Bad Day for Propagandists

It's quite a distinction, though an ignoble one, to garner the title The Stupidest Man on the Internet, but Jim Hoft, the right wing propagandist knon by the nom de plume 'Gateway Pundit', has managed to earn the moniker. Perhaps his greatest achievement was his publishing of minion Lucian Wintrich's warning that millions of 'antifa supersoldiers would behead 'all white parents' on 11/4/2017. Hoft has finally been booted from Twitter, uspended for repeated violations of Twitter's 'civic integrity policy':

The Gateway Pundit has been booted from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/gwydYQQOtM

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) February 6, 2021

Connoisseurs of bad right-wing takes will now have to seek out Hoft in his own internet lair, now that he cannot use Twitter to amplify his outré fabulism. Another right-wing conspiracy theorist, Wayne Allyn Root, was also booted from Twitter:

It appears conspiracy theorist radio host Wayne Allyn Root was suspended from Twitter permanently pic.twitter.com/hwY1rfUdDV

— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) February 7, 2021

Root isn't quite the troglodyte as Hoft is, but he peddles in the sort of conspiracy theories that inspired the MAGA raid on the Capitol... no sci-fi stories about leftwing commandos wielding deadly soup cans, though. I don't know why Twitter is going after high profile right-wing conspiracy theorists, possibly because of fears of lawsuits, or, less likely, a genuine civic virtue that eschews outright falsehoods. It's a welcome change of policy, after so many years of disinformation from one particular source that I don't even hsve to name.