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Jadeja found QAnon in 2017. The 32-year-old spent two years entrenched in the
virtual cult. His biggest regret? Sharing the conspiracy theory with his
father. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports.
One day in
June 2019, Jadeja went outside to smoke a cigarette. For two years he'd been in
the virtual cult of QAnon. But now he'd watched a YouTube video that picked
apart the last element of the theory he believed in. Standing there smoking, he
would say later, he felt "shattered." He had gone down the QAnon
rabbit hole; now, having emerged from it, he had no idea what to do next.
The most
basic QAnon belief casts President Trump as the hero in a fight against the
"deep state" and a sinister cabal of Democratic politicians and
celebrities who abuse children. And it features an anonymous government insider
called "Q" who purportedly shares secret information about that fight
via cryptic online posts.
Travis View
is a conspiracy theory researcher who co-hosts the podcast "QAnon
Anonymous."
The
theory's believers "always fantasize that they are saving children and
they're bringing criminals to justice," View says. "But QAnon
only hurts people. It has helped nobody."
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