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Cultlike conspiracy theory QAnon takes root in Georgia

Rejected submission by aristarchus at 2020-09-06 21:05:16
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From the pages of the Chattanooga Times Free Press [timesfreepress.com]:

ATLANTA — The recent "Save the Children" march in Woodstock brought hundreds of people together for the stated purpose of raising awareness about the problem of sexual exploitation of children.

Some marched with their families, many wore matching T-shirts and carried placards, but one man stood out more than the rest. First, he wore a gaiter mask covering most of his face, separating him from the mostly unmasked crowd. Second, his sign made one of the most direct references to the far-out web of conspiracy theories attributed to a cult-like phenomenon known as QAnon.

"WTF is Frazzledrip?" the sign read.

It might read like nonsense to most people, but to the initiated Frazzledrip is code for the baseless belief that a video hidden on the laptop of former Congressman Anthony Wiener shows Hillary Clinton and aide Huma Abedin ritually sacrificing a child and drinking its blood.

Georgia entered the national discussion about QAnon when conservative voters in Georgia's 14th Congressional District rejected the GOP establishment candidate and nominated Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, an avowed QAnon supporter, to represent them in Congress.


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