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<\/a>Holocaust Denial Is Best Predicted by Belief in Other Conspiracy Theories, New Research Shows<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n Jack Elbaum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The best predictor of\u00a0Holocaust denial<\/a>\u00a0is belief in other conspiracy theories, which is driven by low trust in institutions, according to newly published research.<\/span><\/p>\n The report, released by The Center for Heterodox Social Science and written by Canadian professor Eric Kaufman, is titled, \u201cRecreational Racists and Performative Antisemites? A Profile of Right-Wing Audiences from Fuentes to Carlson.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n In the report, Kaufman explores the audiences of far-right podcasters, including Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owens. He also extensively goes through a\u00a0recent Manhattan Institute report<\/a>\u00a0that included findings on antisemitism and other forms of hate.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFuentes and others are infotainers, with very little impact on public opinion,\u201d the professor states. \u201cFirst, Fuentes\u2019 audience is no larger than Alex Jones. My new survey shows that just 2-3 percent of US adults and 7 percent of [US President Donald] Trump voters under 35 tune in regularly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n And while\u00a0Kaufman found in the data<\/a>\u00a0that the audiences of Carlson and Owens are larger, \u201cThere are few white nationalists among Fuentes or Tucker Carlson\u2019s followers. Only 10-20 percent of Fuentes & Carlson\u2019s regular viewers back zero immigration or say you have to be white to be a \u2018true American.’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In his\u00a0article on the report<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Compact Magazine<\/em>, the researcher argued, \u201cIt\u2019s time to press pause on the panic about antisemitic and racist influencers taking over young conservatism. We should worry more about how a collapse in trust is fueling nihilistic conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He goes on to explain that the audiences of many of these podcasters are not particularly ideologically or consistently hateful. For example, \u201cHolocaust denial is linked to other conspiracy theories but not as clearly to attitudes toward Jews, with only 22 percent of Holocaust deniers saying that Jews are given too much support and favorable treatment in American society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Instead, \u201cTheir racism is superficial, transgressive, and performative,\u201d and it is driven by a form of nihilism that expresses itself in conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cResearchers find that an important predictor of belief in conspiracy theories is low trust,\u201d Kaufman writes. \u201cAfter all, conspiratorial thinking is predicated on a lack of trust in powerful elites and institutions, notably mainstream media, and a suspicion that one\u2019s fellow citizens have had the wool pulled down over their eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n On that note, he notes in a\u00a0summary of his findings<\/a> on social media that \u201cthe strongest predictor of Holocaust denial is believing in other conspiracy theories (i.e. moon landings, 9\/11 an inside job). This is even more predictive than identifying as an antisemite!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/em>White supremacist Nick Fuentes with a crowd of supporters after speaking at the America First Political Action Conference 4 outside of Huntington Place in in Detroit, Michigan, on June 15, 2024, after he and his supporters were ejected from the Turning Point USA \u201dPeople\u2019s Convention.\u201d Photo: Dominic Gwinn\/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n