But beyond overt propaganda outlets, like Russia’s RT, disinformation spread through proxy sites and on social media messaging apps, like Telegram, which was widely used by the convoy’s genuine grassroots supporters. One assumption is that, in general, conservatives are feeling insecure and weakened by demographic shifts and "too many" election losses to the point they'll Hedges their bet, so to speak, with gerrymandered political boundaries, disenfranchisement of poor and largely liberal or MoR voters and so forth, and lately devolving deep into the insanity of conspiracies, hidden foreign influence and misinformation distributed through proxies. Almost as bad as dismissing medical science -- until you actually need medical attention