I finally realized what people like Alex Jones and Mike Adams are doing, whether or not they realize it.

They tell the truth but spin it into the most extreme, scary, fear-porn-ish way possible. The effect of this is that once we see how things aren’t really as bad as they were claiming our minds unconsciously accept it. It’s a kind of psychological tactic of normalization via hyperbolization of expectations and the trauma-based manipulation of emotions.

Their job is basically to scare us into thinking the world is constantly going to end tomorrow. This keeps us in a state of fear which de-powers most people, and then eventually just like chicken little saying “the sky is falling!” over and over, the truth in the message loses its potency. We get worn down. We hear horrible things and just accept or reject it without being surprised. Hence: normalized.