So it's just a bunch of crazy conspiracies from right-wing pro-Trump people, right? Saying mean things about Hillary? Something about a Pizza Restaurant...?

Well yeah, QAnon is all that, but it's also SO MUCH CRAZIER THAN YOU THINK. QAnon is a weird fantasy in which Donald Trump is a superhero/Jesus, and the 'Lightworkers' say he is the only one who can save imprisoned children from being tortured at the hands of an underground group of celebrities and politicians who want to eat babies and destroy the earth. LOL WHAT?

Yeah... when those 'Q' people stormed the capitol, it wasn't just because they were cranky Trump lost and Biden won, it was because they thought the very fabric of human existence was at stake, and NOTHING could convince them otherwise. 

So how did a bunch of boomers and once regular, smart people (one of them Jacob's friend) end up sucked into the bizarre conspiracy world of QAnon? How did it start, and do people still believe it now that Trump has slunk away to play golf rather than be their Jesus and save the world?

Reply All podcast episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

Conspirituality podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/conspirituality/id1515827446

QAnon Anonymous podcast (start at beginning): https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/qanon-anonymous/id1428209307

Q Clearence podcast (start at beginning): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/q-clearance-the-hunt-for-qanon/id1534027012

Some articles about the 3 people who amplified Q in the early stages: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531 

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/paul-furber/ 

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/tracy-diaz/ 

Learn more about Ron and Jim Watkins: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-qanon/story?id=73046374 

Learn what it took to finally take down 8chan: https://www.theneweconomy.com/technology/a-sorry-site-8chan-gets-the-axe-raising-questions-about-internet-censorship

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