I’m having a hard time keeping track of how many apologies are owed to what are being deemed “conspiracy theorists” by Democrats and mainstream media sources. In the age of the internet, conspiracies are a dime a dozen, but the latest breed of “conspiracy theorist” — and I’m using quotes very intentionally here — seem to have more of a grip on reality than the “experts.”
Take, for instance, the most recent revelation that the “lab leak theory” is actually the most likely explanation for the start of the COVID-19 pandemic according to our own federal government. The “lab leak theory” was the very educated guess that the Coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, where they had been experimenting with the SARS-Cov-2 virus.
In May of 2021, conspiracy theorists were emerging from the woodwork to a very receptive audience. Naturally, this sent the mainstream press and their Democrat masters into a complete meltdown. The word “misinformation” or “disinformation” was every other word that came out of the mouths of leftists everywhere. So persuasive were these “conspiracy theorists” that social media companies were slamming the ban hammer on anyone who spoke contrary to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
It was all in vain as their efforts looked more like a game of “Wack-a-mole.” Once they put one down, more would just spring up soon after.
As I wrote around that time, if the left was so furious about these “conspiracy theorists” then they should begin the process of getting rid of them by first making information more transparent to the people and telling the truth about everything from the virus to the economic studies that showed the lockdowns were a bad idea. As I said then, a conspiracy theorist doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. He or she is created due to a severe lack of information and a very real attempt to stop the dissemination of information from getting out:
The issue is that the institutions that should provide this information aren’t providing it. Going back to COVID-19 as a subject, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky wanted to know why we needed to wear two masks even after we’ve been vaccinated. It was a question Fauci didn’t really answer. Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio posed a question to Fauci as to when we can get our freedoms back and what numbers we needed to see in order for this pandemic to be considered over. Fauci didn’t give an answer to that either.
Now Fauci seems to be avoiding questions about the NIH funding of a Chinese viral research lab in Wuhan. You might as well ask people to create conspiracy theories at this rate.
(READ: Conspiracy Theorists Aren’t Created In a Vacuum, Our Institutions Are to Blame for Their Rise)
But there comes a point where those referred to as “conspiracy theorists” aren’t actually what they’re being labeled as.
When people are gathering information to fill in the blanks left behind by the “experts,” this does not make them lunatics. This makes them…human. They’re clearly smelling a rat and they wish to find it. Thanks to the internet providing information that the mainstream media would rather you not see, people are able to get the information they need to make an informed and educated guess as to what’s really going down.
The lab leak theory is a very good example of this. What began as a small theory grew into the most likely explanation thanks to research pursued by the people and government figures actually doing their job.
There’s a difference between the tinfoil hat-wearing weirdo suggesting lizard people are behind Hollywood and the guy gathering credible information wherever he can find it. It’s pretty clear at this point that many people have to go off-mainstream in order to get that info, but the mainstream has proven itself to be a massive source of misinformation itself.
If this era in humanity has taught us anything, it’s that you’re probably better off not listening to the mainstream media and that trusting yourself and your gut instinct is the much better way to go.
