Are Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories?

By artappraiser on Sun, 01/22/2023 - 8:02pm |

Leftists and conservatives are about equally prone to conspiracy theories; they just prefer different ones.

>0 = more common among conservatives
<0 = more common among lefties
0 = equally common on both sideshttps://t.co/9LtQngGdVm pic.twitter.com/O5l6dFlLsI
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) January 22, 2023

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-022-09812-3

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I'm neither right nor left, but when I gently called out rightwing COVID stupidity a couple of weeks ago, I lost almost 1,000 followers. The level of retardation — and the enthusiasm for erecting assorted strawmen —in the replies was staggering. https://t.co/S888YWsXI4
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

"The vaccines killed more people than helped people."

"No masks are effective."

"The vaccines are totally ineffective."

And on and on.
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

Oh, and my favorite: The repeated claim that Pfizer and Moderna officially claimed sterilizing immunity for their vaccines after they hit the market.

Spoiler: The fact that no deaths were reported in a regional clinical trial is not a claim of sterilizing immunity.
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

Here we go again. After I took on James Lindsay's pet "white holocaust" theory a few days ago, I got asked this question over and over in my replies for a day or two. I ended up blocking over 40 accounts.https://t.co/YhhU5iEOwc
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

Because antiwokes are taking on some of the worst characteristics of wokes — conspiracies, authoritarian tendencies, deliberate abuse of language, anti-speech, data aversion, groupthink — and hardly anyone among antiwokes is drawing attention to it. https://t.co/5h9y4wPA2q
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

No one else among the antiwokes is willing to take on certain topics because they know they'll lose lots of followers.
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 12:21am

Send your thank you cards to Elmo. “It’s bad news for those of us who still care about reality, objectivity and stuff that DOES happen because if feels like the internet lights a new torch and adds it to that peasant mob every day.” pic.twitter.com/Dt3HTM0WQk
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) January 25, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:24pm

Scott Adams maybe hit the end with his dumbass followers?

Scrolling through his tweets and...

...how can ANYONE read this and think he's on their side? pic.twitter.com/70qqEGhYcY
— Peak Himbo Energy (@RadHominin) January 24, 2023

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 1:57am

Maybe I was wrong, and Scott Adams was just trolling antivaxxers all along. https://t.co/Vmm0LUrCW4
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) January 24, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 4:52pm

now here's a paranoid lefty who sees bastard cops everywhere:

The two major parties are focused on fighting one another so they can stay employed and in power. Meanwhile, our communities that they took an oath to serve and protect are suffering.

Enough is enough. It's time to move Forward.
— Forward Party (@Fwd_Party) January 25, 2023

Can't help but noticing the cop rhetoric 'serve and protect'.
— Deplorable Deprogrammer (@Laurian_We) January 26, 2023

It's not "cop rhetoric", it's the oath they all take, the oath they're allowed to ignore when both parties decide it's not in their interest to hold them accountable.
— Bottom Text (@Chimerichrist) January 26, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:30am

One for the sports fans:

The @NFL needs Damar to be better quickly. The #NFL coerced players to getting the vax. The NFL doesn’t want to admit they poisoned the entire league. Damar wasn’t at the game. Damar isn’t ok. #DiedSuddendly #vaccines #DamarHamlinStrong

pic.twitter.com/d8b9NnNyZv
— Jesse J (@RealJesseJames7) January 25, 2023

To replace Damar Hamlin with a body double would need Hamlin's family, the hospital that treated him, the NFL, and a lot of media to be in on it, all for no apparent gain.
I know antivaxxers don't care about logic and evidence—if they did, they wouldn't be antivaxxers—but still. https://t.co/3WBrFcd3qj
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) January 25, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 1:13am

One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. [Preprint; N = 4,993; 1/5.] https://t.co/2V3NxxED7T pic.twitter.com/6onL2LapYN
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) January 26, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 3:19pm

Video disproves conspiracy theory b.s.
Conspiracy theory b.s.ers: That's unpossible! https://t.co/cG87i044nQ
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 27, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 4:58pm

I was just wondering where the Damar story went, when lo and behold, I see this in my feed;

Damar Hamlin’s recovery fuels anti-vaccine conspiracy theories https://t.co/4mHzs9mkWm
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) January 28, 2023

Something happens.
Idiots spread rumors.
Media reports on idiots spreading rumors.
Idiots are rewarded, learn to spread more rumors.
“News” monopolized by idiotic rumors.
Repeat.
— Kiel Christianson (@GolfWriterKiel) January 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 11:11am

oh and then conspiracies are spread about that

You’re telling me that St Thomas Aquinas is trending in the US but #TyreNichols isn’t?? Twitter is being shady af pic.twitter.com/0Z8Ah7IWGR
— Irene M. Cho (@irenemcho) January 28, 2023

(Everybody's got to talk about Tyre Nichols now - not just #Memphis, that doesn't count - because after all, CNN is covering him 24/7 and there's no other news or interests in the world - how come Twitter's trending menu is not also overtaken? Eh? Must be Elon Musk! Makes perfect sense! )

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 11:21am

Phil here is hopeful

Good to see, obviously, and I assume the lunatics spreading conspiracy theories about him (or “just asking questions”) will be humbled and repentant. https://t.co/Vwq6YPcJj5
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 29, 2023

But I say FAT CHANCE - can't ya see that's a body double?! Plus not a word about the deadly vax! No doubt Pfizer paid for the whole production...

(More seriously, he talks about like 25 fucking doctors, AS IF any normal person would get that attention. Nice as he is,that's a serious problem with our health care system - who gets the attention)

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 7:40pm

And they have those space lasers https://t.co/b1Vb3GtNZg
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 7, 2023

AI will neither confirm nor deny Jewish control of central banks. pic.twitter.com/CzzK0F7y1I
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 7, 2023

Also, when he claims that Jews were responsible for 9/11, he wants to be very clear he doesn’t mean ALL Jews. He’s merely claiming that SOME Jews were the secret puppet-masters who were behind the government conspiracy. pic.twitter.com/C0tav5MVlO
— Loren Collins (@LorenCollins) February 7, 2023

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 8:49pm

Lauren Boebert was today years old when she learned what Google and Apple maps do pic.twitter.com/r7peOWz15p
— ProLib | Resist Fascists (@prolibshow) February 6, 2023

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 8:56pm

People fall for hoaxes that appear to validate their existing biases and preferences. That Musk consistently promotes pro-Kremlin propaganda is telling even if it’s unintentional. If. https://t.co/RvTTFsx55a
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 6, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 3:12pm

Are Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories?

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