cover of episode Q Anon: When Wild Conspiracy Went (sort of) Mainstream

Q Anon: When Wild Conspiracy Went (sort of) Mainstream

2024/10/22
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QAnon is an online conspiracy theory claiming that a cabal of liberal elites controls the world, engaging in nefarious activities like Satan worship, pedophilia, and cannibalism. Former President Donald Trump is portrayed as a savior chosen to combat these forces. The movement draws from older anti-Semitic theories, like blood libel and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
  • QAnon believes a cabal of liberal elites, including celebrities and politicians, secretly run the world.
  • Adrenochrome, a chemical compound, is falsely believed by QAnon followers to be an elixir of life harvested from children.
  • Pizzagate, a precursor to QAnon, falsely linked a D.C. pizza place to a child sex trafficking ring.

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Q Anon believes many things, including that Tom Hanks is a Satan-worshipping, child-eating pedophile. Yeah. We'll just leave our "drop" right here for you to make up your own mind.

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