Fuck conspiracy theorist grifters. (CW: angry rant, descriptions of racism and fascist fuckery.)

Ten years ago, I had a dream. In this dream, I was in a diner. People were freaking out because a FAMOUS SATANIST (I don't know who it was supposed to have been, just that it was a FAMOUS SATANIST) was coming in to eat. The diner patrons were in an uproar about the FAMOUS SATANIST, who for his part simply sat down and ordered like a normal person.

Then I looked out the window, to see that someone was breaking into cars in the parking lot and stealing stuff out of them. I tried to alert people to the fact that this was going on, but people were too upset by the presence of the FAMOUS SATANIST to notice or care.

This dream has stuck with me ever since, because when I woke up, I knew immediately what it symbolized.

It was about conspiracy theories, and how they work. Conspiracy theories are a grift, perpetuated by grifters. They're misdirection. They're noise to signal. And to many of the purveyors of conspiracy theories - the owners and admins of conspiracy theory websites - they're "entertainment." Because this is the defense they trot out every time someone is killed because of them. The people who perpeturate conspiracy theories are grifters, and their aim is either to bilk people out of money or to incite people to commit violence through acts of stochastic terrorism, or both.

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