[PaulHoule]

I would point the documentary "The Witch Trials of J. K. Rowling" and the various reviews people have made of it.

I'd contrast Rowling's own statements which are tentative and equivocal to those of opponents who threaten the violence (often sexual violence) that they believe they experience whenever someone disagrees with them in the slightest way. A healthy community would have some sort of self-policing (say the doctrine of Martin Luther King) to not act in ways that are so discrediting of the group.

That documentary combines two themes, one of which is her story, the other of which is the story of the Tumblr-4chan descent into the intellectual rabbit hole. That last bit is flawed in my mind because it does not weave in the movements I criticize above that Bari Weiss (whose organization produced that podcast) and her followers support that have a similar element of "we can create our own reality", that is, people think they can pump unlimited amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and face no consequences, that Fauci did it all to destroy America, etc.

On top of that I have seen "egg-hatchers" that prey on neurodivergent people whose neurodivergence is unnamed (such as schizotypy) because there is no system in place to make money off them, such as the autism-industrial complex and the pill mills and quack doctors that prescribe amphetamines. I know one individual who has no real idea of what women are other than "it's" mother, anime girls and vTubers, almost never leaves "it's" room and fortunately is too depressed to take any permanent actions. The CIA never discovered a formula to turn a random person into a "Manchurian Candidate" but it is very possible to lead an isolated and directionless individual into dangerous rabbit holes and I see it happening.

[pjc50]

> people think they can pump unlimited amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and face no consequences, that Fauci did it all to destroy America, etc.

You've got to take into account the fact that there is a large right-wing mobilization dedicated to pumping lies about trans people to the same extent as about climate and Fauci. Largely the same people, as well. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-tran...