Conspiracy peddlers privately act on the truths they publicly deny

Evidence

As with so many conspiracy peddlers, Limbaugh’s desire to sell lies to his audience was only outmatched by his self-interest. A day after his impassioned denunciation of Hurricane Irma as a hoax tool of a lying government, Limbaugh did something quietly reasonable. He evacuated Florida, steering himself out of the path of the fake storm. Irma made landfall soon after, creating a path of chaos and destruction that was all too real. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 995

Categorization

• CANDY: A perfect, compact anecdote for any conversation about hypocrisy in the conspiracist world — Limbaugh fleeing the ‘fake’ storm he’d just called a hoax.
• APHORISMS: The moral — trust actions over words, especially from those selling you fear — reads as durable life advice.
• XREF: connects to: Conspiracy believers deny citing the conspiracy sources they actually use — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 470; Officials suppressed rumors by hunting their source rather than their truth; Conspiracy-society structures are valued for their capacity to sustain a fictitious world through lying (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Conspiracy believers deny citing the conspiracy sources they actually use #exemplifies (0.90) — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 470
• Conspiracy-society structures are valued for their capacity to sustain a fictitious world through lying #exemplifies (0.82)
• Officials suppressed rumors by hunting their source rather than their truth #complicates (0.72)