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David Icke

Photo: Mark Case / Staff
Photo: Mark Case / Staff (Getty Images)

David Icke is best known for his theory that the world is run by a cabal of shape-shifting lizard people (literally), including everyone from George Bush to the British Royal Family. For years Icke enjoyed a sort of infamous celebrity and lighthearted mocking, but opinions about the conspiracy theorist soured, among anyone paying attention, as it became harder to ignore that his ideas include a lot of antisemitism. Icke was removed from Twitter, but mouthing off about reptilians apparently wasn’t the problem. The company banned him for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.