S2E17 - The Crusaders: Origin (QAnon, pt2: how it got started)

Nov 10, 2020

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Are you awake yet?

In part two of CoJW's five part series on QAnon, Kayla gets into the nitty gritty mechanics of how it got going and where it's at now.

Special thanks to conspiracy researcher Mike Rothschild (https://twitter.com/rothschildmd) for sharing his insights with CoJW this episode!

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*Search Categories*

Anthropological; Internet culture; Common interest / Fandom; Destructive; Conspiracy Theory

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*Topic Spoiler*

QAnon, pt2: how it got started

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*Further Reading*

 

https://www.axios.com/poll-qanon-americans-belief-growing-2a2d2a55-38a7-4b2a-a1b6-2685a956feef.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/reddit-qanon-ban-evasion-policy-moderation-facebook/616442/

https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434

https://www.salon.com/2020/09/07/decoding-qanon-from-pizzagate-to-kanye-to-marina-abramovic-this-conspiracy-covers-everything/

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904237192/journalist-enters-the-world-of-qanon-it-s-almost-like-a-bad-spy-novel

https://www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track/comments/gksrvm/comprehensive_list_of_significant_qanon_related/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-trump-timeline-conspiracy-theorists-1076279/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/qanon-violence-crimes-timeline

https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/qanon-election-trump-8kun.html

https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2020/08/q-clearance-patriot.jpg

https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/08/21/qanon-2020-election/

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/qanon-republican-party-congress.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/trump-racism-comments/588067/

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*Patreon Credits*

initiates: Michaela Evans

cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole