NYTimes OpEd by Annie Kelly: How QAnon and Jan. 6 Ripped the Conspiracy Theory World Apart

How QAnon and Jan. 6 Ripped the Conspiracy Theory World Apart

Retitled: “Even Conspiracy Theorists Are Alarmed by What They’ve Seen”

NYTimes OpEd by Annie Kelly – Aug. 4, 2023

Illustration by Sammy Harkham
Illustration by Sammy Harkham

“The date was Jan. 20, 2021, and Stephen Miles Lewis was trying to keep the peace.

Two weeks before, a mob of pro-Trump protesters had stormed the Capitol building, and the circles Mr. Lewis ran in were now brimming with tension. Many of his closest friends had been outraged by what they saw. But he also knew someone who had been there, who now claimed that the violence had been stirred up by antifa agents disguised as Trump supporters.”

Annie Kelly is a postdoctoral researcher working on conspiracy theories at King’s College London and the University of Manchester. She is also the British correspondent for the podcast “QAnon Anonymous.”

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