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applegrove

(118,749 posts)
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 04:32 PM Jan 2021

One Woman's Journey Out of QAnon

One Woman’s Journey Out of QAnon

January 29, 2021 at 1:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 77 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/29/one-womans-journey-out-of-qanon/

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New York Times: “While much has been said about how people descend into this world, little is known about how they get out. Those who do leave are often filled with shame. Sometimes their addiction was so severe that they have become estranged from family and friends.”

“The theories seem crazy to [Lenka] Perron now, but looking back, she understands how they drew her in. They were comforting, a way to get her bearings in a chaotic world that felt increasingly unequal and rigged against middle-class people like her. … The theories were fiction, but they hooked into an emotional vulnerability that sprang from something real. For Ms. Perron, it was a feeling that the Democratic Party had betrayed her after a lifetime of trusting it deeply.”

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One Woman's Journey Out of QAnon (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2021 OP
Expert on CNN just said Republican Party is going to shrink as many applegrove Jan 2021 #1
People have believed in "leaders" they cannot name or see for 1000's of years. lindysalsagal Jan 2021 #2

applegrove

(118,749 posts)
1. Expert on CNN just said Republican Party is going to shrink as many
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 04:34 PM
Jan 2021

reject the extreme and become independants or democrats. Biden is doing a great job. At 71% approval.

lindysalsagal

(20,726 posts)
2. People have believed in "leaders" they cannot name or see for 1000's of years.
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 05:01 PM
Jan 2021

At this point, people are so gullible, only the invisible miracle workers can attract our fickle attention.

Global warming, which has evidence we can examine, and gun deaths, which we all know well, and even corona virus deaths, won't move us to take responsibility. Nothing tangible will satiate our childish need for eternal magical invisible parents.

Our species needs to grow the eff up.

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