[DiogenesLamp]

But since those reports don’t tickle the imagination of conpsiracy addicts, nuttism continues to prosper.

I was perusing Free Republic earlier today and I came across your commentary in a discussion with "Fantasywriter" regarding "Pizzagate."

I assume you still think it is absolute nonsense and that there is nothing there that smells bad?

I have noticed over the years, that a lot of "conspiracy theories" have turned out to be correct.

[Pelham]

“I was perusing Free Republic earlier today and I came across your commentary in a discussion with “Fantasywriter” regarding “Pizzagate.” I assume you still think it is absolute nonsense and that there is nothing there that smells bad?”

Central to one of the Pizzagate crowd’s bigger stories was the claim that a pedo ring was holding children captive in the basement of Comet Ping Pong, a local DC pizza joint with connections to big name Democrats.

Some poor guy from out of state believed these rumor mongers and he showed up, armed, to free the children. But there is no basement at Comet Ping Pong. And there were no captive children. The only thing that the Pizzagate loons managed to do was get Edgar Welch of NC arrested.

So yes, something about Pizzagate smells bad. It’s the willingness of irresponsible people to deal in gossip that ends up getting well intentioned people into big trouble.

Pizzagate was a rerun of the McMartin Preschool hysteria that played out in SoCal back in 1983. That one blew up the preschool and the lives of some innocent people who ran it. The Pizzagate loons often cited McMartin which is no surprise.