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Qanon. Anons use this kind of defense all the time, but the ideology itself continues to inspire violence.
by bediger4000 3y ago
Qanon. Anons use this kind of defense all the time, but the ideology itself continues to inspire violence.
- 0xcde4c3db 3y agoI've heard that there's a scattered body of (amateur?) scholarship analyzing QAnon as an ARG [1] that the "players" don't realize is fictional. I've only briefly dabbled in "playing" ARGs, so I'm far from an expert, but the dynamic does seem strikingly similar. A few people allegedly even believe that QAnon originated as a legitimate attempt at an amateur ARG and was then hijacked by real-world political interests, though I don't understand how the ARG would have worked given the venue and content of the original "Q drops". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game