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replacement theory en · PROPN

Meanings

1. Synonym of white replacement theory.
   • Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization. 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
   • At the extremes of American life, replacement theory—the notion that Western elites, sometimes manipulated by Jews, want to “replace” and disempower white Americans—has become an engine of racist terror, helping inspire a wave of mass shootings in recent years and fueling the 2017 right-wing rally in Charlottesville, Va., that erupted in violence. 2022 May 16, Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, “A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2022:

Synonyms

white replacement theory