Watch out for the abuse of language

Whoa, this video invokes a lot of familiar tropes that I see in cults and other religions, and things like Amazon and Qanon.

Watch it to learn the dangerous tactics conspiracy theorists and religions use to recruit members. These include long-windedness, loaded language (us vs them dichotomies), thought-terminating cliches (that’s why I hate “agree to disagree”) and lots and lots of jargon. I’ve noticed that creationists are masters of the latter — so much of what they do is invoke words and phrases like “irreducible complexity” and “no transitional fossils” and it’s empty, meaningless noise, but it triggers automatic affirmations from the devotees.