QAnon
Online conspiracy cult
QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that emerged in 2017, centered on cryptic online posts by an anonymous figure called "Q" claiming insider knowledge of a secret war between Donald Trump and a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles in government, media, and entertainment.
Adherents interpret Q's vague "drops" as coded messages predicting mass arrests that never materialize.
The movement has been linked to real-world violence and the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
She went down the QAnon rabbit hole during the pandemic.
Covert governmental power structure
- PizzagateDisproven conspiracy theory
- cabalScheming political faction
- adrenochromeOxidized epinephrine metabolite
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
child trafficking · secret society · elite · shadowy · globalist · coverup · hidden agenda · sinister
Deliberate deception for effect
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- propagandaBiased information for influence
fake news · debunked · baseless · unfounded · fact-check · lie · myth · rumor
Anonymous posting site
- RedditSocial news aggregator
- forumGathering place for discourse
- hashtagLabeled link for posts
- viralSpreading quickly online
meme · algorithm · echo chamber · YouTube · Telegram · social media · anonymous · posts
American political surname
- MAGAPopulist campaign acronym
- CapitolLegislative assembly building
- January 6thSixth day, first month
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
sedition · alt-right · populism · nationalism · radicalization · extremism · election fraud · stolen election
People who support someone
- believersThose having faith
- adherentsLoyal supporters of something
- cultFervent fringe group
- sectBreakaway religious faction
devotees · zealots · indoctrination · brainwashing · radicalization · recruitment · ideology · dogma
deep state
Covert governmental power structure
- PizzagateDisproven conspiracy theory
- cabalScheming political faction
- adrenochromeOxidized epinephrine metabolite
satanic · child trafficking · secret society · elite · shadowy · globalist · coverup · hidden agenda · sinister · puppet masters
hoax
Deliberate deception for effect
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
propaganda · fake news · debunked · baseless · unfounded · fact-check · lie · myth · rumor · distortion
4chan
Anonymous posting site
viral · meme · algorithm · echo chamber · YouTube · Telegram · social media · anonymous · posts · threads
Trump
American political surname
- MAGAPopulist campaign acronym
- CapitolLegislative assembly building
- January 6thSixth day, first month
insurrection · sedition · alt-right · populism · nationalism · radicalization · extremism · election fraud · stolen election · patriot
followers
People who support someone
sect · devotees · zealots · indoctrination · brainwashing · radicalization · recruitment · ideology · dogma · true believers
- far rightfascism, neo-Nazism, neofascism, white supremacy, Nazism
- fringe believerstruthers, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, moon landing deniers, election deniers
- Fringe Groupsmilitias, extremists, radicals, separatists, dissidents
- Fringe ideologiesanarchism, extremism, radicalism, fascism, neo-Nazism
- denialismclimate denial, Holocaust denial, vaccine denial, denialism, anti-science
- Millennialismmillennialism, apocalypticism, postmillennialism, eschatology, end times
QAnonfact-checking
Confirming accuracy of claims
investigative journalism · evidence-based reasoning · Reuters · Associated Press · scientific consensus
QAnonofficial narrative
conventional wisdom · Occam's razor · skepticism · rationalism · transparency
QAnonBlack Lives Matter
Civil rights movement against racist violence
democratic socialism · civil rights movement · grassroots organizing · MoveOn · civil rights movements