Prompt 2.Leon Kamin says he refused to denounce his friends to McCarthy (i.e. he refused to snitch on them) because he was protecting his own sense of dignity. talk about a brief reflection on this idea of dignity that Kamin uses. Does his sense of dignity seem valuable? What happens to our sense of community (as Americans) if we no longer have this kind of dignity?

Conspiracism. Draw on one of our readings from this week (fiction or non-fiction) to help you discuss an example of conspiracism that you see in the world around us (in the United States or elsewhere).

For example, you could draw on a discussion of conspiracy theory in the book American Conspiracy Theories to help you set up a discussion of a conspiracy theory that you've heard from someone you know, or seen on social media or elsewhere. Cite the reading at least once, and write about how your contemporary example of conspiracism relates to the discussion in the text.