
“Take Up Arms and Get Rid of the Guy”: Tom Head and the Conspiracy of Opinions
I’m not even sure what to do with this video clip. The first time I watched it I was just stunned. When it ended, I promptly watched it again three or four times. There was no Onion watermark in the corner. It didn’t appear to be a hoax. It appears to be real and valuable ethnographic material—documenting a folk mythology that I find academically fascinating, albeit if also a touch terrifying. In the clip from a Fox television newscast, Texas […]
Categories: Mythologies, Politics, Random Reflections • Tags: conspiracy theories, government, politics, Tom Head