Q Anon In My News In-Box Again
Q Anon has popped back up into my view. One story is the Oregon insurance agent who won the primary for position of Senator in Congress, in hopes of ousting Jeff Merkley. She believes in the Q Anon and her campaign had to disavow her position. Is this crazy or what? My other question is: what percentage of the Republicans are backing a Q Anon candidate? Is it a large percentage? Hopefully, most Republicans are not in the Q camp.
I see Oregon has two Democratic senators so I’m hoping the state is predominantly Democrats because the idea of a state voting in Q Anon candidates (or neo-Nazis or white supremacists) as Senators is scary.
The other article provides background history on Q Anon and this should be required reading. The thing that stood out to me in the article is a lady who said she “did the research” on Q Anon and now fully believes the conspiracy theories. It’s troubling that she did research into Q and got caught. Where did she do her research and what convinced her of the validity of Q Anon theories? She won’t tell us what convinced her, instead saying, “do the research”. So, if people are doing research and still get caught up in the theories, how can we make sure we don’t fall into the same trap? Where did our educational system go wrong? Is she, and others, getting information from sketchy sources? Where did her “critical thinking” go wrong? I wish I knew so I work on my own critical thinking and hold onto the facts.
The anti-vaxxers fall into the same nuttiness. The anti-vaccination began with a single doctor – yes, a doctor – but most doctors don’t subscribe to anti-vaccination. According to my reading of current valid news sources (Washington Post, New York Times, Vox) the claims behind the anti-vaccination has been debunked many times so I’m standing behind the doctors because they are using scientific research and testing to validate things. Until someone proves, using the scientific method, that anti-vaccination is the way to go, we should all vaccinate our kids for the greater good of society. If the anti-vaccination theories were real, we’d have a whole lot more autistic children.
The Q Anon group’s ideas seem to be spreading, especially amongst the Republicans and that’s deeply troubling. As I understand it, the core tenet of their belief system is that the Clintons, and by association, the liberal elites, are part of a child pornography ring abusing children and Trump is working to save the day. Okay, so why hasn’t he saved the children after three years? Also, the Q Anon apparently believe that the coronavirus is a hoax, or if it’s real, it’s being perpetuated by the deep state.
How is any of this convincing?
It’s just mind-boggling where America is today.
I just learned today that more children are coming down with mysterious symptoms that seem to be the result of infection from coronavirus. Three have already died and more cases are popping up throughout the US and Europe. So now, this is not just a disease for the old and health-compromised; the virus (or maybe it’s something new) is attacking children.
The risk to children could change the conversation regarding social distancing, masks and closures. I wonder if those protesters will re-think the protests. It’s not just the old and infirmed now.
Why isn’t China affected?
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