The Psychology of Qanon

[Uncensored2008]

You may laugh at this, or you may not. But these people are dead serious.

This is becoming closer and closer to mainstream GOP:

I just watched that yesterday. Hilarious.

Oh, it was on the Hate Site circuit?

You of the Reich are all programmed with the same instructions.

 

[Uncensored2008]

So you don't think the idea that there is a massive secret satanic conspiracy to drink the blood of children is absurd?

This needs to be proven to you?

How about Bigfoot?

How about that whole "flat earth" thing...

Elvis is still alive right? Or is that too absurd...

Yeah, claims of some secret pedophile island are just crazy...

You of the Reich are real credible....

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Here's the thing. Trump and QAnon are the monster the Investor Class released to get stupid white people to vote against their own economic interests

Ain't very profound. That monster has always been around. Only the people feeding the beast change. The monster has been so engorged and grown so massive that any attempt to resist these days is a fruitless endeavor.

But much like Dr. Frankenstein, you want to take no responsibility for the Monster now that it is ravaging the countryside

What is your threshold of responsibility?

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

You may laugh at this, or you may not. But these people are dead serious.

This is becoming closer and closer to mainstream GOP:

I just watched that yesterday. Hilarious.

Oh, it was on the Hate Site circuit?

You of the Reich are all programmed with the same instructions.

So ironic.

 

[Lesh]

Sorry but as fucked up as Epstein was...that was not a global child eating conspiracy

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Qanon is something for communist democrats to talk about. Otherwise it's nothing with the same efficacy of the ladies knit group. Why are democrats so terrified of the equvalent of knit one, purl two? Because they accidentally said something true. They accepted something held by the majority. The 2020 election was rigged. It was phony. A fraud. Now Q must be discredited because Q is an identifiable group. It's not millions of people that know the truth.

So now inanimate objects are Qanon strawmen er knitmen....

You're a pothead. You don't know anything about Qanon or knitting. All you know and all that you are comes from a bong.

I have knitted since my twenties my first wife taught me how while we learned French...In between bong hits...Qanon is no secret they be the cray-cray you miss in yer life since you can't flash people anymore. They wouldn't look.

Insults from a DOPER!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Sorry but as fucked up as Epstein was...that was not a global child eating conspiracy

No. That's what Planned Parenthood is for.

 

[Dadoalex]

There have always been and will always be "conspiracy theorists."
The problem we have today is that politicians, Republican politicians, are legimizing these fantasies and weaponizing the "believers," not just as voters and supports but as an armed wing ready to do violence.

We have seen the behaviour here when some believer beginst talking about using violence to correct their fantasized hurts.

Those politicians need to held to account for encouraging and abetting the crimes of their followers.

Well, you of the Reich would never deliberately spread absurd conspiracy theories...

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Do try to be a little less stupid.

Since you'll never find anywhere that I've pushed any conspiracy theories that makes you a liar, ignorant, and most likely, a Q-Man.

 

[Mac1958]

Trying to find silver linings in the last four years, continued:

This period has certainly been a treasure trove of material for psychological analysis. In this instance, why has the Qanon conspiracy cult caught on with so many Americans? And how many of them will remain now that they were made fools of, on Inauguration Day?

Opinion | The Qanon conspiracy is bizarre. A psychologist explains why its supporters aren't insane.

The fear that evil forces conspire to hurt good people is deeply rooted in the human psyche.

www.nbcnews.com

In a recent study conducted by myself, Karen Douglas and Clara De Inocencio, we further investigated why this could be the case. Our conclusion? Conspiracy theories reinforce a belief that nothing in the world happens through coincidence. This refusal to recognize the role of chance leads people to develop a worldview in which hostile and secret conspiracies permeate all layers of society.

Feelings of anxiety and uncertainty also help fuel conspiracy theories. Such emotions function as a psychological warning signal, leading people to try and make sense of societal events that frighten them. This helps to explain the widespread (and ongoing) speculation that followed impactful events such as 9/11 or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Together with Nils Jostmann and Michele Acker, we found that feelings of uncertainty, coupled with the feeling that your life is not fully in your control anymore, increases conspiracy thinking. Studies by others researchers confirm that emotions reflecting uncertainty — such as fear or worry — can increase conspiracy beliefs.

How many believers are among us here? We'll be able to guess by counting how many of them scoff at, mock, and dismiss this article.

You of the Reich are really pissed that QAnon exposed Epstein and the whole child sex racket.

But Xi's man will ensure that no child is separated from their Coyote, and WILL make it to the auction block.

Hollywood and the democrats will soon have fresh meat. Orange Man upset the flow of children. But Joe Biden understands intimately the need of democrats;

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There's one now.

Full on Q.

 

[colfax_m]

Says the moron who spread "Russian Collusion" conspiracy hoaxes for years..

How exactly did I spread the conspiracy for years?

 

[Mac1958]

Trying to find silver linings in the last four years, continued:

This period has certainly been a treasure trove of material for psychological analysis. In this instance, why has the Qanon conspiracy cult caught on with so many Americans? And how many of them will remain now that they were made fools of, on Inauguration Day?

Opinion | The Qanon conspiracy is bizarre. A psychologist explains why its supporters aren't insane.

The fear that evil forces conspire to hurt good people is deeply rooted in the human psyche.

www.nbcnews.com

In a recent study conducted by myself, Karen Douglas and Clara De Inocencio, we further investigated why this could be the case. Our conclusion? Conspiracy theories reinforce a belief that nothing in the world happens through coincidence. This refusal to recognize the role of chance leads people to develop a worldview in which hostile and secret conspiracies permeate all layers of society.

Feelings of anxiety and uncertainty also help fuel conspiracy theories. Such emotions function as a psychological warning signal, leading people to try and make sense of societal events that frighten them. This helps to explain the widespread (and ongoing) speculation that followed impactful events such as 9/11 or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Together with Nils Jostmann and Michele Acker, we found that feelings of uncertainty, coupled with the feeling that your life is not fully in your control anymore, increases conspiracy thinking. Studies by others researchers confirm that emotions reflecting uncertainty — such as fear or worry — can increase conspiracy beliefs.

How many believers are among us here? We'll be able to guess by counting how many of them scoff at, mock, and dismiss this article.

There have always been and will always be "conspiracy theorists."
The problem we have today is that politicians, Republican politicians, are legimizing these fantasies and weaponizing the "believers," not just as voters and supports but as an armed wing ready to do violence.

We have seen the behaviour here when some believer beginst talking about using violence to correct their fantasized hurts.

Those politicians need to held to account for encouraging and abetting the crimes of their followers.

Under normal circumstances, sure. The problem now is that those politicians reside in the same alternate universe as their voters, and anyone from outside that universe who try to hold them accountable are summarily dismissed.

On the positive side, as they all become more radicalized and more nutty, they'll probably win fewer elections. Hopefully.

 

[Mac1958]

You may laugh at this, or you may not. But these people are dead serious.

This is becoming closer and closer to mainstream GOP:

I just watched that yesterday. Hilarious.

Funny and scary at the same time. This is not a tiny group.

 

[WTH_Progs?]

Trying to find silver linings in the last four years, continued:

This period has certainly been a treasure trove of material for psychological analysis. In this instance, why has the Qanon conspiracy cult caught on with so many Americans? And how many of them will remain now that they were made fools of, on Inauguration Day?

Opinion | The Qanon conspiracy is bizarre. A psychologist explains why its supporters aren't insane.

The fear that evil forces conspire to hurt good people is deeply rooted in the human psyche.

www.nbcnews.com

In a recent study conducted by myself, Karen Douglas and Clara De Inocencio, we further investigated why this could be the case. Our conclusion? Conspiracy theories reinforce a belief that nothing in the world happens through coincidence. This refusal to recognize the role of chance leads people to develop a worldview in which hostile and secret conspiracies permeate all layers of society.

Feelings of anxiety and uncertainty also help fuel conspiracy theories. Such emotions function as a psychological warning signal, leading people to try and make sense of societal events that frighten them. This helps to explain the widespread (and ongoing) speculation that followed impactful events such as 9/11 or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Together with Nils Jostmann and Michele Acker, we found that feelings of uncertainty, coupled with the feeling that your life is not fully in your control anymore, increases conspiracy thinking. Studies by others researchers confirm that emotions reflecting uncertainty — such as fear or worry — can increase conspiracy beliefs.

How many believers are among us here? We'll be able to guess by counting how many of them scoff at, mock, and dismiss this article.

Anyone else notice it's PROGS who do all the talking Qanon?

That and it's obvious to many some of their concerns are absolutely true.

 

[colfax_m]

That and it's obvious to many some of their concerns are absolutely true.

That’s how conspiracies work. Take a nugget or something serious and spin it.

 

[Mac1958]

Trying to find silver linings in the last four years, continued:

This period has certainly been a treasure trove of material for psychological analysis. In this instance, why has the Qanon conspiracy cult caught on with so many Americans? And how many of them will remain now that they were made fools of, on Inauguration Day?

Opinion | The Qanon conspiracy is bizarre. A psychologist explains why its supporters aren't insane.

The fear that evil forces conspire to hurt good people is deeply rooted in the human psyche.

www.nbcnews.com

In a recent study conducted by myself, Karen Douglas and Clara De Inocencio, we further investigated why this could be the case. Our conclusion? Conspiracy theories reinforce a belief that nothing in the world happens through coincidence. This refusal to recognize the role of chance leads people to develop a worldview in which hostile and secret conspiracies permeate all layers of society.

Feelings of anxiety and uncertainty also help fuel conspiracy theories. Such emotions function as a psychological warning signal, leading people to try and make sense of societal events that frighten them. This helps to explain the widespread (and ongoing) speculation that followed impactful events such as 9/11 or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Together with Nils Jostmann and Michele Acker, we found that feelings of uncertainty, coupled with the feeling that your life is not fully in your control anymore, increases conspiracy thinking. Studies by others researchers confirm that emotions reflecting uncertainty — such as fear or worry — can increase conspiracy beliefs.

How many believers are among us here? We'll be able to guess by counting how many of them scoff at, mock, and dismiss this article.

Anyone else notice it's PROGS who do all the talking Qanon?

That and it's obvious to many some of their concerns are absolutely true.

There's another one.

 

[JLW]

As I said there is a merger of Trumpism and q-anon. These people are so divorced from reality that if Trump told them the sky was green they would say the sky is green...and that is exactly what they are told to believe.

 

[Mac1958]

As I said there is a merger of Trumpism and q-anon. These people are so divorced from reality that if Trump told them the sky was green they would say the sky is green...and that is exactly what they are told to believe.

The overlap seems to get larger with time.

Are we at a point where it essentially controls the party?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Trying to find silver linings in the last four years, continued:

This period has certainly been a treasure trove of material for psychological analysis. In this instance, why has the Qanon conspiracy cult caught on with so many Americans? And how many of them will remain now that they were made fools of, on Inauguration Day?

Opinion | The Qanon conspiracy is bizarre. A psychologist explains why its supporters aren't insane.

The fear that evil forces conspire to hurt good people is deeply rooted in the human psyche.

www.nbcnews.com

In a recent study conducted by myself, Karen Douglas and Clara De Inocencio, we further investigated why this could be the case. Our conclusion? Conspiracy theories reinforce a belief that nothing in the world happens through coincidence. This refusal to recognize the role of chance leads people to develop a worldview in which hostile and secret conspiracies permeate all layers of society.

Feelings of anxiety and uncertainty also help fuel conspiracy theories. Such emotions function as a psychological warning signal, leading people to try and make sense of societal events that frighten them. This helps to explain the widespread (and ongoing) speculation that followed impactful events such as 9/11 or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Together with Nils Jostmann and Michele Acker, we found that feelings of uncertainty, coupled with the feeling that your life is not fully in your control anymore, increases conspiracy thinking. Studies by others researchers confirm that emotions reflecting uncertainty — such as fear or worry — can increase conspiracy beliefs.

How many believers are among us here? We'll be able to guess by counting how many of them scoff at, mock, and dismiss this article.

I never hear about qnon except when you moonbats bring it up.

Weird huh...

 

[JLW]

[/QUOTE]
As I said there is a merger of Trumpism and q-anon. These people are so divorced from reality that if Trump told them the sky was green they would say the sky is green...and that is exactly what they are told to believe.
[/QUOTE]
The overlap seems to get larger with time.

Are we at a point where it essentially controls the party?
[/QUOTE]
When the House minority leader goes To kiss the ring of the head insurrectionist and conspiracy theorist, and too afraid to confront the whack jobs in his party, then yes the party is hostage to the q- anon faction.

 

[Mac1958]

When the House minority leader goes To kiss the ring of the head insurrectionists and conspiracy theorist, and too afraid to confront the whack jobs in his party, then yes the party is hostage to the q- anon faction.

Lifelong Republican Donor Quits GOP: 'Absolutely' Now The Party Of QAnon

“If you stay in the Republican Party, you have to pay homage to Trump and I don’t do that. I don’t pray to any man," said Houston immigration lawyer Jacob Monty.

www.huffpost.com