smac97 Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Here: Quote Post-Trump, see how many Americans, Latter-day Saints and others still buy into QAnon Wild conspiracy theories continue to hold sway among wide swaths of believers. By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Feb. 24, 2022, 12:01 a.m. Even though Donald Trump no longer is in the White House, featured on the nation’s television screens or Tweeting daily, the QAnon movement — which saw the former president as its de facto leader — is as strong as ever. Nearly 1 in 6 Americans, or 16%, are “QAnon believers,” according to a poll released Thursday, roughly equal to the 17% found among self-identified U.S. members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That number jumps to 1 in 4 (25%) among Republicans. “Our surveys show that QAnon conspiracy theories are not losing popularity over time, despite their championed leader being out of power,” said Natalie Jackson, director of research at PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute), “... and although 16% seems small, that is around 41 million Americans.” Yeesh. Quote What is clear from the PRRI survey — titled “The Persistence of QAnon in the Post-Trump Era: An Analysis of Who Believes the Conspiracies” — is that “people who are more likely to believe in the conspiracy theories are those who have a deep distrust of society,” Jackson said. “They wish the country looked different than it does and are trying to find something to explain that.” ... While QAnon advocates are racially, religiously and politically diverse, the PRRI survey said, “the unifying beliefs are that their way of life is under attack and that they might be willing to resort to violence to defend their vision of the country.” What makes a person a QAnon devotee? To be defined as a QAnon believer, a respondent had to generally agree with these three statements: • “The government, media and financial sector are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex-trafficking operation.” • “There is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.” • “Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.” The PRRI survey linked to above is pretty sobering: From the report of that survey: Quote Across the year {2021}, 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, along with one-quarter of Republicans who most trust Fox News (26%) or do not trust TV news (26%). Fewer (18%) of Republicans who most trust mainstream media outlets like CNN, MSNBC, public television, or broadcast news are QAnon believers. Around one in four Hispanic Protestants (27%), white evangelical Protestants (23%), and Jehovah’s Witnesses (23%) are QAnon believers. One in five or fewer other Protestants of color (21%), Hispanic Catholics (18%), Black Protestants (17%), Latter-day Saints (17%), Buddhists (17%), other Catholics of color (15%), white Catholics (14%), or white mainline (non-evangelical) Protestants (14%) are QAnon believers. Small shares of religiously unaffiliated Americans (11%), Unitarian Universalists (7%) or Jewish Americans (5%) also fall into the QAnon believer category. Back to the Trib article: Quote The current data was based on 19,399 respondents in all 50 states (349 of them Latter-day Saints) from four 2021 PRRI surveys. “I don’t see any evidence that religion is a direct factor influencing QAnon beliefs,” said Brigham Young University political scientist Quin Monson. “The PRRI analysis suggests that QAnon beliefs are driven mostly by media consumption habits filtered through a partisan lens.” Belief in this particular conspiracy theory “is mostly due to consumption of far-right media by conservative Republicans,” Monson said. “To the extent that QAnon belief is correlated with religion at all, it’s likely because religion is also correlated with partisanship and media consumption and not necessarily because religious belief directly causes a person to be more prone to believe in this or any conspiracy theory.” 349 seems like a pretty small sampling, but the results still merit attention. Quote The just-released survey found that media consumption plays a role in predicting belief in QAnon. “Americans who most trust far-right news sources like One America News Network and Newsmax are multiple times more likely to believe in QAnon,” PRRI said, “than those who most trust mainstream news outlets.” Possibly in response to members’ acceptance of false narratives, including QAnon, Latter-day Saint leaders added a section to the church’s General Handbook about “seeking information from reliable sources.” Many outlets “are unreliable and do not edify,” the handbook states. “Some sources seek to promote anger, contention, fear, or baseless conspiracy theories. ...Therefore, it is important that church members be wise as they seek truth. Church members, the leaders advise, “should seek out and share only credible, reliable, and factual sources of information. They should avoid sources that are speculative or founded on rumor.” I am glad that the Brethren are providing this counsel. I hope the members of the Church who are subscribing to this QAnon stuff are listening to them. Thanks, -Smac 2
Robert F. Smith Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 50 minutes ago, smac97 said: ...................... Quote “There is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.” • “Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.” Sounds almost like the bogus complaints of BLM and ANTIFA, and their consequent thirst for violence. 50 minutes ago, smac97 said: ........................... 349 seems like a pretty small sampling, but the results still merit attention................... Scientific sampling techniques do not require large sample sizes.
The Nehor Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, Robert F. Smith said: Sounds almost like the bogus complaints of BLM and ANTIFA, and their consequent thirst for violence. Nope. They are opposing the people that are convinced there is a cabal of satanic pedophiles running things.
Jaydes Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 It is all very ironic given Qanon itself can be traced back to two pedophiles, one of which is a satanist.
Tacenda Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Jaydes said: It is all very ironic given Qanon itself can be traced back to two pedophiles, one of which is a satanist. Who is this wacka doodle? Welcome by the way!
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