RELS241 Religion and Conspiracy Otago

When did the blood libel allegedly occur

Easter 1144

What percentage of americans agree with the core tennants of Qanon in 2022

20%

Trump used cultural marxism to

Cut DEI and workplace sensitivity training laws

1994 William S Lind

Right wing takes up frankfurt conspiracy, names it cultural marxism

What was the major trigger event for cultural marxism conspiracy in Australia

2016 Safe schools program

Right wing americans view Critical race theory as

Modern form of marxist conspiracy theory

2009 William S Lind The roots of political correctness - made the insane claim that

Racism did not exist until the frankfurt school made it up

Book that frankfurt school conspiracists misinterpret

Dialectic of englightenment

1992 Dark Age Frankfurt School

Belief they were going to destroy judeo-christian civilisation

Marxist who spawned the frankfurt conspiracy

Lyndon LaRouche

Where did inspiration for the da vinci code come from

1982 holy blood grail

Da vinci code theory

Jesus had children and a present day bloodline, covered up by the catholic church

Rosenblum and Muirhead claim about new conspiracy

That it had no call to action (though this aged badly after 2021 capitol storming)

Web of conspiracy theory - predisposition can be barriers to certain conspiracy theories

E.g da vinci code, more accepted by new age believers, less accepted by catholics. Just because someone sees a conspiracy theory does not mean they will believe it

weakness - Critique of the great replacement manifesto

Fantasy of european weakness and oppression

Ahistoric views of european and muslim interactions - critique of the great replacement manifesto

Ignores the historic muslim/european culture of andalusia, where european scholars attended muslim universities

schaffner and Luks misinformation or expressive responding - innaguration crowd photos

40% of trump votes but less than 10% of hillary clinton voters misidentified the crowd photos

Schaffner and luk - what does the misidentification show

People were more accurate when comparing crowd size without names attached, which shows group alligience theory

New conspiracism rejects

The burden of proof, uses suspicion and not evidence as justification

Manavis’s definition of eco-facism

A combination of environmentalism and neo nazism to return to the environment and resources that are ethnically yours (believes white supremacy is the natural order. Nazi party’s ideology of blood and soil

Ethan Zuckerman compared Qanon…

To a game world, giving up on common facts to create closed universes of mutually reinforcing facts and interpretations

Church of Q by Omega Kingdom Ministry

Influenced by dominionist theology, that the deep state will be overthrown and then there will be paradise

Recovered memory theory

Belief that hypnosis could uncover memories that had been forgotten by trauma, during the satanic panic

Michelle Remembers 1980

Written by Michelle Smith and her therapist claiming she was abused by a satanic cult in canada. This was based on media she consumed, and her story was

Sibely 2020

Between 2012 and 2017 in NZ, muslim people were the population that were percieved with the least warmth

Existing preconceptions Hindus had of muslim marriage - conversion

Belief that the Hindu girl would have to convert (often does not happen)

Existing preconceptions Hindus had of muslim marriage - partition

Partition (when India and Pakistan were split) created suspicion against muslims

Existing preconceptions Hindus had of muslim marriage - abduction

Stereotypes based on a few historic cases go back to the 1500s, framing muslim men as abductors

Existing preconceptions Hindus had of muslim marriage - minoritisatopn

After census’s happened, there was a growing fear of replacement as muslim birth rates are higher (but only slightly higher, and are evening out)

BJP under Prime Minister Modi elected in 2014

Pro nationalist hindu first, anti secular state party in power

Claim by T (mosque shooter)

Muslim immigrants were colonising white Australia

Who spread the blood libel conspiracy

Thomas of monmouth

Protocols of zion was plagarised

From Biarritz, a 1868 depicting a fictional jewish conspiracy

Q’s first post - calm before the storm

Predicted hillary clinton would be arrested in 2017

What was the original blood libel theory (made up as propaganda)

That jews had crucified a boy in Norwich to use his blood in rituals

What did the blood libel theory turn into

Jewish people were regularly sacrificing children to add blood to passover flatbread (obviously fake)

Historic example showing fears of satanic ‘unnatural animals’

City of Baal had a legal trial for a rooster that laid an egg, declared it a heretic, and burned it alive

What predicting factors made people more likely to believe that there is no West was behind the 2015 Bali bombings?

Identifying with Muslims AND strong fears of western powers

How did David Irving use cognitive dissonance when confronted with evidence of the fuherbefehl?

Claimed that Eichmann lied to claim he was following orders in his memoirs, even though this had already proven to be an unsuccessful legal defense

First Pillar of Holocaust Denial

Gas chambers did not exist

Second pillar of holocaust denial

The Jewish death toll was significantly under 6 million

Third pillar of holocaust denial

There was no specific master plan or order to exterminate the Jewish population

George sorros conspiracy

That he opposed the USSR to allow africans and arabs to take over europe

When did the sorros conspiracy begin

2008 with right wing political consultants Birnbaum and Finkelstone