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Send us a textFascism is often used by the political left to refer to the political right and vice versa. But what is fascism? What are its characteristics? In this episode, we look at what makes a political ideology fascist and understand the challenges in defining such a term. We address this issue as Italy elects its first female Prime Minister, Giorgina Meloni. A politician regarded as far-right by many in the mainstream media and an individual whose upbringing was influenced by former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. As we assess her ideology, we will look for the conspiratorial antagonist reference in her speeches and determine whether conspiracy theories are on the rise in Italy's mainstream politics. FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesfascism | Definition, Meaning, Characteristics, Examples, & History | BritannicaBenito Mussolini | Biography, Definition, Facts, Rise, & Death | BritannicaScepticism over Giorgia Meloni's claim' fascism is history' in Italian far right | Italy | The GuardianThat Giorgia Meloni speech captivating the U.S. right doesn't make sense - The Washington PostThe Return of Fascism in Italy - The AtlanticProject MUSE - How Autocrats Weaponize Women's Rights (jhu.edu)YouTube videosFascism Explained - YouTubePodcastsThe Ben Shapiro Show: The International Anti-Woke Backlash Has Begun on Apple PodcastsConspirituality: 122: Timeline Retox: Biohacking and Fascism and Stuff on Apple PodcastsRecommended Social Chemist EpisodesThe Gay Agenda & Pedophilia Scare Conspiracy Theory (buzzsprout.com)The Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory & The Reaction from the Republican Establishment (buzzsprout.com)The Transactional Relationship Between Conspiracy Theory Producer & Consumer (buzzsprout.com)Roe v. Wade: The Moral Argument of Abortion (buzzsprout.com)

Send us a textIn the arena of political discourse, many can regard political commentator Bill Maher as an influential figure in mainstream television. Known for combining politics and comedy, Bill Maher has never shied away from controversy. However, in recent years, many on the political left have noticed a swift change in his rhetoric. Now filled with misinformation about medical science, a recurrent theme that has become more apparent since COVID-19 policies were implemented in the U.S. In today's episode, we assess the logical fallacies in Bill Maher's assessment of vaccines, anti-depressants, and medical science in his podcast Club Random with Bill Maher ft Aaron Rodgers. FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesAaron Rodgers | Club Random with Bill Maher - Club Random with Bill Maher | Podcast on SpotifyThe serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence | Molecular Psychiatry (nature.com)The Serotonin Fixation: Much Ado About Nothing New (psychiatrictimes.com)Psychosurgery for schizophrenia: history and perspectives - PMC (nih.gov)Merck ordered to pay $321 million in criminal Vioxx probe | ReutersU.S. Pharmaceutical Company Merck Sharp & Dohme Sentenced in Connection with Unlawful Promotion of Vioxx | OPA | Department of JusticeRecommended Social Chemist EpisodesThe Conspiratorial Mindset of Dr. Peter McCullough (buzzsprout.com)The Transactional Relationship Between Conspiracy Theory Producer & Consumer (buzzsprout.com)

Send us a textAre we alone? It is one of humanity's greatest mysteries and one that carries our imagination into the cosmos. But what if I told you that in 1994, in a remote African community, a group of children found the answer to this question? Would you believe me? In today’s episode,, we look into one of the most famous incidences of UFO interactions and ask, did this happen, or have followers of this tale fallen for their own biases? FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesAriel School UFO incident - WikipediaThe 1994 Ruwa Zimbabwe Alien Encounter (skeptoid.com)The Story of Children in Zimbabwe Encountering a UFO - YouTubeUFO Encounter at Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe 1994 Dr. John E. Mack - YouTube

Send us a textOn September 11, 2001, four American airlines were hijacked and converted into weapons of war. One of these planes was Flight 93, which departed from Newark International Airport in New Jersey, heading to San Francisco Internation Airport when at 9:28 am Ziad Jarrah, and three other Al-Qaeda terrorists stormed into the cockpit and took control of the airline with the intent of crashing it either into the White House or Capitol House. However, as the passengers of Flight 93 realized the reality of their situation, they collectively decided to take action and fight back against this new variation of terrorism. This effort, unfortunately, did not result in the survival of anyone on that plane that tragic day. Twenty-one years have passed since the traumatic events of 9/11, but behind the pain and policy changes that came after the attacks on the U.S. The conspiratorial mindset blossom in an age where the internet enables an individual with conspiratorial inclinations to congregate and share their unique distrust of government and experts. In today's episode, we revisit the timeline of Flight 93 and the conspiracy theories associated with this specific incident. As well as learned about David Ray Griffin, a famous popular conspiracy theorist that has exchanged doubt about 9/11 for praise and popularity.FacebookThe Social Chemist - Home | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesUnited Airlines Flight 93 - Wikipedia9/11 conspiracy theories - WikipediaCBS News exclusive: Fighter pilots recall mission to take down Flight 93 on 9/11 - YouTubeDavid Ray Griffin: 9/11 The Myth And The Reality - The Fact Hunter | Podcast on SpotifyFlight 93 Simulation flight path on September 11United Airlines Flight 93 Reconstruction with ATC Recording - September 11 2001 - YouTubeRecommended Social Chemist EpisodesThe Conspiratorial Mindset Behind Sandy Hook Elementary School (buzzsprout.com)The Tuskegee Experiment Of 1932: Psychosocial Mistrust Of Vaccinations Among African Americans (buzzsprout.com)

Send us a textOn December 14th, 2012, twenty children and six adults were murdered by 20-year-old Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary. In the aftermath of the tragedy, law enforcement and politicians tried to help explain what occurred and why, but as with all breaking news stories, details were reported without confirmation. As a result, a movement of emotional manipulation and political agenda formed. Almost a decade after the school massacre, right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been found guilty of promoting misinformation and forced to pay the victims for his spread of conspiracy theories and disinformation. Still, researchers of conspiratorial ideologies state that the damage has already been done and that the plague of conspiracy theory will only continue to grow. Today's episode explores why Sandy Hook Elementary School has become America's most iconic conspiracy theory. FacebookThe Social Chemist - Home | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferences Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting - WikipediaSandy Hook Elementary School shooting | Facts & Timeline | BritannicaJury Orders Alex Jones to Pay $45.2 Million in Sandy Hook Case - The New York Times (nytimes.com)Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist gets prison time for threatening victim's family | Newtown shooting | The GuardianU.S. Defense Spending Compared to Other Countries (pgpf.org)Series on Logical Fallacies - The Anecdotal Fallacy — Dear PandemicSandy Hook Truthers Say Robbie Parker Video Is Evidence Of Hoax - InquisitDr. Todd GrandeAdam Lanza | Mental Health & Personality - YouTubeVICE Mini-DocumentaryThe Rise of the Crisis Actor Conspiracy Movement - YouTubeRobbie Parker CNN  videoFather of school shooting victim 'blessed to be her dad - YouTubeRobbie Parker Unedited video Robby Parker Laughing A Day After His Daughter Was Murdered at S H - YouTubeRecommended Videos Elizabeth Williamson presents Sandy Hook in conversation with Robbie Parker - YouTubeRecommended The Social Chemist EpisodesThe Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory & The Reaction from the Republican Establishment (buzzsprout.com)

Send us a textSince Pride Month in 2022, the political right has mobilized an offensive attack on the LGBTQIA+ community in the name of the culture war. For many mental health experts, such opposition, specifically to transgender individuals, causes physical and psychological stressors. However, one clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson argues that the backlash against gender expression is necessary to maintain the stability of western civilization, which is built on masculinity, the traditional family unit, and the natural order. In today's episode, we assess some of these claims and determine if they're up to date or outdated. FacebookThe Social Chemist - Home | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosDirect Segment & Interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson(213) EXPLOSIVE: Jordan Peterson On Trans Rights, Elliot Page Controversy | Krystal Kyle & Friends Teaser - YouTubeEpisode 80: Jordan Peterson - Krystal Kyle & Friends | Podcast on SpotifyReferencesSuicidality Among Transgender Youth: Elucidating the Role of Interpersonal Risk Factors - Ashley Austin, Shelley L. Craig, Sandra D’Souza, Lauren B. McInroy, 2022 (sagepub.com)Recommended Social Chemist EpisodesThe Gay Agenda & Pedophilia Scare Conspiracy Theory (buzzsprout.com)The HIV/AIDs Denialism Movement & the Implications on the LGBTQ+ (buzzsprout.com)

Send us a textIn today's episode, Nelson and Tim discuss the effects of 5G radiation on the human body by talking about the conspiracy theories about EMFs and radiation. Also, a review on whether the Omnia Balance products are tested effectively will be covered. Tim Sandars then offers a 12% discount on any purchase when using promo code: NELSON. Listen as we reach our final assessment in asking if the harm of 5G radiation is based on science or pseudoscience? FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesThe Harm of 5G EMF Radiation: Science or Pseudoscience? w/ Tim Sandars: Part 1 (buzzsprout.com)(131) Placebo Effect, Control Groups, and the Double-Blind Experiment (3.2) - YouTubeOmnia Balance5G EMF Radiation Protection patch that harmonises wireless radiation – Omnia (omniaradiationbalancer.com)Omnia Balance | FacebookTim Sandars other podcast showsThe Yakking Show: Episode 91 Tim Sandars - EMF radiation & everlasting harmonisation on Apple PodcastsJourney to Truth: EP 94 - Live w/ Tim Sandars - Free Energy Devices - Conscious Nano Technology - EMF Protection on Apple Podcasts

Send us a textIn today's episode, Tim Sandars joins as a guest to speak on his research and understanding of non-thermal EMF radiation, precisely that of 5G. We explore the genesis of his story regarding EMF research and review some of the studies that support the claims that 5G radiation is harmful to the human body. In this two-part series, we dare to ask whether the idea of 5G radiation and any artificial EMFs is toxic to us based on science or pseudoscience? FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesCellphone Radio Frequency Radiation Studies (nih.gov)Tim Sandars ReferencesEMF-Portal | HomeBioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)Omnia Balance5G EMF Radiation Protection patch that harmonises wireless radiation – Omnia (omniaradiationbalancer.com)Omnia Balance | Facebook

Send us a textOn June 5th, 1981, hospitals in Los Angeles, California, began to notice an alarming trend of patients developing pneumocystis pneumonia. At the time, medical experts were puzzled by what was causing these severe symptoms. By 1982 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) finally identified the cause of the deadly disease that had become prominent among the LGBTQ+ community and drug abusers, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, also known as AIDs. However, as the birth of HIV studies began, so did the cognitive virus of HIV/AIDs denialism that would cost the lives of people infected with HIV and the people promoting these ideas. In today's episode, Nelson revisits the history of the HIV/AIDs denialism movement, assesses some of the conspiratorial fallacies, and debunks Peter Duesberg's claims who has sacrificed his academic integrity to protect his ego. FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesAbout HIV/AIDS | HIV Basics | HIV/AIDS | CDCHIV/AIDs Timeline | NPIN (cdc.gov)AIDS Drug AZT: How It Got Approved 30 Years Ago | TimeMbeki Aids denial 'caused 300,000 deaths' | South Africa | The GuardianThe intravenous injection of illicit drugs and needle sharing: an historical perspective - PubMed (nih.gov)Christine Maggiore, vocal skeptic of AIDS research, dies at 52 - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)Logical FallaciesThe Appeal to Nature Fallacy: Why “Natural” Isn’t Necessarily Better – EffectiviologyGalileo Fallacy (logicallyfallacious.com)Joe Rogan Episode #282 - Peter Duesberg, Bryan Callen - The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on SpotifyRecommended The Social Chemist episodesThe Social Chemist: Operation 5G The Conspiracy Theory on Apple PodcastsThe Social Chemist: The Tuskegee Experiment Of 1932: Psychosocial Mistrust Of Vaccinations Among African Americans on Apple PodcastsThe Social Chemist: The Gay Agenda & Pedophilia Scare Conspiracy Theory on Apple Podcasts

Send us a textIn 2011, Renaud Camus published a book titled "Le Grand Remplacement," or as it's translated in English, The Great Replacement. In his book, he contends that the mass migration of people from the Middle East and Africa will destabilize white-dominated countries but, worst of all, lead to the extinction of the white race that will be orchestrated according to the conspiracy theory by the Jewish elite. In the years to follow, many political propagandists have adopted this ideology to promote racist and anti-immigration policies from a conspiratorial framework that has led conspiracy theorist extremists to take matters into their own hands. People like Payton Gendron, who on May 14th, 2022, drove 200 miles to Buffalo, New York to cleanse his community in what he regarded as the black invasion, and Makeila Griffin, who in 1999 engaged in anti-white rhetoric to prepare for what she referred to as the race war. In today's episode, Nelson looks into the origins of the Great Replacement Theory and how the political right has exacerbated this ideology. FacebookThe Social Chemist | FacebookInstagramThe Social Chemist (@socialchemistig) • Instagram photos and videosReferencesKu Klux Klan | Definition & History | Britannica“The Great Replacement:” An Explainer | ADLThe Racist 'Great Replacement' Conspiracy Theory Explained | Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)Replacement Theory, a Fringe Belief Fueled Online, Is Refashioned by G.O.P. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)How ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Fuels Extremism and Fear - The New York Times (nytimes.com)‘Replacement theory’ still Republican orthodoxy despite Buffalo shooting | US news | The GuardianPayton Gendron: What we know about the Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect - CNNBuffalo Shootings: Media Being Selective about Shooter | National ReviewThe Muslim Program - NOI.org Official WebsiteMalaika Griffin | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersBen Shapiro EpisodeThe Ben Shapiro Show: Blaming Tucker Carlson For Mass Shootings on Apple PodcastsScholarly Journals An existential threat model of conspiracy theories. - PsycNET (apa.org)