RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/December 2023

December 2023

10

Jerry Coyne promotes the conspiracy theory that George Floyd was not murdered by police

26

Whoops: Trump's former personal lawyer (currently under legal supervision) Michael Cohen admitted that some of the case citations he submitted to a judge were actually AI-generated nonsense he found on the internet without bothering to proofread. This was after the judge noticed that Cohen's legal team were citing cases that never happened.

21

Tucker Carlson scared of UFOs, or something. "It's so dark. I haven't even told my wife about it."

15

TheBlaze speaker attacks women's suffrage at Turning Point USA event.

34

Ye West launches a massive personal/political rant on Instagram where he claims he's a "vessel of God", the reason he met with Saudi dictator Mohammad bin Salman was because France colonized Africa, the Pilgrims were Jewish and Native Americans were Black, he won't vote for Trump unless he "gets Larry out", and something about "pyramids". He adds: "Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye. Third party. Sponsor that."

20

Tucker Carlson not a flat-Earther, but "open" to becoming one. "I'm not discounting that possibility... Present me the evidence of its flatness, and I will amplify it."

19

Joe Biden says: "Were there no Israel, there wouldn't be a Jew in the world who was safe". An utterly insane statement from the president of the country with the 2nd highest number of Jews in it. (nitter.net mirror)

25

Trump rips the suit he wore in his mugshot into two-thousand pieces then sells the pieces as "Mugshot Edition" NFTs. Yes, really.

19

Groypers who roleplay as cartoon frogs online have begun revolting, demanding that Elon Musk unbans neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes' Twitter X account a second time. One announced he is starving himself in a "hunger strike" until the demand is met.

32

Michael Knowles claims PornHub is secretly trying to turn men gay after he heard a (Project Veritas style) audio clip about the company's conversion marketing. Earlier this year Knowles similarly warned about "hypnosis" porno turning men transgender, adding he was scared it could happen to him.

16

Clogs crossover episode: Elon Musk unbans Alex Jones, hosts an audio conversation with him to ask about "the whole Sandy Hook thing". Jones claims he was just playing "devil's advocate" ("no" and still "no") and the media victimized him over it. Now Twitter is systematically promoting Alex Jones's account.

23

Not the Onion: ChatGPT takes a winter vacation and users complain it's now too "lazy" to do their work for them.

15

Because for some reason people can't stop giving this charlatan attention, HBO is now developing a film about George Santos.

23

Alex Jones predicts he might "disappear like Obi-Wan Kenobi" because nearly enough people WOKE UP (read: are nuts now) that he's "almost obsolete".

32

Elon Musk and friends can't play Grand Theft Auto games because it's too criminally violent. Everyone knows if you shoot someone in GTA, you go to jail in real life.

17

Use sci-fi to make animals smart so we can make them work jobs and pay taxes. Twitter is a powerhouse of innovation.

18

George Santos sells $200 custom videos and $10 text messages after his expulsion from Congress. The man's still got to eat somehow.

14

The desperate losers calling themselves "MAGA patriots" are now screeching for boycotts of Walmart after Walmart started stocking "Impeach 45" tee-shirts.

24

The Republican strategist guy who worried about "tranny semen" in his Chick-fil-A lemonade has bought and wore what may well be women's jeans, and is confused as to why they have no pockets. He demonstrates in a video.

14

Ben Shapiro, paraphrased in earnest: We tried a documentary about men joining women's sports leagues, but found out they'd have to take hormone treatments first. So we made a fictional film about it instead.