Q Anon isn’t taken seriously by very many people. It’s a blown-out-of-proportion phenomenon. The left seems to be the one that continues to promote it as if mil

Q Anon isn’t taken seriously by very many people. It’s a blown-out-of-proportion phenomenon. The left seems to be the one that continues to promote it as if millions of people are paying attention to it. I spend a lot of time on conservative news and opinion sites and Q Anon stuff is never mentioned. Nor are any of the wacky conspiracies taken seriously. But the left loves to use that to discredit opposing viewpoints much in the same way they quickly use the “Nazi” tag when it suits their purposes. As far as “how we got here,” the answer is pretty simple: social media shutting down debate and “fact checkers” who are really “conforming verifiers” who have been given outsized credibility. Did Covid come from a lab, a year ago was “fact checked” by those with conflicts of interest. Yet there wasn’t any actual fact check — it used the opinions of certain officials rather than actual verifiable fact. If Fauci said it didn’t come from a lab, that’s his opinion. But was any data actually presented to dispute the assertion? None. The Appeal To Authority isn’t a valid fact-check. The media literally ignores facts if those facts don’t fit the narrative. And, they use all sorts of rhetorical strategies to discredit the other side. The hatred of all things Trump resulted in media organizations losing all credibility.