Society & Culture
People are hurting. In the fourth installment of Cult or Just Weird's QAnon deep dive, we hear from real people whose lives and loved ones have been affected by the grip of the online conspiracy. Content warning for this one for emotional/interpersonal trauma. Special thanks to reddit community members from QAnon Casualties, and to ex-Q Jitarth Jadeja (https://twitter.com/JitarthJadeja) for sitting down with Chris this episode and sharing their insights and very personal stories. Search Categories --- Anthropological; Internet culture; Common interest / Fandom; Destructive; Conspiracy Theory Topic Spoiler --- QAnon, pt 4: Affected friends, family, and ex-members Further Reading --- https://www.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ReQovery/ https://www.patreon.com/cultorjustweird (for full length interviews & transcripts with QAnonCasualties folks) https://www.dailydot.com/debug/reddit-qanon-casualties/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/23/qanon-conspiracy-theories-loved-ones https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/qanon-conspiracy-theory-donald-trump-breitbart-us-election-b742607.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/tech/qanon-believer-how-he-got-out/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/24/qanon-believer-conspiracy-theory/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ex-qanon-followers-cult-conspiracy-theory-pizzagate-1064076/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/10/23/fell-terrifying-conspiracy-theory-wormhole-youtube/ https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2020/10/02/qanon-casualties-conspiracy-theory https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1970605/ (sorry, we had to... it came up in the interview!)