QAnon fait peur

Nous traversons une période où le traitement de l'information est particulièrement complexe et pendant laquelle bon nombre d'électeurs votent de façon très émotive face à des enjeux complexes. Des groupes comme QAnon sont bien organisés et ils véhiculent un grand nombre de théories folles présentées dans un emballage séduisant. Comme enseignant ou comme commentateur dans les médias ces groupes me fascinent, mais ils m'effraient.

 "What’s scariest of all, though, might be what motivates Trump’s base to believe in so byzantine a conspiracy. QAnon isn’t your average story of all-powerful actors exercising complete control over a helpless populace. This time, the heroes are already in charge and, still, the theorists see themselves as victims. Why, even with their man in the Oval Office, do they feel embattled?

One explanation has to do with the on-the-ground reality of this presidency. Perhaps the men and women who buy into this gibberish aren’t so confident that they’re in charge at all. The special counsel looks ever closer to proving ties between Trump and Russia and, in the meantime, Trump appears more erratic. If he really is under investigation and not just pretending to be, all his supporters’ hopes evaporate."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/08/02/what-makes-qanon-so-scary/?utm_term=.061ada6ac93e