Trump is a time traveler and JFK Jr AND JFK (now 106 years old!) both faked their deaths but they're still alive and are huge Trump fans now (not sure why, because they were both lifelong democrats before they died) John John will be the new VP are some of the wackiest things I've seen repeated here time and time again.
I don't think FE is any sillier than those ideas. Not sure why they're allowed to flourish. The "JFK Jr. is still alive and will be Trump's VP" bit is something that people constantly mock us for.
Because the FE thing is (appears to be) specifically tailored to fuse nutso outlandish idea WITH religious fervor in a manner that harnesses the religious fervor to amplify the power of the idea.
FE feeds off of religious ignorance and biases, enlisting those forces to undermine the very purpose of faith and religion itself. None of those other ideas do this on any significant scale, and to my mind, this remains one of the defining reasons why FE is so insidious and infectious.
Also, the "JFK jr is still alive and will be VP" is well and truly gone now, except perhaps for a very small fringe. As far as I can see.
Trump is a time traveler and JFK Jr AND JFK (now 106 years old!) both faked their deaths but they're still alive and are huge Trump fans now (not sure why, because they were both lifelong democrats before they died) John John will be the new VP are some of the wackiest things I've seen repeated here time and time again.
I don't think FE is any sillier than those ideas. Not sure why they're allowed to flourish. The "JFK Jr. is still alive and will be Trump's VP" bit is something that people constantly mock us for.
Actually, quite different. How and why?
Because the FE thing is (appears to be) specifically tailored to fuse nutso outlandish idea WITH religious fervor in a manner that harnesses the religious fervor to amplify the power of the idea.
FE feeds off of religious ignorance and biases, enlisting those forces to undermine the very purpose of faith and religion itself. None of those other ideas do this on any significant scale, and to my mind, this remains one of the defining reasons why FE is so insidious and infectious.
Also, the "JFK jr is still alive and will be VP" is well and truly gone now, except perhaps for a very small fringe. As far as I can see.