Maps matching partisan colors can ignite conspiracist suspicion

Evidence

The unhappy coincidence, which the military should have foreseen, is that 2008 and 2012 election maps showed Republican states in red and Democratic states in blue. As a result, the announcement of the training exercise, along with the accompanying map, immediately excited conspiracist suspicions. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 322

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The same map technology can serve either subversive or centralizing political ends — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1585; People preferentially form false memories consistent with their political allegiances — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 82; Conspiracism functions as a political explanation of hidden power — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 1077 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Conspiracism functions as a political explanation of hidden power #expands (0.80) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 1077
• The same map technology can serve either subversive or centralizing political ends #expands (0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1585
• The rationality-irrationality divide in speculation maps onto elite-versus-insurgent conflicts #expands (0.75) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 66
• People preferentially form false memories consistent with their political allegiances #expands (0.70) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 82