Last time I checked, my mother still thinks Obama is Muslim.
So no. Crackpot theories become more widespread once they hit mainstream. And they stay there forever.
Deplatforming is effective.
I think the answer is much simpler but equally pathetic. The center right and center left are both so vapid and devoid of vision that they are helpless to address the "alternative" of Alex Jones. It is our elite that have failed and left a vacuum to be filled with whatever happens to be loudest.
If we had real public intellectuals and a real media and real politicians with vision Jones would be completely marginalized. He only succeeds because the culture is so empty.
Jones is already mainstream. He is not going to get smaller if you give him bigger platforms.
Unrelated question.
Can somebody explain to me, how he went from "9/11 was inside job, police are jackbooted thugs, anti Bush, anti Obama" to being pro police, pro government?
I want to understand the logic behind this.
Unfortunately your question starts with an untenable premise ;)
Remember there's no conspiracy to control the narrative. It's totally a coincidence that Alex Jones got banned from Youtube, itunes, and Facebook simultaneously.