thread RE: qanon, 1/6:
good morning. i have a podcast up with @JoeUscinski - associate professor of political science at the university of miami. he tells me belief in qanon & conspiracy theories is not going up. it’s stable: webworm.substack.com/p/episode-3-ma…
thread RE: qanon, 2/6:
it’s a deeply unusual conversation, and i really enjoyed it. joe does these huge polls for pew research, and he reckons q isn’t even a far right thing:
thread RE: qanon, 3/6:
despite “everything being turned up to 11” — in america at least, joe is seeing no increase in conspiracy theory belief.
thread RE: qanon, 4/6:
oh, you know how social media is fucking us all up even more? joe disagrees. i told you this conversation was weird!
thread RE: qanon, 5/6:
i told him about how we’re seeing qanon adjacent bullshit pop up in NZ politics, and he playfully pushed back on WHY this is happening, too:
thread RE: qanon, 6/6:
i’ve transcribed my whole conversion with @JoeUscinski here - or you can listen to the webworm podcast about it, too: webworm.substack.com/p/episode-3-ma…
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