“Initially, believing in Q felt amazing, like being in some sort of mystical state or euphoria. For about six weeks, my fears about impending doom because of Covid-19, climate change and what I perceived as the threat of fascism were gone. The world felt safe and I felt energized, confident, creative and brimming with love. I’m not religious, but I kept thinking ‘Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God.’ I heard ‘Amazing Grace’ playing in my mind. I was so relieved to stop hating Trump, whom I used to see as racist, sexist and a Hitler-wannabe”
– Brief excerpt from the Politico Magazine story “QAnon Almost Destroyed My Relationship. Then My Relationship Saved Me From QAnon“, published Friday, written by a pseudonymous California woman and Bernie Sanders fan. She writes her Bernie fandom had somewhat predisposed her to conspiratorial thinking about “the establishment” and made her ripe for QAnon indoctrination.