They absolutely conform; by what mechanism do you think they all happened to pick the same bundle of labels and beliefs?
replyI remember a conspiracy nut telling me "the truth", saying not to believe what the media told me, and do my own research. And then proceeded to point me to a few conspiracy influencers that were telling him what to think. It was very ironic.
replyOf course, choosing to stand up to the man together with those like minded makes you the real conformist. A deep philosophical conundrum for the prepubescent.
reply"Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an ethos" -- The Big Lebowski, another influential film to many people.
replyAnd let's also not forget that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, within the city isn't legal either.
replyI like The Big Lebowski, it has some fun lines, but John Goodman's Walter Sobchak doesn't have a monopoly on the English phrase "Say what you will about X".
replyAnd indeed apparently the line was in fact "say what you want about the tenets of national socialism", not "say what you will about the tenets of national socialism" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_29yvYpf4w).
The second half of the line was also relevant, since the claim of Jews controlling the world was specifically a Nazi one.
reply> the people making this claim are certainly not obeying, conforming, or refraining from questioning authority.
replyIn my experience racists tend to just latch on to different authorities to blindly follow and obedience and conformity are even more strongly enforced. I've had long discussions with racists over the "rebel" identity they see in the confederate flag who shortly after demonstrated incredible amounts of boot-licking when it came to police. Most of the racists I've meet were very dedicated to hierarchies, a select set of social norms, old-fashioned gender roles, etc. and conformance was absolutely seen as mandatory.
But it's not The Federal Authorities™, so they don't think it counts as conformity.
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