#2975: Jim Hanson

Jim Hanson is a deranged conspiracy theorist affiliated with the anti-Islam organization Center for Security Policy. And Hanson sees Muslim and and pro-Muslim conspiracies everywhere. For instance, when a 14-year-old Muslim was arrested in Texas for bringing a homemade clock to school back in 2015 under the pretext that it might be a bomb, Hanson saw through the pretense immediately and concluded that everything about the situation “was a P.R. stunt, it was a staged event” designed by Islamic radicals for the purpose of undermining anti-terrorism security protocols. “They wanted people to react and they wanted to portray this kid as an innocent victim ... I don’t think there is any question he was put up to it by someone else who wanted him to take that in to create this exact scenario”. Evidence, you ask? Hah, you narrow-minded heretic. No, Hanson knows: this whole thing was organized by Islamic fundamentalists who “want a Muslim-privilege exemption to ‘see something, say something' and that's what this is about” (he also refused to believe that the clock was, in fact, just a clock). Meanwhile, Hanson and his organization has long been pushing the conspiracy theory that Democrats are purposely bringing in immigrants who “don’t share our culture and values” in order to seize power and undermine America. And keep in mind that the organization’s ‘research’ into such issues has been invoked e.g. by American presidents (name not necessary) to propose policies like a ban on Muslim immigration.

 

Diagnosis: And that’s enough about Jim Hanson. Please overlook him, his rants and his organization. Many, unfortunately, don’t.