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And today's conspiracy is... *drumroll*

Finally, there is an apparent conspiracy being pushed by some popular right-wing X users that says GTA VI is pro-Zionist and should be boycotted. It seems as though this claim originated with Jackson Hinkle, a right-wing troll and X personality with 2.2 million followers who recently pivoted to posting pro-Palestine content. Hinkle initially said he was “DISGUSTED by the level of degenerate filth in the trailer” and then linked the game to Zionism in a follow-up tweet that called for it to be banned. YouTuber Sneako repeated the claim to his more than 700,000 followers on X hours after Hinkle’s post.

It’s entirely unclear what this could possibly be based on. Rockstar Games has made no public comments about Palestine-Israel since the conflict flared up after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.

Now that Rockstar has released some footage of the actual game, this contingent of weirdos is in a frenzy. One of their top concerns is that Lucia, the game’s protagonist, doesn’t look feminine enough. “First look at ‘GTA 6’ female protagonist. She is rumored to be transgender,” one account said on Twitter.

Another, replying to the account spreading an unfounded rumor, said, “If that’s true the game will flop I promise. Go woke you WILL go broke. Follow us if you agree.”

This led to a wave of YouTube videos and posts about the impending failure of Grand Theft Auto VI because of its perceived adoption of “woke” politics. Videos with titles like “Woke Feminists Ruined GTA 6: Female Protagonist, No Controversial Jokes” and “GTA 6 Will Have WOKE Cops” litter YouTube and predate the trailer’s release by a year.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3we8x/g...or-our-age