Spacey Conspiracy Theories

My first cartoon on the Baltimore bridge was published at GoComics yesterday and the trolls came out to scream at me for connecting it to Republicans who voted against the Infrastructure bill. No, Republicans didn’t know the bridge down but they don’t support building them either. Meanwhile, the same goons have been quiet or are even helping Republicans spread conspiracy theories about why the cargo ship crashed into the bridge. Do you wanna hear some? Yes, you do.

Andrew Tate, a conspiracy theorist awaiting trial in Romania claimed on TwitterX it was a cyber attack. His tweet has been seen over 18 million times. Alex Jones, who spread conspiracy theories about Sandy Hook and gay frogs, posted, “Looks deliberate to me. A cyber-attack is probable. WW3 has already started.”

Others say the ship’s captain fell ill from receiving a vaccination for COVID-19. Some say the Obamas did it because the bridge was named after slave-owning Francis Scott Key, or they had it destroyed because they hate the Star Spangled Banner. Some say Israel did it.

Some have blamed wokeness and DEI (diversity, equality, and inclusiveness) for the accident. Some goons blame open borders and “illegal” immigrants even though the only people who died from the accident were immigrants.

The mayor of Baltimore, Brandon Scott, asked people to have a “little bit of decency and respect” when it comes to online discourse about the fatal bridge collapse. Scott said, “Don’t spread misinformation. Don’t play bridge engineer online or in the media. Remember that these are people’s family members who have lost their lives simply trying to make transit better for the rest of us.” Asking Republicans and MAGAts to have a little bit of decent and respect makes you wonder if the mayor has ever met a Republican.

Speaking of decency, Elijah Schaffer, a right-wing troglodyte for the Gateway Pundi, tweeted a racist meme at the mayor.

Hung Cao, a Republican challenging Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, apparently didn’t learn how anchors work while he was in the Navy, arguing that they should have been dropped to stop the ship. They were dropped. And then he blamed Pete Buttigieg for focusing more on climate change and racial equality than the infrastructure.

Republican Senator Rick Scott connected it to “open borders.” A better conspiracy theory is that the captain of the ship was blinded by the moon shining off of Rick Scott’s bald racist head.

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, blamed it on an “unqualified drug-addled” workforce hamstrung by coronavirus lockdowns. Usually, a person would have to be high to say something that stupid.

Marjorie Taylor Greene speculated that it’s the cause of terrorists but fortunately, she hasn’t blamed Jewish space lasers or anyone at Comet Ping Pong Pizza…yet.

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