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You claim facts. Back them up. I see a lot of these kind of comments claiming facts, but rarely see any surveys, studies, or statistics to back them up. You

You claim facts. Back them up. I see a lot of these kind of comments claiming facts, but rarely see any surveys, studies, or statistics to back them up. You may believe that a core tenant of qanon is someone believing leftist politicians are “evil”, and you might get 25% of republicans agree with that. Does that mean all of that 25% who believe leftists are evil also believe that leftist politicians are reptilian shapeshifting pedophiles that eat baby brains on sundays in a pizza restaurant basement? Doubtful.

michaelmrose 4y ago
I provided the sources in previously in the thread here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32129721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32129721 To address more directly the point you referenced directly. The study is discussed here https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-24/a-quarter-of-republicans-believe-central-views-of-qanon-conspiracy-movement https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-24/a-q... But if you want to skip the analysis and go to the meat of it, it's here. https://www.prri.org/research/the-persistence-of-qanon-in-the-post-trump-era-an-analysis-of-who-believes-the-conspiracies/ https://www.prri.org/research/the-persistence-of-qanon-in-th... 16% of Republicans completely or mostly agree the government media and financial worlds are controlled by a global network of Satan worshiping pedos who run a global sex trafficking operation 22% completely or mostly agree that a storm is coming that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders. 18% completely or mostly agree that things are so far off track that American patriots may need to use violence to save our country. From the second source > To assess overall belief in QAnon, PRRI created a composite measure from these three questions and identified the following three groups: QAnon believers: Respondents who completely or mostly agreed with these statements. QAnon doubters: Respondents who mostly disagreed with these statements. QAnon rejecters: Respondents who completely disagreed with all three statements. > Across the year, one in four Republicans (25%), compared to 14% of independents (14%) and 9% of Democrats identify as QAnon believers. Nearly half of Republicans (47%) who most trust far-right news outlets like One America News Network or Newsmax are QAnon believers

michaelmrose 4y ago

I provided the sources in previously in the thread here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32129721 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32129721 To address more directly the point you referenced directly. The study is discussed here https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-24/a-quarter-of-republicans-believe-central-views-of-qanon-conspiracy-movement https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-24/a-q... But if you want to skip the analysis and go to the meat of it, it's here. https://www.prri.org/research/the-persistence-of-qanon-in-the-post-trump-era-an-analysis-of-who-believes-the-conspiracies/ https://www.prri.org/research/the-persistence-of-qanon-in-th... 16% of Republicans completely or mostly agree the government media and financial worlds are controlled by a global network of Satan worshiping pedos who run a global sex trafficking operation 22% completely or mostly agree that a storm is coming that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders. 18% completely or mostly agree that things are so far off track that American patriots may need to use violence to save our country. From the second source > To assess overall belief in QAnon, PRRI created a composite measure from these three questions and identified the following three groups: QAnon believers: Respondents who completely or mostly agreed with these statements. QAnon doubters: Respondents who mostly disagreed with these statements. QAnon rejecters: Respondents who completely disagreed with all three statements. > Across the year, one in four Republicans (25%), compared to 14% of independents (14%) and 9% of Democrats identify as QAnon believers. Nearly half of Republicans (47%) who most trust far-right news outlets like One America News Network or Newsmax are QAnon believers