| Maybe because right now in America, there is a certain political opinion that loves to push outlandish conspiracies, like the imaginary Sharia law in France mentioned in the article. There is only one party whose national politicians and media outlets publicly peddle conspiracy garbage like: * The birther conspiracy about Barack Obama * Pizzagate * Jade Helm, where, they claim, President Obama was preparing to invade Texas and force everyone into concentration camps * Claiming the Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting was a government operation * Claiming the Las Vegas elementary school mass shooting was a government operation * Agenda 21 - Imagining US citizens are being mass murdered by the UN for population control * Claiming Sharia law is implemented in Illinois (ironically being pushed by Alabama Senate candidate Moore, who was twice removed from the a state court bench for forcing his religious views in the court) The list goes on and on. After decades of spewing so much propaganda through right-wing media outlets like AM talk shows, Fox News etc, while simultaneously painting education or sourced information as "elitist", "mainstream media", the GOP has unhinged a huge section of their base and separated them from reality. |