David Icke: Difference between revisions

Icke contends that the universe consists of "vibrational" energy and infinite dimensions sharing the same space.<ref name="WardNH" /><ref name="Doyle17Feb2006" />{{sfn|Icke|1999|pp=26–27}} He claims that there is an inter-dimensional race of reptilian beings, the [[Archon (Gnosticism)|Archons]] or [[Anunnaki]], which have hijacked the Earth. Further, a genetically modified human–Archon hybrid race of [[reptilian conspiracy theory|reptilian]] [[Shapeshifting|shape-shifters]] – the [[#reptoid|Babylonian Brotherhood]], [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)#Illuminati|Illuminati]] or "[[elite]]" – manipulate events to keep humans in fear, so that the Archons can feed off the resulting "[[Energy (esotericism)|negative energy]]".<ref name="WardNH" />{{sfn |Lewis |Kahn |2010 |p=82}}{{sfn |Icke |1999 |pp=19–25, 40}}<ref name="NS2014">{{Cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/11/psycho-lizards-saturn-godlike-genius-david-icke |title=Psycho lizards from Saturn: The godlike genius of David Icke! |work=New Statesman |date=6 November 2014 |access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> He claims that many public figures belong to the Babylonian Brotherhood and propel humanity towards a global [[fascist]] state or [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)|New World Order]], a [[post-truth]] era ending freedom of speech.{{sfn |Barkun |2003 |p=103}}<ref name="WardNH" /><ref name="Neil20May2016" /><ref name="LEPredpilled">{{Cite web |last=Widdas |first=Henry |title=Being 'red-pilled' by David Icke has never been so entertaining... and terrifying |url=https://www.lep.co.uk/whats-on/theatre/being-red-pilled-by-david-icke-has-never-been-so-entertaining-and-terrifying-1-9120860 |website=[[Lancashire Evening Post]] |access-date=15 June 2018 |date=17 April 2018}}</ref> He sees the only way to defeat such "Archontic" influence is for people to wake up to the truth and fill their hearts with love.<ref name="WardNH" /> Critics have accused Icke of being antisemitic and a [[Holocaust denier]], due to his endorsement of ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' as well as his identification of the Jewish [[Rothschild family]] as reptilians, with his theories of reptilians being alleged to serve as a deliberate "code", something which Icke has denied.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hume |first=Tim |date=2022-11-04 |title=‘Lizard Elite’ Conspiracy Theorist Banned from 26 European Countries |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3qa8/david-icke-european-ban |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=2019-02-20 |title=Conspiracy theorist David Icke hits back after Australia revokes visa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/20/conspiracy-theorist-david-icke-hits-back-after-australia-revokes-visa |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2022-11-04 |title=David Icke: Conspiracy theorist banned from Netherlands |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63511142 |access-date=2024-04-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="off" /><ref name="RosenbergTab" /><ref name="DW Berlin" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allington |first=Daniel |last2=Buarque |first2=Beatriz L |last3=Barker Flores |first3=Daniel |date=February 2021-02 |title=Antisemitic conspiracy fantasy in the age of digital media: Three ‘conspiracy theorists’ and their YouTube audiences |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963947020971997 |journal=Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics |language=en |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=78–102 |doi=10.1177/0963947020971997 |issn=0963-9470}}</ref> The allegations of antisemitism and promotion of misinformation has resulted in him being banned from entering a number of countries.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

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