What does it mean to spill ink on dispelling conspiracy theories about non-existent children being murdered, while actual children are being murdered? At what point does the labour of debunking right wing wackjobs also do the shadow-work of supporting the liberal-center orthodoxy?
Matthew looks at how with QAnon, the liberal-center press criticized irrational responses to imaginary traumas, with a great sense of urgency. But on Gaza, they criticize rational responses to actual traumas, and imply that protesters are asking for too much, too fast.
What happens downstream of denials, minimizations, and contradictions? What are the social and mental health implications of moral injury? Are these not some of the same social conditions that generate conspiracism?
Content warning: discussion of children, genocide
Show Notes
Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case
Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza | UN News
Dems Gave the 'Uncommitted Movement' Space to Talk About Gaza — Just Not on TV
First-Ever DNC Panel on Palestinian Rights: We Need to “Restore the Soul of the Democratic Party”
“Stop Arming Israel”: Meet the DNC Delegates Who Unfurled Banner During Biden Speech
201: Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit) — Conspirituality
What I Saw Was “Unfathomable”: Doctor Who Worked in Gaza Speaks Out Against U.S. Arming of Israel
Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential - The Lancet
Clearing Gaza of almost 40m tonnes of war rubble will take years, says UN
Israel Has Killed 2,100 Babies Under 2 Years Old in Gaza, Rights Group Says | Truthout
NYU barricades benches
College Administrators Spent Summer Break Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests
The Black Mark on the Democrats’ Big Party | The New Republic
Amnesty International Warns of U.S. Complicity in War Crimes in Gaza
Christian Wiman | Yale Divinity School
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children # 3: Mole Children vs. Gazan Children | Conspirituality podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
