Conspiracism’s corrosive work can be mitigated by coordinated truth-speaking across partisans.

Evidence

We identify two responses to the new conspiracism. The first recourse is to call out conspiracists’ claim to own reality. Speaking truth to conspiracy is a moral imperative—particularly for elected officials. Speaking truth can be effective, even if it is ineffective with respect to dedicated conspiracists. We can mitigate the corrosive effect of the new conspiracism if partisans of all stripes cooperate in speaking out, if watchful and engaged civil society groups and the media do their work, and if each of us serves as a witness by speaking out to family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 43

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Countering conspiracism requires wisdom, not just factual honesty — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 393; Elected partisans are the effective channel for speaking truth to conspiracy.

Broader Connections

• Countering conspiracism requires wisdom, not just factual honesty #qualifies (0.75) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 393
• Elected partisans are the effective channel for speaking truth to conspiracy. #qualifies (0.72)