Researching for a project and find that Romans wary of early Christians accused them of killing and abusing children for magic powers.

When Christians took over they immediately turned the accusations against the Jewish people.

It’s the same story over and over again.

What we’re dealing with now, with QAnon and the Deep State and Trumpism, is just a continual echo of past conspiracy theories that have cover for persecution, fascism, and genocide.

It’s one of the oldest tactics in human civilization and it has to be rejected.

Conspiracy theories are about creating in groups and out groups and legitimizing preemptive violence against those on the outside. They vilify and make murderous action a necessity in the face of contagious evil.

They’re weapons and we must move beyond them at long last.