Conspiracy theorists can be on any end of the political spectrum. Those have nothing to do with gun legislation, or other policy-related issues noticed in this article.

I hear what you're saying. We are in desperate need to talk about knowledge and truth, but doing so under the banner of 'all conservatives are bad' is unproductive because all of us are susceptible to being falsely misinformed.

I think 'bigger picture' thinking is required: like asking ourselves, why are so many people believing these things, like Bill Gates planting microchips in people -- is it because people are distrusting of authority? Well why don't they trust authority figures? Perhaps it's because they've been let down consistently by the very people who assure us that everything is OK. Where have let each other down re: critical thinking skills? How do we teach people to properly inform themselves? How to spot misinformation? Why isn't this taught in public schools? And so on.

These are the conversations that need to be had. Otherwise, all sides are just going to retreat further away from each other, and then the outcome is divisive discourse like this.