Posted on Jan 28, 2021
Without Their 'Messiah,' QAnon Believers Confront A Post-Trump World
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Now that former President Donald Trump has left office, the community of believers in the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory are left wondering what will happen next.
Washington Post national technology reporter Craig Timberg has written about QAnon and related subjects in recent months. He acknowledges that it can be hard to sum up exactly what QAnon is.
"Our copy editors [at the Post] are questioning whether we should call it a 'conspiracy theory' or an 'extremist ideology,' " Timberg tells Fresh Air. "Some researchers think it's a cult. Some think it's an alternative reality game."
Washington Post national technology reporter Craig Timberg has written about QAnon and related subjects in recent months. He acknowledges that it can be hard to sum up exactly what QAnon is.
"Our copy editors [at the Post] are questioning whether we should call it a 'conspiracy theory' or an 'extremist ideology,' " Timberg tells Fresh Air. "Some researchers think it's a cult. Some think it's an alternative reality game."
Without Their 'Messiah,' QAnon Believers Confront A Post-Trump World
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Sometimes it's easier to believe a conspiracy than the truth. People don't want to believe Oswald acted alone because it challenges a belief system. How could a great man be taken down by one so insignificant?
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The Q cult now have Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to lead them in federal government.
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