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In reply to the discussion: QAnon Almost Destroyed My Relationship. Then My Relationship Saved Me From QAnon. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)With Sanders' LW populist revolutionary movement, we saw what seemed like increasingly irrational behaviors in a subset of supporters who became passionate believers in various conspiracies about his opponent. The ongoing narrative fed to them, that dozens of state Democratic Parties were stealing the primary elections, was not at all too far out for them; each new claim was additional proof of the giant conspiracy against him.
I remember some (who left DU) were sure Sanders would never have endorsed her unless she forced him to; one version was that she had him kidnapped and beaten into submission, another that she threatened to kill his grandchildren. Sounds crazy until you remember all those bodies of murdered enemies that she was seen dragging around the WH grounds in black plastic bags.
Of course, some others are comparatively conspiracist lite, satisfied by more conventional conspiracy narratives of evil establishment and business.