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The conspiracy theory claims that several prominent Democrats, including former presidents such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, along with various “left” celebrities and cultural figures, engage in the perverted and satanic sexual exploitation of children, are cannibals, and conspire to rule the United States and the world.
Former US First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a favorite target of the QAnon congregation, as are Jewish philanthropist George Soros and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Trump is the rescue
Although it can be difficult to understand that some people actually believe the crazy accusations that are being made, such as that Angela Merkel is the granddaughter of Adolf Hitler and that 5G technology is spreading the coronavirus, more and more people are supporting the conspiracy theory.
What they all have in common is that they see President Donald Trump as the great savior, who has secretly saved thousands of children from falling into the clutches of the secret network.
QAnon supporters are also convinced that Trump will soon reach a final agreement with “those responsible” and will send everyone to jail, including the Clintons and Obamas.
Works as a megaphone
The savage conspiracy theory is widely spread on social media, even though both Facebook and Twitter have promised redress and improvement, according to a poll by the AP news agency.
“Their algorithms help radicalize people and actually give this conspiracy theory a megaphone so it can expand,” anthropologist Sophie Bjork-James of Vanderbilt University told the AP.
He has long followed the spread of QAnon and believes that social media like Facebook and Twitter play a crucial role in the spread.
Have a responsibility
– They have a responsibility and must turn off this megaphone. Time and again, they show little will to do so, says Bjork-James.
Twitter admits to the AP that they have not banned QAnon, but claims they are doing everything they can to limit the spread of the conspiracy theory. In July, they introduced new rules that have reportedly cut the number of such messages in half.
However, Facebook still automatically blocks users in various QAnon groups, including “QAnon Updates,” where 11,000 members exchange increasingly savage theories, videos, and links.
One of the groups has been named “Trump 2Q2Q” in an attempt to hide what it actually contains, and the topic “WWG1WGA” can still be searched on Instagram. It is an abbreviation of the motto of the conspiracy group “Where we go one, we all go.”
Sets for selection
QAnon also has supporters in the halls of power in the United States, and among those who have embraced the conspiracy theory is Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, according to CNN.
Both Flynn and Trump’s former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos were on the list of speakers last month when QAnon held his “Digital Soldiers Conference,” and Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone has also been marked as an avid. supporter.
Media Matters for America recently revealed that Republicans who have helped spread the conspiracy theory are now running in at least twelve states in the United States.
Among them are Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia, Jo Rae Perkins in Oregon, Mike Cargile and Erin Cruz in California, Lauren Boebert in Colorado, and Theresa Raborn in Illinois.
Pence and Trump
Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to attend a meeting of QAnon supporters in Montana in September, but canceled it when he confronted who was behind it.
– I don’t know anything about QAnon and I distance myself a lot from him, he said in an interview with CBS News.
Trump, however, did not distance himself from supporters of the conspiracy when asked about QAnon during a press conference at the White House in mid-August.
– I heard that these people love our country, was the president’s response.
Trump also said that he had no greater knowledge of the QAnon movement, “except that I understand that they like me very much and that they are becoming increasingly popular.”
