Some links to Q-related items today…
This disease has been spreading for a long time.
Anti-vaxxers spread misinformation about vaccines and autism for decades. Now that tumor metastasized in other parts of the American body politic and ruined everything from the response to the pandemic to election misinformation.https://t.co/AOdWYLTl3o
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) December 8, 2021
Travis marvels at how QAnon has spun off mini-cults.
If there was just one totalist QAnon splinter cult that would be too many.
But two totalist QAnon splinter cults? That's even more unnecessary. pic.twitter.com/wpjSkXK1K6
— Travis View (@travis_view) December 9, 2021
An unfortunate confluence of fantasy and PTSD.
A bunch of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6 were veterans. QAnon is a military fantasy. Right wing militias are full of vets.
Experts & veterans I talked to aren't surprised— including a vet who says he joined a militia accidentally.
My latest. https://t.co/UbKDT2hGWa
— Abraham Gutman (@abgutman) December 9, 2021
Yeah, just try it.
If you think QAnon is over, just try saying "Pizzagate is't real" on national television.
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) December 9, 2021
Tweet, tweet.
I wrote about the Birds Aren’t Real conspiracy, what it’s like for young people growing up in “post truth” America, how a meme became a powerful social movement, and the 23 year old behind it all. https://t.co/Qy8XcbcXkC
— Taylor Lorenz— AWAY ON BOOK LEAVE (@TaylorLorenz) December 9, 2021
Radicalized overnight.
You should check out @aymanm's podcast about Rosanne Boyland, who died during the Capitol Riot.
She wound up there because of 2020's YouTube/TikTok radicalization wave.
Addicted to the Wayfair conspiracy theory, she went full QAnon literally overnight.https://t.co/XzJY4WA714
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 9, 2021
Cryptocurrency and white supremacy.
The extreme far right has generated tens of millions worth of dollars in cryptocurrency. This vast influx of wealth has reshaped the political dynamic of our country in profound, often underreported ways.
My work with @MeganSquire0 here: https://t.co/qA8l5MReYD
— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) December 9, 2021
Now we’re getting somewhere.
Latest: Trump White House chief Mark Meadows turned over to Jan. 6 committee an email that referred to a PowerPoint calling for Trump to declare a NatSec emergency and have VP Pence delay Biden’s certification pic.twitter.com/D2wgLS6AoD
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) December 9, 2021
Getting warmer.
UPDATE: A unanimous appeals court panel says Trump has a “direct linkage” to what happened on Jan. 6 due to his incendiary remarks and call for “wild” protest.
Biden’s call to give his records to Congress is a reasoned and well supported step, they say. https://t.co/4viq4Tftro
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 9, 2021
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on December 10, 2021 at 08:00
