A close look at the earliest days of QAnon, showing Q’s origins in, and relationship to, broader 4chan culture. WARNING: primary sources may be vile. Content warnings: antisemitism & antisemitic slurs, racism & racist slurs, violence
From language and terminology serving to isolate members to conspiracy theorizing and domestic terrorism, QAnon displays all the signs of a cult. It is one of the new wave of cults – propagated via the internet, not localized to a compound or location, and totally decentralized with no clear leader.
A close look at the earliest days of QAnon, showing Q’s origins in, and relationship to, broader 4chan culture. WARNING: primary sources may be vile. Content warnings: antisemitism & antisemitic slurs, racism & racist slurs, violence