A global cabal of celebrity pedophiles? Trafficked children being sold online through a furniture website? And Donald Trump about to rescue us from it all?
These QAnon conspiracy theories are so outlandish — not to mention demonstrably untrue — it feels like the natural response … is laughter and mockery.
But according to documentary filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, that’s the opposite of what you should do. Dunking on fools may feel good, but humiliating QAnoners risks driving them further down the rabbit hole. And you should care because you might have a QAnon believer among your friends or family — and on Nov. 3, it’s possible several will be elected to Congress. Q is not going anywhere soon. So what can you do?
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Snow Fall:
Adrian:
Gregor Meisen:
Ashia:
Krazie Ivan:
Danielle Calderon:
halneufmille:
- Abraham Lincoln
Business Solutions, LLC:
Tta J:
Daniel Nuño:
-in front of a microphone
-in front of a camera
- in front of hundreds of millions of people
Ya makes sense
Lauren M:
Myndi Mc:
Mildred Urena:
ctwwtc:
Izabella:
RJ Abundo:
Chance Jin-Koh:
cuki-Face:
Adian Chowdhury:
1: There is nothing disproving my claim, so it must be correct
When you make the claim, you supply the proof. If somebody claims that he saw a unicorn, you don't go out of your way to prove him wrong. You ask, where is the photograph, or video, or any other reasonable evidence
2: Coolrolation DOES NOT equal causation. Just because two things happened in a certain time frame, it doesn't necessarily mean one caused the other. They could have happened together out of coincidence, or they can be caused by something different. It's like saying that since you ate chips and then you tripped on your shoelaces, that the chips caused you to trip.
99% of conspiracies rely on these two fallacies, and they are the conspiracies' weaknesses.
Mister Mister:
I'm afraid when someone else fights to prevent admitting they're wrong despite the objective evidence and it at one point makes you question reality
Vingeskudt:
Lander Reyniers:
Watson:
- Thomas Jefferson , 1822.
Enjoy your chicken Ted!:
Jazz Alterio:
There are QAnons in México and I need to show this to my friends lmao
Not hard to translate but it'd be cool nevertheless
LordMerekIV:
William Chui:
Robby Huang:
Jackson Cadenhead:
QuestioningYourSanity:
Hannah Sharma:
tucciproducer:
jm jm:
Chris:
Love Heals:
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Frank O:
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Dennis N:
Wuzic:
Michael McDowell:
Mr.Yeti64:
Luc Bloom:
Do not engage with them in algorithm-based sites, it’ll only generate engagement and also widen the divide.
Adam Riozzi:
LUCAS:
George Carlin-
Brandon Hunter:
Twisted Scorpio:
Stan Sumrall:
David:
I am already thinking... I probably do nothing, lol.
John Smith:
Matt Mitchell:
No You:
RODOLFO PEREZ:
recovering addict:
Alexey Rodokanakis:
C:
Jennifer Trujillo:
MiamiOle:
Elaine Munro:
Keyboardje:
I love him, but have had to come to the conqlusion he certainly IS INSANE, and revelling in it.
Weronika Krähe:
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David Kile:
Spanky McAnus:
TheZoltanChronicles:
TheAdventurer24:
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Ifan Ismail:
Garrett Adkins:
Asking for a friend.
J.M .B:
Li Hung:
Despondencymusic:
TokyoJuul:
Boa:
Roja Janeman:
Not attacking. Not lashing out even if they do. And don’t give up, no matter how long it takes.
Julien Caesar:
I'd like to add best thing we can do is be kind and share information and remember the goal shouldn't be to always win an argument or prove your right.
The goal should be understanding of the truth.
Spencer Calvert:
Small_Calamity:
KK 81:
kcjazzy:
Dori C:
He goes into the mindset of these consperacy theories and why trying to disprove them it a fool's errand. The people who believe these things aren't looking for facts, they're looking for confirmation.
random Swiftie:
UNRESTRICTED INFORMATION:
Connor Harris:
King David:
Jason Caputo:
Also, I find it most productive to be clear that our conversations are not about changing each other’s minds. Rather, it is simply for each of us to understand why the other believes what they do. This allows a less confrontational opportunity for both to understand t]and scrutinize their own reasoning, and a chance to discover our own faulty reasoning.
A final note is that, i think if either party gets exhausted by the conversation, there is a real,danger they will retreat to just ignoring what was said and just say, “well whatever” and re-embrace their former conclusions. So I try to make sure:
- we do not discuss at times when we are likely tired
- I try to take bite sized topics
- discuss one topic at a time without ping-ponging
- let the discussion end before either of us is exhausted, so a little post-Convo growth can happen for both of us.
Stefan Christoff:
Converging Perspectives:
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