For me I think it has to be Russiagate. It’s just become a catch all for centrist libs to refuse to believe anything bad about their team, make up crazy conspiracies about anyone to their left or right, dismiss every contradiction of capitalism as “Russian interference”. It’s maddening. At least the RWNJ conspiracies like Q and the Alex Jones shit are usually pretty funny because of how ridiculous they are, russiagate doesn’t even have that going for it.

What are some other contenders?

  • mayor_pete_buttigieg [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Qanon has also been getting a lot more mainstream attention lately. Like the average liberal who watches the news probably knows what it is (anecdotally my relatives are all liberals, and all know what it was when I mentioned seeing a Q flag to them). I think the mainstream attention is causing public figures on the right to distance themselves from Q a little more, which should have a cooling effect on the movement as a whole. Eric Trump is a real person, and when he tweets about Q or whatever, it gives new Q recruits a sort of authority or factual confirmation. Without that, I would imagine that they get scared off by the chemtrails and aliens before they can be fully converted.