The QAnon Conspiracy Theory

Don't you wish that you could make the world a better place? Don't you think that you should do something to set right the wrongs of our world? Shouldn't you join Donald Trump in his undercover battle against Hillary Clinton, Barack HUSSEIN Obama, George Soros and the Deep State DemocRAT global elitists who secretly control the world and operate Satanic pedophile rings around the globe?

This is QAnon - a conspiracy that has achieved its final form and gone Legendary Super Saiyan. Its adherents believe that this Satanist pedophile ring has operated for a long time, and that Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign specifically as a covert mission to infiltrate the U.S. Government and arrest these pedophiles. They prophesy about a day called "The Storm" where Trump will finally execute his plan and arrest these criminals en masse, thus saving the world, and all the innocent child victims.

It gets weirder the more you read. The conspiracy theory was launched on 4chan by an anonymous person claiming to work within the U.S. Government with "Q" level security clearance. This entity named Q releases information in posts called "Qdrops" which are spread across the internet by followers. But belief is not limited to a small lunatic fringe; several Republican senators and congresspeople have endorsed QAnon, and the President himself has retweeted posts from QAnon affiliated accounts more than 200 times. The lunatics are literally governing the asylum.

Is QAnon just a blip on the radar that will fade away? Or is it part of a continuing trend towards more extreme misinformation and detachment from reality? How should we deal with the segment of our population who believe these bizarre claims and are unwilling or unable to fact-check their news?

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QAnon adherents believe that this Satanist pedophile ring has operated for a long time, and that Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign specifically as a covert mission to infiltrate the U.S. Government and arrest these pedophiles. They prophesy about a day called "The Storm" where Trump will finally execute his plan and arrest these criminals en masse, thus saving the world, and all the innocent child victims. How should we deal with the segment of our population who believe these bizarre claims and are unwilling or unable to fact-check their news?

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