Those you describe so well seem to be more defiant of the face of reality
"Would that the same intrusion of reality bedevil the shithouse rat postings/rants of the conspiracy theorists,
junk scientists, wannabe theocrats, alt-reality, fact-challenged authoritarian ass-clowns who post here."
than ever before. Much of that, of course, is attributable to the bubble of misinformation,
disinformation and lies which ex- president Trump and QAnon have conditioned them into.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”