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Not every conspiracy theorist is an antisemite...

Not every conspiracy theorist is an antisemite...

...but pretty much every antisemite is a conspiracy theorist.

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Damian Penny
Jun 30, 2021
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More evidence, as if any were needed, that elaborate conspiracy theories are a gateway drug to a belief that teh Jooooos secretly control everything:

A new Morning Consult survey tracking right-wing authoritarian beliefs shows that while not all believers of the conspiracy theory that helped spur the insurrection are antisemites, a large majority of adherents to a century-old antisemitic hoax are also believers of QAnon. And though efforts to deplatform the conspiracy group have sent QAnon underground, data shows that believers’ views on the issues that led to the insurrection track closely with those of self-identified U.S. conservatives.

U.S. adults in the April 26-27 survey were asked questions regarding two notable conspiracy theories: QAnon — described as a belief that the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles made up of left-wing politicians, religious figures and Hollywood elites — and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a hoax document first published in the e…

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