“Extremism” is a misleading description of the examples given. Strongly held political beliefs are being conflated with tabloid-style conspiracy. Such a lack of

“Extremism” is a misleading description of the examples given. Strongly held political beliefs are being conflated with tabloid-style conspiracy. Such a lack of nuance devolves the conversation into a chaos of mostly useless and misdirected opinionations. The biggest risk is in the rhetorical miscategorization of the content, which sidelines critical voices from the popular discussion by conflating them with those of conspiracy entertainment. We should abandon the use of terms like “extremism” and the like, in favor of more specification. This will lessen the unwanted side effects of marginalizing important voices.