acceptable, normalizing them in campaign discourse, will generate more of these toxic conspiracy theories, when what we need is fact-based and dispassionate investigation.”