What a choice: between the Rethuglicans and the Despercrats. Uniquely, and optimistically, Neiwert provides a "blue pill toolkit" for those who are dealing with conspiracy theorists in their own lives, including strategies drawn from people who counsel former far-right extremists who have renounced their former beliefs. In any case, Liberal progressives are terrified of a homo-bashing, immigrant-trashing Mitt/Newt option, so they are returning to Obama for yet another drink of Kool-Aid to wash down the Blue Pill. Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - its free and quick Some forums can only be seen by registered members. The terms refer to a scene in the 1999 film The Matrix. Problems arise, however, when reality becomes subjective. The terms 'red pill' and 'blue pill' refer to a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth by taking the red pill or remaining in contented ignorance with the blue pill. He explains how alt-right leaders are able to get such firm holds on the imaginations of their followers and chronicles the destruction caused by the movement's most virulent believers.Colloquially, this recruitment to alt-right ideologies is called "getting red-pilled" -a metaphor for when believers of conspiracy theories become convinced that their alternate universe is real. To take the red-pill is simply to see reality, or more precisely to see a new reality. In it, Morpheus, a freedom fighter, shows Neo. This disturbing look at this alt-right threat to our democratic institutions offers guidance for counteracting the personal toll this destructive mindset can have on relationships and families.Author David Neiwert -an investigative journalist who has studied the radical right for decades -examines the growing appeal of conspiracy theories and the kind of personalities that are attracted to such paranoid, sociopathic messages. The blue pill/red pill scene in the cult Matrix film is one of the most famous movie scenes of all time. Once confined to the fringes of society, this worldview now has adherents numbering in the millions -extending right into the White House. A revealing trip down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories -their appeal, who believes them, how they spread -with an eye to helping people deal with the alt-right conspiracists in their own lives.Conspiracy theories are killing us.
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