There seems a close relation between these three things- I suspect we are all talking about the same thing only using different words. Sort of like someone confused our language so we don’t understand one another.

Like, I say “beast.” And you say: “There’s no such thing as beasts.” My mother bursts in telling me stop using the word “like.” I say, “The word ‘like’ is for making metaphors. People have been comparing this thing to be similar to that thing for ages. It’s a perfectly legitimate grammatical expression,” I say.

She breathes fire🔥. She’s irate because I sound like a Valley Girl. (Remember the Eighties? Big hair and gum chewing? Give it time, you’ll get it.)

See? ‘Beasts’ one and all. It’s not a question of whether there are beasts or not. I am a beast occasionally when I don’t eat. Don’t stand between me and my lunch.

So, the ‘beast’ that is part of our universal language means: chaos, confusion, terror. Breathing fire 🔥 Whether that’s hell and damnation preachers or leftist activists who are very angry. 🔥The witch in the woods who eats naughty children🔥 Or, the mythical, man-animal that tried to boil the Apostle John.

I say “beast.” You say “conspiracy theory.” There is something confusing, scary, and terrible happening in the world. To what else shall we attribute this phenomenon?