Bizarre new conspiracy theory about Wayfair
Pizzagate/QAnon people have Wayfair trending today. They falsely claim price glitches on storage boxes prove that the company is trafficking children.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 10, 2020
This took off because of a post on Reddit's r/conspiracy subreddit yesterday, which is a clearinghouse for anonymous paranoia.
Wayfair debunks Pizzagate-esque conspiracy theory that it trafficked children in furniture https://t.co/iTd25Jb3Xa
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 11, 2020
I can’t believe I have to do this, but here’s a thorough debunk of the QAnon Wayfair conspiracy theory, since it’s pervasive on civilian parts of the internet.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 11, 2020
QAnon is the conspiracy theory that a government official who goes by “Q” is leaving clues about Trump’s plan to dismantle Washington elites engaged in everything from pedophilia to child sex trafficking. And it's believers unequivocally support Trump. https://t.co/2Rir6MXiU7
— POLITICO (@politico) July 12, 2020
Most of these nutjobs are gonna get beat, but hey, ya never know, some might win — and then we'll be dealing with the batshit reality of a QAnon Caucus. https://t.co/fosaawiLpN
— John Heilemann (@jheil) July 12, 2020
QAnon galaxy brain logic right here: QAnon is a false flag to Make QAnon look bad. But there is something there so QAnon needs to look into it.
— Marc-André Argentino (@4ngl3rf1sh) July 11, 2020
If we find nothing = false flag
If we find something = were right
QAnon is not about truth, it's about faith in the movements beliefs pic.twitter.com/DKEzEb6rX3
“At least 11 Republican congressional nominees have publicly supported or defended the QAnon conspiracy theory movement or some of its tenets — and more aligned with the movement may still find a way onto ballots this year.“ https://t.co/UXSNRDYlWV
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 12, 2020
I have admittedly struggled in my writing to succinctly describe QAnon. It'd be hard to do better than "a convoluted pro-Trump conspiracy theory about a 'deep state' of child-molesting Satanist traitors plotting against the president." https://t.co/ATZDPz6F26
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 14, 2020