Dafuq is bit.ly?

It's a URL shortener used to conceal Deafbox links.

A link shortener commonly associated with tricking people into clicking on troll links.

Church

He reminds me of when I was a libertarian who thought Rush Limbaugh was ridiculous but still bought into Neal Boortz.

It’s not just ideology though. I doubt you ever believed that aliens have aligned with the CIA and are controlling weather patterns from bunkers 100 miles under the sea.

I mean I imagine he can see how ridiculous a cartoon character trying to bang a drum that Alex Jones is but still buys into the basic concept when it's put in a way that seems more palatable.

I've seen him say things about his mother and his ex-wife that make me think that he's felt embattled for a good portion of his life, combine that with the overactive pattern recognition of the conspiracy theorist, and I'd say he was ripe for the internet loonies to recruit him. I mean he's been crazy for longer than the alt right have existed.

Antisemitism and weird conspiracy theories have been hand in hand since before WW2.