QAnon is as American as apple pie. We've had moral panics/political conspiracy wackiness going back to our founding. Now the unholy marriage between QAnon and Wellness culture has led to a lethal combination of ignorance and fear that is harming all of us. This week we discuss the similarities between our current situation and other conspiracy theories in US history....next episode we'll cover how we need to start handling it.
Long live the Bavarian Illuminati!
RESEARCH:https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon?utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0mBaP2v1YAaLlTpwb4BKJIcvm_8xOABvMF-NhH4IKyGWPKGaWxPJmiYSghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/21/trump-online-traffic-plunge/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3295cb6%2F60a92b479d2fdae3025b52a2%2F5b9158dfade4e20f4f71fe35%2F9%2F70%2F60a92b479d2fdae3025b52a2 https://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Panic-Pop-Cultural-Paranoia-1980s/dp/1903254868
https://www.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon
https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a35823360/covid-19-vaccine-qanon-wellness-influencers/
https://www.facebook.com/alex.rushing.16/posts/10161069691934968
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/05/22/simone-biles-wins-us-classic-gymnastics-results/
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