When public figures whether they be in the media, whether elected officials or former elected officials amplify and spread those narratives, they validate them, and when they validate them, they increase the potential that an individual who`s vulnerable to being influenced, vulnerable to being influenced to commit an act of violence will see this as a legitimate rationale for committing an act of violence.
Cohen discussed the dangers posed by public figures spreading conspiracy theories.
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