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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: metalpsalm on January 19, 2009, 01:36:56 AM
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and discovered this quote:
The term conspiracism is used in the work of Michael Kelly, Chip Berlet, and Matthew N. Lyons.
According to Berlet and Lyons, "Conspiracism is a particular narrative form of scapegoating that frames demonized enemies as part of a vast insidious plot against the common good, while it valorizes the scapegoater as a hero for sounding the alarm".
Don't know who these guys are, but I'm memorizing that quote!
People say and do things to meet their unfulfilled psychological needs and call it something else. Beware