S2E17 - The Crusaders: Origin (QAnon, pt2: how it got started)

Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Are you awake yet? In part two of CoJW's five part series on QAnon, Kayla gets into the nitty gritty mechanics of how it got going and where it's at now. Special thanks to conspiracy researcher Mike Rothschild (https://twitter.com/rothschildmd) for sharing his insights with CoJW this episode! --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Internet culture; Common interest / Fandom; Destructive; Conspiracy Theory --- *Topic Spoiler* QAnon, pt2: how it got started --- *Further Reading* https://www.axios.com/poll-qanon-americans-belief-growing-2a2d2a55-38a7-4b2a-a1b6-2685a956feef.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/reddit-qanon-ban-evasion-policy-moderation-facebook/616442/ https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434 https://www.salon.com/2020/09/07/decoding-qanon-from-pizzagate-to-kanye-to-marina-abramovic-this-conspiracy-covers-everything/ https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904237192/journalist-enters-the-world-of-qanon-it-s-almost-like-a-bad-spy-novel https://www.reddit.com/r/Keep_Track/comments/gksrvm/comprehensive_list_of_significant_qanon_related/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-trump-timeline-conspiracy-theorists-1076279/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/qanon-violence-crimes-timeline https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/qanon-election-trump-8kun.html https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2020/08/q-clearance-patriot.jpg https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/08/21/qanon-2020-election/ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/qanon-republican-party-congress.html https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/trump-racism-comments/588067/ --- *Patreon Credits* initiates: Michaela Evans cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T, Lianne Cole