Wingnuts Freak Out Over WNC and Helene

Jeez, these people.

The number one conspiracy theory in the fever swamps right now seems to be that the feds are going to use eminent domain to seize huge chunks of Western North Carolina to get at large lithium deposits there. Slightly conspiracy-er theories say that the government seeded clouds to make Helene worse to facilitate the plan.

It's like these people are on a hair trigger. They just love this stuff and jump at the chance to accept it and assert it as indisputable fact.

On top of everything else, it's the dogmatism that's stunning. Concern about voter fraud isn't enough--it's proven! that the election of 2020 was stolen. Skepticism about the vax isn't enough--FDA and CDC know that it's a killer and are...for some reason...hiding it. The stuff about Helene hasn't seemed to reach that level yet. But it may well get there before all is said and done.

I guess the left did the same with Katrina...but I'd say to a much lesser extent. The theory didn't seem to extend beyond: The Bush admin dragged its feet to make sure that as many blacks as possible died. That's insane, of course...but it doesn't rise to the level of, e.g., Congresswoman Space Laser contending that Democrats control the weather.

Oh and: it's "ridiculous" to say they can't...

Though Katrina happened before the full-blown cultural freakout that is "social media"...so hard to compare.