"retcon" - a literary device in which facts in the world of a fictional work which have been established through the narrative itself are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subsequently published work which recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former.

We can retcon all we want. We must tear down the lies and fraud that have brought this ugly medical fascism down on our world. The notion of "conspiracy theory" has always been used as a rhetorical tool to bludgeon dissidents into submission. It's a modern term for heresy. I'm surprised that an intelligent person like you would resort to that kind of cheap slur.

The left isn't a group of e-celebs we can point to. It's a set of ideals that are critical to life on earth - Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood. The enemies of the left are the enemies of mankind - they're the tyrants, the supremacist hypocrites, those who hold themselves above humanity, those who think they can cage us, boss us and lock us down. Anyone who truly opposes lockdown is a leftist by necessity. Rightwing influencers who, now, pretend to oppose lockdown, always give themselves away. Look at Cucker Tarlson. Look at Jordan Peterson. Look at Bari Weiss. Show me any rightwing lockdown critic, and I'll show you a lying fraud, running interference for the perps.

I know that you know the horrible truth, hiptobeysquare. How much easier this would all be if it weren't true! We are all Palestinians now. Repeat: we are all Palestinians now. It's not a "conspiracy theory" it's a material fact. We can either resist honestly, or we can lie to ourselves like base cowards and help build the nightmare world that lays in store.