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John Birchers were the progenitors of modern American insane political conspiracy theory landscape - Alex Jones dad was one of them.
Fluoride is an evil communist plot, food stamps are an evil communist plot, being gay is an evil communist plot. Communists are everywhere and must be rooted out. Think about McCarthy’s famous list of all of the communists who were supposedly in office.