QAnon is as American as apple pie. We've had moral panics/political conspiracy wackiness going back to our founding. Now the unholy marriage between QAnon and Wellness culture has led to a lethal combination of ignorance and fear that is harming all of us. This week we discuss the similarities between our current situation and other conspiracy theories in US history....next episode we'll cover how we need to start handling it.


 


Long live the Bavarian Illuminati!


 


RESEARCH:https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon?utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0mBaP2v1YAaLlTpwb4BKJIcvm_8xOABvMF-NhH4IKyGWPKGaWxPJmiYSghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse


https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/21/trump-online-traffic-plunge/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3295cb6%2F60a92b479d2fdae3025b52a2%2F5b9158dfade4e20f4f71fe35%2F9%2F70%2F60a92b479d2fdae3025b52a2 https://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Panic-Pop-Cultural-Paranoia-1980s/dp/1903254868



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-organization-new-york-attorney-general-criminal-investigation_n_60a47427e4b014bd0cb239a5



https://www.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/


https://religionnews.com/2021/01/29/how-qanon-infiltrated-wellness-culture-on-its-way-to-the-capitol/


https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-wellness-influencers-seane-corn-yoga-1059856/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon


https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/



https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-wellness-influencers-seane-corn-yoga-1059856/


https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a35823360/covid-19-vaccine-qanon-wellness-influencers/


https://www.facebook.com/alex.rushing.16/posts/10161069691934968


https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/05/22/simone-biles-wins-us-classic-gymnastics-results/



https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/05/08/chicago-police-satanic-panic-document-from-the-80s-goes-viral-but-is-it-legit


 


https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nyc-pride-parade-bans-police-gay-officers-disheartened-n1267565