TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rothschild,Mike
TI  - Storm is upon us: how qanon became a movement, cult, and conspiracy theory of everything 
SN  - 9781685890186
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Brooklyn, New York
PB  - Melville House
KW  - Conspiracy theories
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Radicalization
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographic references ([263]-304 and index
N2  - The definitive story of QAnon from an expert on cult and fringe culture:  how it started, what it is, and how it is so effective at destabilizing society and promoting conspiracy; On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like "the calm before the storm"-then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain.  But on the infamous message boards of 4chan, a mysterious poster going by "Q Clearance Patriot," who claimed to be in "military intelligence," began the elaboration on their own; In the days that followed, Q's wild yarn explaining Trump's remarks began to rival the sinister intricacies of a Tom Clancy novel, while satisfying the deepest desires of MAGA-America.  Did any of what Q predicted come to pass? No. Did that stop people from clinging to every word they were reading, expanding its mythology, and promoting it wider and wider? No; In The Storm Is Upon Us, conspiracy theory researcher, Mike Rothschild, takes readers from the background conspiracies and cults that fed the Q phenomenon, to its embrace by right-wing media and Donald Trump, through the rending of families as loved ones became addicted to Q's increasingly violent rhetoric. He also makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere. Rather, his impassioned reportage makes clear that it's critical to figure out what QAnon really is - because QAnon and its relentlessly dark theory of everything isn't done yet
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