{UAH} Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory

Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory

In short, the "great replacement" is a conspiracy theory that states that nonwhite individuals are being brought into the United States and other Western countries to "replace" white voters to achieve a political agenda. Several American mass shooters have cited this conspiracy theory to justify their tragic killing sprees.

Jewish, Asian, Hispanic and African Americans and immigrants of color are the targeted people in the White Replacement Theory and in other variations of the Great Replacement Theory. Many American white nationalists and white supremacist groups have blurred the lines between the two theories and use them interchangeably to target Americans and immigrants of color. Anti-immigration sentiment, at the US Southern border, has fueled the rise of many of these hate groups because they fear that these immigrants will be allowed to illegally vote and that they will overwhelming vote against white, conservative Republicans. Are you aware of these replacement conspiracy theories?

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Most Americans and Canadians were unaware of these replacement conspiracy theories (and many still are) and just how many different white supremacist groups were quietly organizing and preparing for violent hate crimes against their fellow Americans until the Charlottesville, Virginia "Unite the Right" rally in 2017. Multiple different white nationalist groups were watched on tv screens, across the world, while they marched with tiki torches chanting, "Jews will not replace us" and "white lives matter". This marked the beginning of white nationalist and supremacist groups openly spreading and promoting their replacement theories under the protection of First Amendment "free speech" rights in modern America. Are you concerned about the rise of these white supremacist groups and the escalation of hate crimes being committed against Jewish, Asian, Hispanic and African Americans in the US?

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I personally believe that most conservative Americans are NOT racists or condone white supremacy, but some Republican lawmakers and prominent conservative nighttime political talking heads are defending or openly promoting and supporting white nationalism and these replacement conspiracy theories. Do you believe their behavior is appropriate, especially with the well documented rise of white supremacist hate crimes in America?

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On August 3, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. In a mass shooting, a lone, white gunman killed 23 people and injured 23 others. The FBI investigated the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime. The shooting has been described as the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history. Patrick Wood Crusius, a 21-year-old from Allen, Texas, was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting. Police believe a manifesto with white nationalist and anti-immigrant themes, posted on the online message board 8chan shortly before the attack, was written by Crusius; it cites the year's earlier Christchurch Mosque shootings in New Zealand and the far-right conspiracy theory known as the Great Replacement as inspiration for the attack. Are you familiar with this tragedy at the El Paso Walmart?

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Payton Gendron, an18 year old white man accused of killing 10 people and shooting 3 others at a Buffalo, New York state supermarket, is the latest mass shooter that specifically targeted black Americans last Saturday (5/14/2022). Gendron live streamed his shooting spree and left a lengthy online manifesto citing the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory as his motivation. President Biden and his wife Jill went to Buffalo to meet with the families of the shooting victims the following Tuesday. After placing flowers at an impromptu memorial site near the grocery store and privately meeting with the families, President Biden gave a short speech condemning this unnecessary violence. He called on all Americans to condemn this hate crime and the replacement conspiracy theories that are deliberately targeting immigrants legally seeking asylum at the US Southern border and Jewish, African, Asian and Hispanic Americans. Do you agree with President Biden's condemnation of the "great replacement" conspiracy theory?

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