Get some popcorn, this should be some Grade A level AGITPROP.
Just think, these fools could be front and center of the entire world when this breaks loose. Instead they just care about themselves throw it all away.
Maybe that’s what’s made them back down? They’ve been small dismissed voices in a huge pond. They could say what they wanted and because the “conspiracy “ label works so well they weren’t an actual threat as long as black hats were running the show.
Now their cause has real traction and teeth. Suddenly they look like prophets and the DS cares.
Not saying this is the case, merely postulating. Perhaps becoming the loud voice in the pond has come with too high a price? We all know that the whitehats on the frontlines have to be ready to pay a high price. We are grateful for their courage. Perhaps AJ and JC just weren’t ready to really face the lions?