2/ I think it is still important to make the connection between Pizzagate and QAnon. As @QOrigins has mentioned the pizzagate conspiracy theory was mentioned 47,027 times on /pol/ the year before Q’s first posts.
3/ As @QOrigins explains “Q simply repackaged what right-wing media was already discussing” Therefore, a lot of the Pizzagate folks also became QAnon folks and brought those ideas into it with them.
4/ QAnon’s central claim that members of the “Deep State” are running an international ring of pedophiles has its origins in Pizzagate. And the first instance of violent extremism from this ecosystem was from Pizzagate with the Comet PingPong incident.
5/ According to a recent study by start there have been 61 instances of QAnon criminality. However, only 8% of these were successful violent plots. Though QAnon can lead to violence, its inherent harm is more that violent plots. start.umd.edu/publication/qa…
6/ Additionally it is important to note that new Radicalization Pipelines have formed since the mass deplatforming of QAnon following Jan 6. What this means is though it appears QAnon has died down, it's not the case, it's still growing and thriving on a multiplicity of platforms
7/ This means that methods of analysis need to change and be adapted, but also how we make temperature checks of the movement as we cannot solely rely on data from mainstream platforms to understand what is going on in the movement.
8/ Also, this means that mainstream platforms have an important role as caretakers of the user base, for using the banning or censorship approach on some of these adherents will very likely push them down the radicalization pipeline and no one knows where they'll end up
9/ New policies and content moderation approaches need to be taken, as well as considering multisectoral partnerships to develop informed policies. Additionally the smaller platforms that are willing to tackle this problem will need help from the expert community.
10/ With new radicalization pipelines, there is a potential for more QAnon violence, especially as the deplatforming of QAnon has created an environment where adherents can experiment with blending QAnon ideologies with the ideologies of other extremist movements.
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2/ I first used the term Pastel QAnon in reference to a community of female QAnon/QAnon adjacent influencers initially found on Instagram but now present across multiple platforms.
3/ Many of these women were first lifestyle influencers, mommy bloggers, fitness instructors, diet influencers, or promote alternative healing. The "Pastel” refers to the aesthetic and branding these influencers provide to their pages and in turn QAnon.
1/ Let me re-share this article that @AmarAmarasingam and I wrote for Religion Dispatches about the failure of prophecy since we've now arrived to March 4th which was the most recent prophetic date for QAnon religiondispatches.org/qanons-predict…
2/ Here is a recap of what the general narrative about the fourth is, which is basically it is a combination of QAnon and Sovereign Citizen narratives), that believed the inauguration of President Trump would be today
3/ what's important to examine is the way influencers initially promoted this specific conspiracy theory in December and subsequently picked up momentum in January around the inauguration, but influencers have been trying to walk back from it and call it a false flag recently.
Everyone remember the Mask exemption cards, there were being shared and sold around in 2020 (which are not based in any real law). You remember? Good! Let me now introduce you to the Vaccination exception card that is popping up here and there on Instagram.
Oh by the way these are not templates you can print and laminate yourself, as was more often than not the case with the mask exemption cards. You can buy these cards for the low sale price of 9.99$!!!! BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE buy three or more items and get FREE SHIPPING!
Whether it was those hoarding masks, sanitizing products, or TP to make a buck, or those selling "breathable masks" or those selling exemption cards, it really show the selfishness & idiocy of some people as 2.5 millions people have died globally while you make a buck off of it.
1/ tonight I was going through my notes from reading "Hate in the Homeland" by @milleridriss (I strongly reccomend the book) and I have some thoughts I want to share about what she discusses regarding sacred spaces/geography.
2/ she discusses how geography & scared spaces play an important role with far-right extremists and how they use geography to justify their anti-immigrant stances, concepts like blood and soil, or comparing the white race to natives for their loss of land as was done by AfD.
3/ For QAnon, their inhabit a space where they are fighting an information war against the deep state. As it is an information war they are fighting, would their sacred spaces be the social media platforms they consider to be the battle grounds?
Odysee and Lbry have become a staple for QAnon influencers and users on Terrorgram. It's acts as a medium for these actors to generate income from their content.
Odysee and Lbry rarely take this content down and users have the freedom to post problematic content. To note as with all these platforms they are not used solely by extremists. Rather extremists actors are quick to adopt new technologies.
However, Lbry and Odysee have not acted on much of the content and have a habit of publicly stating they do not have an extremist problem on their platform (which is a sign a platform usually does and either doesn't know or doesn't care)
1/ Why is QAnon Talking about March 4th? I posted a Thread about this on January 12 but I would like to build upon that with new material and controversy in the QAnon world as this is not accepted by everyone.
2/ The crux of the argument is that the US Constitution originally went into effect on March 4, 1789 and until 1933 presidents were inaugurated on March 4. I am going to break down QAnon's constitutional witchcraft, but they think that Trump will be inaugurated on March 4