Paul Rosenberg

@PaulHRosenberg

"As through this world I travel, I meet lots of funny men. Some will rob you with a six-gun, and some with a fountain pen."

Highland Park, CA
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Joined July 2009
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    22 Jul 2019

    Trump is what he acts like: A racist schoolyard bully. A 7-year-old in a 70-year-old body. He never grew up & he never will, an expert who's dealt with such leaders abroad explains, his "antisocial personality disorder" fits a common pattern

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    19 hours ago

    This won't surprise

    Scroll through this list of climate change deniers & you have a Who's Who of the Brexiter far Right. Think about the reasons for the overlap; very educative. And these loons hold the levers of power at present -. Global Warming Disinformation Database
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    18 hours ago

    Opinion | The one-dose vaccine is great, but people are skeptical. So give it to young adults.

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    17 hours ago

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    We are delighted to announce that we will be flying the Aboriginal Australian Flag alongside the Australian National Flag outside the Embassy. We will hold a virtual flag raising ceremony at 9am(GMT) on Fri 5th March, you can watch this on our Facebook⬇️
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    16 hours ago
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    I'm talking about this:

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  6. 15 hours ago

    Read the whole of Part 2 here: Part 1 here: And Butter's book here: 15/15

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  7. 15 hours ago

    Butter also discusses what can be done to combat conspiracy theories: pre-bunking, or innoculation against specific ones, and forms of literacy--media, social & historical--against conspiracism in general. 14/15

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  8. 15 hours ago

    Since writing the book, something further has happened--Trump's started believing his own conspiracy theories: 13/15

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  9. 15 hours ago

    This changed, however, as he seemed headed for defeat in the last weeks of the 2016 campaign, especially after the Access Hollywood tape was leaked: 12/15

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  10. 15 hours ago

    Trump's use of conspiracies illustrates their ambiguous, contested status. He used conspiracist rumors--birtherism above all--to make himself into a political figure, but did not commit to articulating belief in any conspiracy theories: 11/15

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  11. 15 hours ago

    Populism & conspiracism are also both stigmatized in similar terms: 10/15

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    Populism & conspiracism share structural similarities: a sharp divide between good & evil, and in today's world a common enemy--elites: 9/15

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  13. 15 hours ago

    A classic example of this stage is birhterism: 8/15

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    3) Social media--typified by Twitter--promoted conspiracist rumors, bold claims presented without evidence: 7/15

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  15. 15 hours ago

    2) Platforms like YouTube made it possible to reach mass audiences: 6/15

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  16. 15 hours ago

    1) Early online forums like USENET allowed for conspiracy counter-publics to begin to form our of surviving conspiracist subcultures: 5/15

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  17. 15 hours ago

    Part 1 ended with a discussion of a 3-phase process of stigmatization that pushed them conspiracy theories out of the mainstream after the 1950s. Part 2 begins with how conspiracism regained mainstream currency, also a 3-phase process. 4/15

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  18. 15 hours ago

    In Part 1, Butter described how conspiracy theories depend on a public sphere & a media environment: the printing press, Internet, etc. They can be categorized—from above/ or below, from outside/ or within society—as well as social & psychological needs they meet & more. 3/15

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  19. 15 hours ago

    Thread on Part 1 here: 2/15

    I've been reading books & articles about conspiracy theories for > 30 years. But Michael Butter's recent book "The Nature of Conspiracy Theories" was the first time I felt like I had a truly comprehensive overview. I just *HAD* to interview him: 1/10
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  20. 15 hours ago

    Part 2 of my interview with Michael Butter, author of "The Nature of Conspiracy Theories," gives a broader perspective for the post-Trump conspiracist turmoil we're in the midst of. Affinities with populism, what can be done & more: 1/15

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    17 hours ago

    Prop 26: It's not a tax if specific privilege granted (i.e., operating warehouse attracting dirty diesel trucks polluting our air) & does not exceed reasonable costs to the local government. Costs of warehouse air pollution far outweigh cost of ISR. but can read law.

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