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S2E19 - The Crusaders: Casualties (QAnon, pt 4: friends, family, and ex-members)
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People are hurting.
In the fourth installment of Cult or Just Weird's QAnon deep dive, we hear from real people whose lives and loved ones have been affected by the grip of the online conspiracy.
Content warning for this episode: emotional/interpersonal trauma.
Special thanks to reddit community members from QAnon Casualties, and to ex-Q Jitarth Jadeja (https://twitter.com/JitarthJadeja) for sitting down with Chris this episode and sharing their insights and very personal stories.
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*Search Categories*
Anthropological; Internet culture; Common interest / Fandom; Destructive; Conspiracy Theory
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*Topic Spoiler*
QAnon, pt 4: Affected friends, family, and ex-members
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*Further Reading*
https://www.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ReQovery/
https://www.patreon.com/cultorjustweird (for full length interviews & transcripts with QAnonCasualties folks)
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/reddit-qanon-casualties/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/23/qanon-conspiracy-theories-loved-ones
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/tech/qanon-believer-how-he-got-out/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/24/qanon-believer-conspiracy-theory/
https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2020/10/02/qanon-casualties-conspiracy-theory
the following two links are good starting points for understanding more about the 2016 DNC Email situation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Committee_email_leak
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/2/16599036/donna-brazile-hillary-clinton-sanders
Jitarth's "You guys were right" reddit post:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters/comments/c045jw/you_guys_were_right/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1970605/ (sorry, we had to... it came up in the interview!)
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*Patreon Credits*
initiates: Michaela Evans
cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H
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S2E20 - The Crusaders: Resolve (QAnon, pt 5: tie up & words of resilience)
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It is because of hope that we suffer. It is through hope that we change things.
In the fifth and final CoJW-does-QAnon episode, Chris and Kayla cover a few things they haven't yet, tie up some loose ends, and (hopefully) plant a small seed of hope.
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*Search Categories*
Anthropological; Internet culture; Common interest / Fandom; Destructive; Conspiracy Theory
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*Topic Spoiler*
QAnon, pt 5: Tie up & words of resilience
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*Further Reading*
https://ctc.usma.edu/the-qanon-conspiracy-theory-a-security-threat-in-the-making/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War
https://www.realmofhistory.com/2016/06/07/10-facts-battle-of-cannae/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae
https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/barbara-marx-hubbard-and-the-evolutionary-leaders-cc827d635bb1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
https://news.psu.edu/story/141191/2009/11/03/research/probing-question-does-brainwashing-exist
https://theconversation.com/the-brainwashing-myth-99272
https://theconversation.com/how-to-talk-someone-out-of-a-damaging-cult-68930
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a34416177/how-to-help-friend-qanon-conspiracy-theories/
https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/life-after-hate/
The "is it a Russian psyop? YOU decide!" link section:
https://www.wired.com/story/qanon-deploys-information-warfare-influence-2020-election/
https://www.ft.com/video/372cac40-0f6f-498b-8c19-7b635142296e
https://blog.usejournal.com/qanon-is-propaganda-and-we-know-whos-responsible-faa133fb6acd
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*Patreon Credits*
initiates: Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach
cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole, Samantha Bayliff, Katie Larimer, Fio H
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