Based on my readings of old German folk tales, #QAnon in the current age and the "Satanic Panics" of the 1980s are just another incarnation of the #Witchcraft Panics of previous centuries.
Honestly
The #Republican#Party (the #GOP)
the 'Conservative-Law&Order etc.
is dead
It doesn't exist anymore
has been replaced by #QAnon#MAGAs...
who are> Anti-American Anti Law & Order and are NOT conservative
a bunch of psychopathic fascists .
Sociology professor Christopher T. Conner started looking into the QAnon movement four years ago, but his research soon broadened into all kinds of conspiracy theorists, from race scientists to New Age spiritualists. He writes for @TheConversationUS about why people are susceptible and how politicians and influential figures take advantage of them. Do you have conspiracy theorists in your life (if you don't know any, maybe it's you 👀)?
charges are falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments in lead up to 2016 election to #influence electorate
just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.
#StormyDaniels's lawyer, #KeithDavidson, to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.
Ever see the movie THEY LIVE? Guy finds special sunglasses that when worn show that a bunch of people are aliens.
This is how the trump era has been for me. Today saw an SUV that had 2 Q stickers. So f'ing crazy that there are so many out there, but I'm grateful for the sunglasses. It has been really helpful for traitors and crazy people to identify themselves rather than being hidden among us.
The self-immolating conspiracy theorist was identified by cops as Max Azzarello, a 37-year-old from St. Augustine, Florida, His Substack manifesto frequently mentioned the Clintons and the Clinton Global Initiative, linking them to Jeffrey Epstein and sex trafficking. He also parroted the popular QAnon conspiracy that all politicians—on both sides of the aisle—work together to maintain a world order that keeps them in power https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial#QAnon
"I'm not a doctor, or an #epidemiologist, and I don't have any relevant education or experience. But, I can go to #MAGA and #Qanon websites and do my own research, and that makes me an authority whose opinion is just as good as those fancy experts!" ~Aaron Rodgers, professional schmuck
#WritersCoffeeClub 4. Do you feature real-world political and social issues in your work?
Yes. For starters, the 19th century German folk tales I am translating were deeply embedded in the political and social issues of their day.
For another, many of these issues are still relevant in the modern day. For instance, #antisemitism was unfortunately very common in German #folklore , and I wouldn't be doing my job if I just ignored this. And the #witchcraft panics have clear modern equivalents, like the "Satanic Pedophile Rings" conspiracy fantasies cooked up by #QAnon and others.
Human thoughts and human societies are shaped by their narratives. It is my hope that by shining a light on the narratives of the past, we can get a better understanding of the narratives of the present instead of being caught up in them.