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What Is QAnon, the Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory?
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Lou Bricano
Jun 3, 2023, 1:14:14 PM6/3/23
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Explaining the “big tent conspiracy theory” that falsely claims that former
President Trump is facing down a shadowy cabal of Democratic pedophiles.
By Kevin Roose
Sept. 3, 2021
By now, you’ve probably heard of QAnon, the internet conspiracy theory that has
taken hold among many on the American right.
But you may still have questions about what exactly is going on.
QAnon was once a fringe phenomenon — the kind most people could safely ignore.
But recently, it has gone mainstream. In 2020, QAnon supporters flooded social
media with false information about Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter protests and
the presidential election, and recruited legions of new believers to their
ranks. A December poll by NPR and Ipsos found that 17 percent of Americans
believed that the core falsehood of QAnon — that “a group of Satan-worshiping
elites who run a child sex ring are trying to control our politics and media” —
was true.
QAnon has also seeped into the offline world. Followers of the movement
participated in the deadly Capitol riot in January, and other QAnon believers
have been charged with violent crimes, including kidnappings, assassination
plots and the 2019 murder of a mafia boss in New York. A terrorism bulletin
issued by the Department of Homeland Security in late January warned of
increasing violence from domestic extremist groups, including conspiracy theory
communities like QAnon.
QAnon has also made inroads in Republican politics. Representative Marjorie
Taylor Greene, a first-term congresswoman from Georgia, has become the most
prominent QAnon-affiliated lawmaker in the country. (Ms. Greene, who posted in
support of QAnon on social media, has said she regrets her posts, but continues
to promote many QAnon-supported conspiracy theories.) Elected Republicans at the
state and local levels have also expressed support for QAnon.
QAnon is an incredibly convoluted theory, and you could fill an entire book
explaining its various tributaries and subtheories. But here are some basic
things you should know.
QAnon is the umbrella term for a set of internet conspiracy theories that
allege, falsely, that the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles.
QAnon followers believe that this cabal includes top Democrats like President
Joseph R. Biden Jr., Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros, as well as
a number of entertainers and Hollywood celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks
and Ellen DeGeneres and religious figures including Pope Francis and the Dalai
Lama. Many of them also believe that, in addition to molesting children, members
of this group kill and eat their victims to extract a life-extending chemical
called adrenochrome.
According to QAnon lore, former President Donald J. Trump was recruited by top
military generals to run for president in 2016 to break up this criminal
conspiracy and bring its members to justice. Many of these cabal members will
soon be arrested, the theory goes, and some will be imprisoned at Guantánamo
Bay, while others will face military tribunals and be executed.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon. This is the kind of thing where
Wikipedia excels.
The NYT and Wikipedia articles are 100% accurate reporting about the set of
crackpot, irrational, conspiracy-based bullshit *false* beliefs that are under
the label "QAnon." There *is* such a set of beliefs, widely accepted by
Republiscums, and the name for that set of beliefs is QAnon. Hence, the
Republiscum/QAnon party. QAnon is not a "slur" in this usage. It is an
*accurate* label for Republiscums.
QAnon is "real" in the sense that there is such a set of fucked-up, irrational,
crackpot bullshit beliefs. The beliefs themselves, of course are about *unreal*
things.
This is settled.
President Trump is facing down a shadowy cabal of Democratic pedophiles.
By Kevin Roose
Sept. 3, 2021
By now, you’ve probably heard of QAnon, the internet conspiracy theory that has
taken hold among many on the American right.
But you may still have questions about what exactly is going on.
QAnon was once a fringe phenomenon — the kind most people could safely ignore.
But recently, it has gone mainstream. In 2020, QAnon supporters flooded social
media with false information about Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter protests and
the presidential election, and recruited legions of new believers to their
ranks. A December poll by NPR and Ipsos found that 17 percent of Americans
believed that the core falsehood of QAnon — that “a group of Satan-worshiping
elites who run a child sex ring are trying to control our politics and media” —
was true.
QAnon has also seeped into the offline world. Followers of the movement
participated in the deadly Capitol riot in January, and other QAnon believers
have been charged with violent crimes, including kidnappings, assassination
plots and the 2019 murder of a mafia boss in New York. A terrorism bulletin
issued by the Department of Homeland Security in late January warned of
increasing violence from domestic extremist groups, including conspiracy theory
communities like QAnon.
QAnon has also made inroads in Republican politics. Representative Marjorie
Taylor Greene, a first-term congresswoman from Georgia, has become the most
prominent QAnon-affiliated lawmaker in the country. (Ms. Greene, who posted in
support of QAnon on social media, has said she regrets her posts, but continues
to promote many QAnon-supported conspiracy theories.) Elected Republicans at the
state and local levels have also expressed support for QAnon.
QAnon is an incredibly convoluted theory, and you could fill an entire book
explaining its various tributaries and subtheories. But here are some basic
things you should know.
QAnon is the umbrella term for a set of internet conspiracy theories that
allege, falsely, that the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles.
QAnon followers believe that this cabal includes top Democrats like President
Joseph R. Biden Jr., Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros, as well as
a number of entertainers and Hollywood celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks
and Ellen DeGeneres and religious figures including Pope Francis and the Dalai
Lama. Many of them also believe that, in addition to molesting children, members
of this group kill and eat their victims to extract a life-extending chemical
called adrenochrome.
According to QAnon lore, former President Donald J. Trump was recruited by top
military generals to run for president in 2016 to break up this criminal
conspiracy and bring its members to justice. Many of these cabal members will
soon be arrested, the theory goes, and some will be imprisoned at Guantánamo
Bay, while others will face military tribunals and be executed.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon. This is the kind of thing where
Wikipedia excels.
The NYT and Wikipedia articles are 100% accurate reporting about the set of
crackpot, irrational, conspiracy-based bullshit *false* beliefs that are under
the label "QAnon." There *is* such a set of beliefs, widely accepted by
Republiscums, and the name for that set of beliefs is QAnon. Hence, the
Republiscum/QAnon party. QAnon is not a "slur" in this usage. It is an
*accurate* label for Republiscums.
QAnon is "real" in the sense that there is such a set of fucked-up, irrational,
crackpot bullshit beliefs. The beliefs themselves, of course are about *unreal*
things.
This is settled.
Skeeter
Jun 3, 2023, 1:52:09 PM6/3/23
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In article <ExKeM.633571$Olad....@fx35.iad>, l...@cap.con says...
>
> Explaining the ?big tent conspiracy theory? that falsely claims that former
> elites who run a child sex ring are trying to control our politics and media? ?
No one cares. You cry because Biden is so disappointing.
>
> Explaining the ?big tent conspiracy theory? that falsely claims that former
> President Trump is facing down a shadowy cabal of Democratic pedophiles.
>
> By Kevin Roose
> Sept. 3, 2021
>
> By now, you?ve probably heard of QAnon, the internet conspiracy theory that has
>
> By Kevin Roose
> Sept. 3, 2021
>
> taken hold among many on the American right.
>
> But you may still have questions about what exactly is going on.
>
> QAnon was once a fringe phenomenon ? the kind most people could safely ignore.
>
> But you may still have questions about what exactly is going on.
>
> But recently, it has gone mainstream. In 2020, QAnon supporters flooded social
> media with false information about Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter protests and
> the presidential election, and recruited legions of new believers to their
> ranks. A December poll by NPR and Ipsos found that 17 percent of Americans
> believed that the core falsehood of QAnon ? that ?a group of Satan-worshiping
> media with false information about Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter protests and
> the presidential election, and recruited legions of new believers to their
> ranks. A December poll by NPR and Ipsos found that 17 percent of Americans
> elites who run a child sex ring are trying to control our politics and media? ?
Scout
Jun 3, 2023, 1:53:53 PM6/3/23
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You would.
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