For Holocaust Remembrance, My Friend Fell for QAnon and Into Antisemitism

<p>Ifirst learned about QAnon by accident, around the time of the 2020 Superbowl.</p> <p>Jennifer Lopez and Shakira had put on this awesome halftime show that had me dancing all over my living room.&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t seen a performance like this since the 90s!&rdquo;&nbsp;</em>I yelled to my boyfriend over the blaring Latin music.</p> <p>But soon after, I started seeing odd comments pop up on news threads about how disgusting their performances were, how their dancing was Satanic. I even saw people calling them pedophiles.</p> <p>Then, my former friend &mdash; let&rsquo;s call her Jane (this is not her real name) &mdash; shared a similar sentiment on her Facebook page, followed by a cryptic acronym, &ldquo;WWG1WGA.&rdquo; Curious, I Googled this acronym and the QAnon conspiracy popped up, with the saying, &ldquo;Where We Go One, We Go All.&rdquo;</p> <p>I later learned this was the saying of Q followers, and I began researching more about these weird conspiracy theories. I found them fantastical and wrote them off as fringe.&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;If someone wants to believe that, let them believe it,&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;I thought to myself.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/ellemeno/for-holocaust-remembrance-day-i-watched-a-friend-fall-for-qanon-and-into-antisemitism-32ace6384863"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>