Ep 985: 'The Cheaper The Crook...'
About this episode
The episode explores the concept of normalization in political discourse and the persistence of conspiracy theories among a segment of the American population.
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter." -- The Maltese Falcon Episode 985 of The Professional Left takes a deep dive into the word "normalizing" — a term that gets thrown around constantly in political coverage, but rarely gets a clear definition. Driftglass and Blue Gal trace how a stubborn 30% of Americans have believed one wild conspiracy theory after another for decades, and argue that what looks like normalization on the Left is really just exhaustion from years of fightin...
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