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The Mainstreaming of the Great Replacement Theory

Nicholas Confessore & Karen Yourish: A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.: Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators.

Judd Legum: Republicans have invoked the ‘great replacement’ theory over and over.

Adam Serwer: Conservatives Are Defending a Sanitized Version of ‘The Great Replacement’: Their reaction to the Buffalo shooting shows that the racist theory has now entered the Republican mainstream.

Odette Yousef: How Replacement Theory Moved From The Fringe To The Mainstream.

The Great Replacement Theory & Tucker Carlson

Charles Blow: Tucker Carlson and White Replacement: This racist theory is rooted in white supremacist panic.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss: Tucker Carlson is the No. 1 champion of this leading far-right conspiracy. How Tucker Carlson revived and supercharged the white supremacist “great replacement” conspiracy.

The Great Replacement Theory & Far-Right Violence

Isaac Chotiner: Making Sense of the Racist Mass Shooting in Buffalo: An expert on the white-power movement and the “great replacement” theory puts the act of terror in context.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss: The racist theory that allegedly motivated the Buffalo shooter suspect, explained: The conspiracy theory is so powerful because it can easily be directed toward any demographic group seen as a threat to white people.

The New York Times: Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online.

Daniel Victor: In Christchurch, Signs Point to a Gunman Steeped in Internet Trolling.

The History of the Great Replacement Theory

Kathleen Belew: The Long Game of White-Power Activists Isn’t Just About Violence.

Nicole Hemmer: What Oprah Winfrey Knows About American History That Tucker Carlson Doesn’t.

Nicholas Confessore & Karen Yourish: A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.: Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators.

The Global Reach of the Great Replacement Theory

Norimitsu Onishi: The Man Behind a Toxic Slogan Promoting White Supremacy.