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Conspiracy theories are moving from taboo issue to hot button issue.
Taboo issues are ones you can’t talk about.
Hot button issues are ones people heatedly debate.
Taboo issue: female sexual abusers
Hot button issue: abortion
Hot button issues are ones people heatedly debate.
Taboo issue: female sexual abusers
Hot button issue: abortion
People lose friends over hot button issues.
For example, some people can& #39;t be friends with someone if they support “murdering a baby” or “controlling women’s bodies.”
But they do talk about those issues.
For example, some people can& #39;t be friends with someone if they support “murdering a baby” or “controlling women’s bodies.”
But they do talk about those issues.
Prior to #COVID19, people reacted to conspiracy theories the way you do a taboo - uncomfortably changing the topic.
Now they heatedly debate the evidence.
Big shift.
Now they heatedly debate the evidence.
Big shift.
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