Does free speech come with a side of irony?

[Claustrum]

1. I don't know the answer to this.

But I think a big portion of the blame is on the party leaders (Trump and other republican leaders) for feeding on the conspiracy theory wing of the party. I think both parties have our own conspiracy and they were always there even before Trump, the internet or the social networks. But before Trump, we had party leaders who are responsible and rejects these conspiracy part in the party. One big example is McCain for shutting down the white lady who tried to say her racist BS toward Obama. And on our side, we have sane party leaders who are still staying away from those conspiracies.

Trump, not only allowed those conspiracy wing to exist, but basically made his campaign on those conspiracies. I have hope that once Trumpism disappears from the republican party, we might have a chance to go back to normal when cooler heads in the republican party gained back prominence. But I just don't know how long it will take for Trumpism to die. It only seems to be growing in the republican party.