{"id":23200,"date":"2023-04-26T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23200"},"modified":"2024-02-20T03:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:16:48","slug":"paranoid-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=23200","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;paranoid style&#8217;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Misinformation, bigotry and conspiracism acted as battering rams, radically reshaping rightwing politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tucker Carlson may well have been booted from Fox News\u00a0, but what victory does it represent? The brand of conspiratorial demagoguery he belongs to has succeeded in drastically reshaping rightwing politics. The <strong>\u201cparanoid style\u201d<\/strong> that was once identified as a dangerous trend in conservatism is now its main operating system. The consequence? Democracy as we understand it is imperilled in the US and beyond. The likes of Tucker Carlson played their role, but this political catastrophe would never have happened without those who retained ill-deserved reputations for moderation while throwing open the door for the most radical extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>excepted<\/strong> from April 26\/23 THE GUARDIAN article by Owen Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tucker Carlson has lost his job \u2013 but the far right has won the battle for the mainstream<\/em>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/owen-jones\">Owen Jones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank our lucky stars the creeping &#8216;paranoid style&#8217; of conservatism would never take hold in our Great Dominion politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right guys?<\/p>\n<cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full 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Tucker Carlson may well have been booted from Fox News\u00a0, but what victory does it represent? The brand of conspiratorial demagoguery he belongs to has succeeded in drastically reshaping rightwing politics. 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