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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.George Soros conspiracy theories surge as protests sweep U.S.
By DAVID KLEPPER and LORI HINNANT WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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ArtistAtLarge
Every weirdo's favorite boogeyman.
But where does all this hate for him come from? It's comes from the fact he is a progressive rich person, in a world where most rich people are very conservative and often downright oppressive and corrupt.
Ah_so
A rich Jew will always attract conspiracy theories. anti-Semitism never went away.
RichardPearce
He's rich, but gives money to causes that aren't going to make it easier for him to get richer.
He's famous for being leftist, but isn't a politician.
And though he is Jewish, the Israeli regime considers him an enemy, so there isn't a megaphone crowd screaming 'antiSemite' at people who criticize him, even those who actually are antiSemites.
So, yes, the Rabbit Hole Cannon Fodder love to dream up ways he, rather than reality, is a problem for them.
PTownsend
Morlocks, orcs, borg: evil forces in the imaginations of fantasy followers.
George Soros, the deep state, the media: evil forces in the imaginations of the alt right.
PTownsend
Not a conspiracy theory.
Except perhaps to those in the global alt right and others who believe the Kremlin's reports instead of the dozens from 'western' intelligence agencies, and those who also believe reports from the fringe/kook media.
serendipitous1
Just shows how important education is (and how dangerous a lack of education can be).
jeancolmar
For conservatives it used to be the Communist Conspiracy fraud. Now they only have George Soros to get at. Only one thing hasn't changed: the deluded cortège of right-wing troublemakers.
PTownsend
No denying some US leaders used that lie to start another war for oil. But it's become a fallback attack long overused by the global alt right to assail anything related to 'western' intelligence. A defense so stale it has zero meaning. Except to the globe's far right who'll repeat in ad infinitum. It's a 'defense' when used identifies the poster's beliefs.
Serrano
Soros, 89, has donated billions of dollars of his personal wealth to liberal and anti-authoritarian causes around the world
He sucks bigly.
ohara
Soros is a nasty piece of work.
Raw Beer
I agree it's not a conspiracy theory; it's pure propaganda. A theory should at least be backed up by some evidence...
The MSM did put all they had into that Russia collusion propaganda, and then they suddenly went silent. Why isn't there any detailed AP article like the one above describing that hoax?
I think the Trump admin is investigating the Antifa and BLM backing, and I do suspect it will lead to Soros. I guess that is why they are publishing these articles...
PTownsend
I think many non-Americans and even some Americans distrust the findings of the Mueller Report, findings of Congress (both sides of the aisle) and the intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the US elections and continues to do so. But those Russian interference deniers tend to also be pandemic deniers, climate changers deniers, people who push fake news like pizzagate.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf
M3M3M3
It's easy to laugh at some of the crazier internet conspiracies about George Soros but there are legitimate questions about whether global NGOs as wealthy and overtly political as the Open Societies Foundation pose a threat to local democracy. The multi-billionaire dollar endowment of the OSF is unprecedented in the history of NGOs.
Even if you happen to agree with Soros and find his agenda to be virtuous, there is obviously no guarantee that this will be true of the next foreign billionaire who decides to invest his fortune into shifting public opinion, lobbying governments, financing media groups, funding ideologically aligned NGOs, bankrolling election campaigns, and donating to politician's personal foundations after they leave office. Technology will soon allow a select few to accumulate unprecedented levels of wealth that will lead to similarly unprecedented levels of influence and control. Either we put some democratic safeguards in place now to curb the influence of the wealthly and their foundations or we will just have to keep hoping that they'll advocate for things we agree with.
bass4funk
Tick, tick, tick....
ohara
As a boy in Nazi occupied Poland Soros ratted out other jews to the Nazis. He said later, “if I hadnt done it somebody else would have.”
Yes, Israel doesnt like him.
Jimizo
Soros always comes up with conspiracy theorists.
These ‘free thinkers’ are so, so predictable.
bass4funk
@Sneezy, if you want to talk about antisemitism let's talk about a conservative Jew that gets slapped around, ridiculed and called every name in the book because he's Jewish and conservative and that's Ben Shapiro. So you're basically saying attacking a liberal Jewish person equals to being anti-Semetic. but if you attack a conservative Jewish person, it's ok, it's just another whacked crackpot conservative.
Sneezy
Ben Shapiro, one of the dumbest people on Earth, doesn't get dunked on because he's Jewish. He gets dunked on because he's a dishonest nerd.
Jimizo
No, he isn’t. He’s stubborn and easily flustered when confronted by someone smarter ( the BBC interview with Andrew Neill was a car crash ), but he isn’t dumb.
He makes some good points.
Sneezy
He doesn't.
Jimizo
Do any conservatives make any good points in your view?
Sneezy
No. To make "good points", you need at least a degree of insight. If you had a degree of insight, you wouldn't be conservative.
Jimizo
My conservative friend thinks that piling on debt is a bad idea. Fiscal conservatism was an idea popular among many conservatives until Trump went bananas with the credit card. My friend’s reasoning is that the younger generation will be saddled with this debt.
I think he has a good, insightful point.
Sneezy
Your friend is not just wrong, he is lying to you.
lincolnman
What can you expect from people that think JFK Jr is alive and blogging on the Deep State from a basement in DC. Who think staring at 5G network towers causes COVID. Who think aircraft contrails is the government spreading mind-control chemicals...
These people are flat-out kooks....
bass4funk
Well, liberals are just flat out screwed then
Conservatives think the same about liberals and liberalism.
ulysses
Creating a Jewish bogeyman to blame for all the economic problems that you created.
Wonder what period that reminds me of, I'd say 1930s but a lot of the right wingers wouldn't get it.
Successful strategy in a limited way though, all the klansmen stand firmly behind trump!!!
bass4funk
One tries to inform and show the deep flaws and idiocy of failed liberal policies, the other wants to use his vast fortune and undermine the US our history and culture
Tick, tick, tick.....
ulysses
Jared, like his father-in-law inherited a lot of money and is squandering most of it away in bad deals.
There must be a reality show for him, 'stupidest apprentice' maybe!
bass4funk
Yeah, the media are trying their best so hard to force feed the nation that
That many liberals....interesting.
ulysses
You forgot to prefix it with Mainstream, Fox might be closer to a racist fantasy, but they still are media.
As I said 'Wonder what period that reminds me of, I'd say 1930s but a lot of the right wingers wouldn't get it.'
It's so easy, ROFL.
bass4funk
You forgot to prefix it with Mainstream, Fox might be closer to a racist fantasy, but they still are media.
War is profitable liberals always say and that's true as in race politics, it's a gold nugget for liberals.
Robert Byrd?
TheLongTermer
whatever happened to "climate change"?
during the Dem debates, that was the pressing issue of our time.
Trying to keep up with all this. So COVID, law, climate change...all took a break. Now its back to COVID, will climate change come back also, or is that no longer important?
TheLongTermer
all kinds of marches, signs, celebrities, even some kid from Europe as a spokesperson for the cause.
Im getting concerned, its kind of cold outside for June
Whatever happened to the climate change warriors?
Jimizo
It’s a hoax created by the Chinese.
Haven’t you been listening to the experts in the field?
ulysses
Calm down, you've forgotten how to use quotes. Fox degenerates are losing advertisers because of their racism.
A lack of college education shining right through, ROFL.
What does it say when even Bolton doesn't want to be associated with trump, hilarious fo me but must be depressing to be a trump follower now,
ulysses
I am concerned for the mental well being of trump followers!!