Posts Tagged ‘Q’

QAnon Isn’t a Conspiracy, It’s a Religion

August 16, 2021

QAnon Isn't a Conspiracy, It's a Religion

Why are Qanon True Believers impervious to facts? As prophecized, after 2020, Qanon became a cult, wholly based on belief, and you can’t argue with religious faith.

And this Cult of Q is growing. A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core found that 15 percent of Americans say they think that the levers of power are controlled by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles, a core belief of QAnon supporters. 15 percent of Americans, 30 million people, means QAnon has more followers in America than Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism combined.

More:

“QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions, Poll Suggests,” Giovanni Russonello, New York Times

“Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption,” Public Religion Research Institute

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The Instagram aesthetic that made QAnon mainstream

January 25, 2021

The Instagram aesthetic that made QAnon mainstream. A Vox video by Christophe Haubursin.

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Twitter’s Insurrection Night Massacre

January 13, 2021


After it became clear that Donald Trump had used Twitter to organize and incite the murderous mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, Twitter finally suspended his disinformation-spewing account permanently.

Twitter also disabled 70,000 QAnon-linked accounts used to propagate the conspiracy theories behind the MAGA Capitol insurrection. People those conspirators followed were unhappy.
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A Gender-Neutral Voice

April 19, 2019

Siri, Cortana, Alexa. Female voice assistants do our digital bidding. Sexist, no? Meet Q, the genderless voice of AI.

More:

“The world’s first genderless voice assistant is challenging gender stereotypes,”Cara Curtis, TheNextWeb

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