Meanwhile, as anti-LGBTQ sentiment accelerates, led by a new rash of transphobic state bills, a parallel idea has been taking shape. The mass murderers who carried out shootings at a Pittsburgh synagogue, two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and stores in El Paso, Texas and Buffalo, New York all appeared to believe that immigration and/or declining birth rates threaten the very existence of whites - making a violent response necessary. The “great replacement” conspiracy theory, which falsely posits that white or “European” demographics are being overtaken by non-white populations, has been linked to many far-right terrorist attacks in recent years.
