A Tinfoil Hat
At the Capitol proper, protesters covered the West Entrance like ants. If much of the retreating crowd had been hoodies and athleisure, here were men donning helmets, flak jackets, and military surplus gear. They held makeshift shields and had ripped flags from dowel rods to form batons. One man wore a chain-mail tunic. Another wore, literally, a tinfoil hat. Masks were few and far between.
All of these people are deep in tinfoil hat country. So much faith and belief in their alternative facts that they feel justified in their actions. How can we live in a day and an age of near instant knowledge, but have so many people be completely ignorant of reality?