Trolls brutally mock conspiracy theorists after secretly infiltrating Zoom call

A group of conspiracy theorists have been brilliantly shut down while trying to make a wild – and completely false – claim.

A group of Aussie conspiracy theorists have been brilliantly mocked after trolls managed to secretly infiltrate a Zoom meeting – and cause pure chaos.

The brilliant plan was hatched by an anonymous Australian woman who runs the CookerWatch Twitter account, which is dedicated to exposing local conspiracy theorists.

She and at least one other supporter managed to join a Zoom call organised by the My Place movement, which originated in opposition to Covid vaccines but has since evolved into a plan to create an entire new society in order to prepare for the collapse of civilisation, which supporters believe is imminent.

The CookerWatch account shared a short video of the hilarious Zoom trolling on Twitter, beginning with a My Place member making a debunked allegation about recent local elections.

“We have to watch the States as well, what’s happening in the States, because when the States fall we will fall too,” a My Place member says in the clip

“If you have a look at the whole voting system and everything like that, we use the same voting system over here, the Dominion and the Smart one …”

She’s then interrupted mid-sentence by the online vigilante, who says: “No we don’t, we use paper ballots, and they get counted manually”.

The group got brilliantly trolled. Picture: Twitter

Her interruption was ignored, with the My Place member continuing with her tirade: “And we’ve also got evidence of the guy sitting in the corner rubbing off the paper ballots and …”

“No, that wasn’t a ballot, that was a reporting system, that wasn’t a voting ballot. If you have a look at it, you can see it wasn’t a ballot,” the CookerWatch representative continues.

“ … Go have a look at that video again, and you will see it’s not a ballot paper – have a look!”

The woman running the call then announces an end to the meeting, and calls for any last questions – which is when the chaos really sets in.

“The storm’s coming guys, the storm’s nearly here,” a woman can be heard saying in the video.

“Yeah I know, I wish it happened six months ago but ah, I can’t wait,” a male on the call chimes in.

The “storm” appears to be a reference to QAnon – an American political conspiracy theory and political movement that believes a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic sexual abusers of children operating a global child sex trafficking ring conspired against former US President Donald Trump during his presidency, with the administration secretly planning to crack down on them on a day known as “the Storm” or “the Event”.

“It’s definitely comin’, because it’s been comin’, 2016 it was comin’, and it was comin’ in 2018, it was comin’ in 2020, and it’s comin’ in 2021 … it’s definitely, definitely comin’ now,” the infiltrator mockingly continues, before the My Place organiser admits: “I think they’re just here to make trouble”.

“We are the storm,” the man continues. “I reckon I’m comin’ right now.”

“Storm’s any day now, any day. It’s comin', definitely comin’, it’s comin' any minute.”

A My Place woman then praises the organiser for handling the situation “very well” and says she “looks forward to creating this new society with you”.

“Bye trolls,” a My Space supporter can be heard saying in the footage.

“See ya! Bye d**kheads,” the trolls respond.

“It’s definitely comin’. Woo!”

Darren Bergwerf started My Place for anti-vaxxers. Picture: Facebook

The person behind the CookerWatch account stressed that they were not an expert in conspiracy theorists, nor were they the only person dedicated to exposing the “movement”.

But they said they were motivated to call out so-called “cookers” due to personal concern and because “for too long it has been ignored”.

“I just want to bring awareness to it because this movement is growing and the rhetoric is becoming more (concerning),” they said.

Inside shadowy conspiracy group

My Place was founded by Darren Bergwerf – a Holocaust denier who recently made anti-Semitic comments online – as an anti-vax group during the pandemic, but has since taken a far more extreme turn, with supporters planning to create an entirely new society as they believe civilisation as we know it is on the brink of collapse.

Mr Bergwerf – who was also present on the My Place Zoom meeting – is a sovereign citizen, a movement based on the idea that the modern nation state is illegitimate and laws and governments have an oppressive hold over the population.

He was recently featured on the ABC’s 7.30, with the program revealing he and his My Place crew were plotting to take “control of council decisions”.

My Place has local branches across Australia, and one of the aims is to push communities to form a “council action group” with the plan to then attend local council meeting and in time “establish constant control over council decisions”.

According to the ABC, Mr Bergwerf was “elected” as mayor of the People’s Council of Frankston which is described as “a shadow council to the genuine Frankston Council”.

The My Place Australia network, which has websites and Facebook groups with thousands of members in local communities across the country, also buys into the 15-minute city conspiracy theory.

The 15-minute city concept is that city dwellers should have access to everything they need – whether it be supermarkets, schools, work and eateries – within a 15 to 20-minute walk, cycle or public transport trip.

However, critics of the concept – also known as “Smart Cities” – somehow believe it is part of a secret plan by global elites to restrict people’s freedom and movements, and the minutes from the My Place Frankston community meeting, held on February 1, revealed a concerted plan to disrupt local council proceedings with objections to 15-minute city proposals.

Originally published as Trolls brutally mock conspiracy theorists after secretly infiltrating Zoom call