1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Anny and Samantha. I'm notlcoing to stuff. 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: I never told you protection of I heart radio. All right, 3 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: here's today's question. All right, did you ever is there 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: ever a conspiracy theory that you got really into, not 5 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: necessarily believed, but like I got really into. No, I 6 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: don't think I really understand conspiracy theories because I'm not 7 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: about digging. I'm lazy. Let's just leave it at that. 8 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: I'm just really lazy. And some things I believe some 9 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,639 Speaker 1: things are not being completely truthful. So I do think 10 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: things are being hidden. But my my theory is, is 11 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: everybody's hiding something that's your conspiracy theory? Yes, And I 12 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: don't know if it's a conspiracy theory. It's just it's 13 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: just and so therefore why I'm worried about it? If 14 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: it's a really big deal, Okay, Um, to be obsessed 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: with something like this type of conspiracy can actually really 16 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: cause a lot of harm. So I'm just like, no, 17 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: I'm good, I'm good. I have like theories on things, 18 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: but I think my theories are not relevant because I'm 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: not like, I'm not the professional. I'm not the expert here. 20 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: Move on. I thought you were gonna see. I thought 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: you were going to say, but my theories are not 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: theories because what I think is true. And I was like, 23 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: he come swinging as some conspiracy theorists, but you don't 24 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: admit it. I mean, I don't know if I don't 25 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: believe that aliens don't exist. Although you know, we know 26 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: that the White House just released some weird photos for 27 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: some odd reason. Did I tell you about why UFO experience? 28 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: Do you've had the UFO experience? Yes? I have resell 29 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: me about this please. Um. Well, I was uh visiting 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: my mom. We did the whole quarantine thing um in Alabama, 31 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: and I was out late at ninth, very very late, um, 32 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: and I was just looking at the sky and it 33 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: is near a military base, so I this is my 34 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: probably what it was. But it looked like I saw 35 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: this ball of light like and it looks like um 36 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: iron Man. Like how it moved like it darted and 37 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: dance and stopped and we go up and down and 38 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: it was beautiful. Um. It kind of in the movement 39 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: was like how when you're playing with a laser pointing 40 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: with a cat. You know, That's what I imagined. It 41 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: looked like a shooting star but moving like that. Um, 42 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: And it was out there. I stayed out until it 43 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: went until sun came up, and it was out there 44 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: all night. I tried to wig people up and they 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: would not get up. Um. So no one can confirm it. 46 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: And my phone was dead, of course it was dead. Um. 47 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't know what it was, but it 48 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: was pretty Do you have conspiracy theory about that or 49 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: just really um no, No, I just uh, I know 50 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: that I saw it and I don't know what it is. 51 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: That's pretty much all I can give you. Um. I 52 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: don't really have a theory about it, except that there 53 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: is a nearby military base. So, but honestly, in the closet, 54 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 1: like in front of you, is there like a whole 55 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: diagram of where you believe? Behind me, my closet is 56 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: very cluttered. It's quite possible I'm gonna find something hidden somewhere. 57 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: I was terrified of aliens growing up, and it was 58 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: after my brother showed me that Roswell autopsy video and 59 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: then played a very cruel prank on me. Um right 60 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: after that, and it's stuck with me. So I guess, like, 61 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: not really conspiracy theory, but I have anxieties around well, 62 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: there you go. That that makes sense. Yes, I got 63 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: pretty big into the Paul Paul is dead one. For 64 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: a while I didn't believe it, but I did. I 65 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: called the phone number and I did the whole thing. Um. Anyway, 66 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: if you don't know what I'm talking about, that up 67 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: if you're interested to look that up to. Yes, Okay, 68 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: we're not talking about that one in particular today, but 69 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: we are talking about Q and on and specifically women 70 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: in Q and on and very very basically like so 71 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: diluted because this is a very sprawling theory, so interesting 72 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: to me that people are also willing to grasp onto 73 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: this um, and it is really phenomenal to see women 74 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: in this But yes, keep going. Yeah, it's I feel 75 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: like it's a catch all conspiracy theory where you can 76 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: pretty much put in any conspiracy you want in there, 77 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: and then it it will work even though it doesn't 78 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: make sense. Um. So this is a conspiracy theory that 79 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: revolves around I mean, at its heart, it's protecting Trump 80 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: that prominent Democrats and liberals are involved in a global 81 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: satanic child sex trafficking ring. Um, someone close to Trump 82 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: with security clearance named Q. It's called Q clearance. Claims 83 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: that Trump is the only one that can take down 84 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: this satanic child sex trafficking ring, which is interesting because 85 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: the whole Jeffrey Epstein thing. But all right, Um, it 86 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: started on four chan, uh and grew after Pizza Gate, 87 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: and the FBI considers them violent extremist UM or they 88 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: they have the potential their extremist that have the potential 89 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: for violence. I think it's probably more acting there alert 90 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: with them, right, FBI has kind of put them as 91 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: an alert but has not really classified them yet. Yes, yes, 92 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: because there have been several violent instances and I'm just 93 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: kind of frightening things UM like the guy who showed 94 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: up to Pizza Gate had a gun, UM could have 95 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: gone much worse. And their membership has rapidly grown during 96 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: the pandemic thanks to things like doom scrolling and social 97 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: media algorithms and people in positions of power like we've 98 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: seen SWAT team members sporting Q merchandise. Our police union 99 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: has UM showing their support for Q and on and 100 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: you know President himself, Yeah, they that has not said 101 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: it out loud, but it's retweeted. Menia thing as well 102 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: as we see people who are running the people who 103 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: are in government officials taking the oath, which I was 104 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: trying to figure out, what is happening? What is this? Um? 105 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: And some folks over red Box recently did a piece 106 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: where they used the computer program to analyze one of 107 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: Human's biggest subreddits to get an idea of who was 108 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: on there, and it was largely ardently pro Trump supporters 109 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: who are also men's right activists into video games, martial arts, 110 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: and yes, mostly white men. Most of them are conspiracy 111 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: light quote, but most of the content is produced by 112 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: a small part of the sub like two hundred out 113 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: of fifty thou and their active conspiracy theorists. Yeah, so 114 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: it's like a lot of people in this subreddit are 115 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: It's almost like they're casually perusing it. They're not commenting. 116 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,679 Speaker 1: A lot of them, Um, they're not posting, but they're there. 117 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: But two hundred of these like big conspiracy theorists are 118 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: posting almost all of the content, which is hilarious, which, yeah, 119 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: it's interesting. Um, But more and more women have started 120 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: supporting Q and on despite these kind of these men's 121 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: rates activists, or well despite possibly because of I can 122 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: share the same views UM. In our Women in Politics 123 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: Part two episode we mentioned that a handful of Republican candidates. 124 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: Female Republican candidates embrace Q and ON and one here 125 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: in Georgia, Marjorlie Taylor Green, who we mentioned, just want 126 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: a primary despite yeah, having made many racist comments. Um. 127 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: She also once said the most mistreated group of people 128 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: in the United States today are white males. Um. At 129 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: least fourteen Republican candidates that openly support Q and ON 130 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: have made it to runoffs or will be on the 131 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: ballot for Novembers election. And yeah, we just kind of 132 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: want to have a conversation about that. I know that 133 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: you and I've been talking about this for a minute 134 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: and just kind of trying to wrap our mind around 135 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: this thought that this is the way to have a 136 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: platform and that it's working, that it's working for women. 137 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: That is, it's kind of like how we've talked about 138 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: how women have to be overachievers to be seen and 139 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: so that means to also be an extremist and maybe 140 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: this is what's working. Um. I mean, like Melissa rain 141 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: Lively or Quann Karen who trashed the mass selection out 142 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: of target and live streamed it. She called herself the 143 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: Q and non spokesperson. Which do you just put you 144 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: give yourself this title. Did someone say she was this 145 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: this is really yeah, it's like interesting. Um. She has 146 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: since called the outburst a symptom of a depressive episode, 147 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: which could be true ish, but also the community that 148 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: you participate in would be a factor. Yeah. Um, well, 149 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: her experience is really interesting because she she's spoken about it, 150 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: she's written a book about it, about how quickly it 151 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: took hold and how it destroyed her life. Um, not 152 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: her actions but the consequence right well because with in 153 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: her words, she was part of kind of this like 154 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: yoga wellness groups and that's sort of the entry point 155 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: for a lot of um especially on Facebook like Q 156 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,719 Speaker 1: and on to kind of infiltrate. And then they I 157 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: think they cited spirituality is one of the biggest ways, 158 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: biggest like kind of overlaps and um. So she was 159 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: involved in those groups and then like friends of her said, well, 160 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: you should check out this cuban on thing now like 161 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: it within a matter of months, Um, it just consumed 162 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: her life. And they talked about how it's sort of 163 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: an echo chamber because right now we're deprived, we're isolated, 164 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: a lot of us don't have jobs. There's like more 165 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: time um and you're in your you're depending on social 166 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: media for contact in a lot of ways, and it 167 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: kind of it forms this echo chamber because because of 168 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: the algorithm, it just gets bigger and bigger. A lot 169 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: of people spoke about like they're not doing it when 170 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: they make these videos of them yelling at people for 171 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: wearing masks. It's not for you. They're purposely doing it 172 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 1: so they can post it on Facebook later and get 173 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of likes right and say we're finding the system. 174 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: It's really interesting too that I think because one of 175 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: the big well many celebrities, but one that's big on 176 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: Twitter obviously is Chrissy Teagan and the amount of control 177 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: because of this Q and on theory and them going 178 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: after her, calling her Satanists, talking about how she ate babies, 179 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: that she sacrificed babies, she had blessed babies. It was 180 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: such a weird phenomenon and I'm just sitting here going, 181 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: what is what is happening? Who's talking about babies? Like, 182 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: who's talking about eating and sacrificing babies? What is happening? 183 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: And this whole level even to them saying Jesus is 184 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: gonna come and get you slashed through Donal's up and 185 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: it's like a big chunk of it what seemingly is 186 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: middle aged white women and more and more, and even 187 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: to a point where I've had friends just talk about 188 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: theories about not even theories, about their beliefs and seeing 189 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: things that are going wrong with the way the pandemic 190 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: is being handled, or or the way election fraud is 191 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: being seen, all of these things. And a woman respond 192 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: who was obviously for fifty years old, say, I don't know. 193 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: I only know one thing that I'm a believer of 194 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, and I believe that this is evil killing 195 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: babies after they're born. And I'm like, what, who, what? 196 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: Who's doing this? She's like, and I will not allow that, 197 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: and that I know, even though I may not agree 198 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: with everything, that Trump's gonna save us from that. And 199 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 1: I'm kind of saying, they're going telling babies after they're born. 200 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: What are you talking? What are you talking? But doesn't 201 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: even make sense, and trying to reference it as if 202 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: it's a part of the abortion propaganda, but somehow that 203 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: gets flushed under the Q and non thing that it's 204 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: not just abortion, it's about sacrif sacrificing to Satan. Yeah, 205 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: and I mean this is a different show and other 206 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: podcasts Honor Network, I've done it. But it's interesting why 207 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: like the the reason your brain wants to believe in 208 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: conspiracy theory and kind of what makes a conspiracy theory 209 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: a conspiracy theory. But going back to that, like this 210 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: is all about protecting Donald Trump. It's a way to justify, 211 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 1: like make it makes sense and that everyone else is 212 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: against him. Um, and you know Robert Mueller is a 213 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: big part of this too. They say they were working together. Um, 214 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: it was all a big and that's that's to justify 215 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: why Trump was being impeached, Like it's it's such a 216 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: huge and because and again this is kind of a 217 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: theory in my own mind, and that the way to 218 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: get to middle aged white women have to talk about 219 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: the possibility of the death of a child like that 220 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: that almost you know, maternalistic. I have to protect because 221 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: it's come to the point that people who do work 222 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: in sex trafficking, who do work in prevention of child 223 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: sexual abuse, all that are having to come out and 224 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: be like, please stop doing this. These theories actually hurt 225 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: our work and having to be like you are taking 226 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: this light off of what is really really happening and 227 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: therefore damaging the system in trying to get these kids out, 228 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 1: those kids who are truly truly affected. And it's a 229 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: kind of a phenomenon that these people who believe this 230 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: theory are believing they are warriors fighting of at all, 231 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: which is again, people need a quest, I guess, and 232 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: this is kind of that level of what this quest 233 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: looks like and how they're bringing in women because a 234 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: lot of this again, when we talk about men's right activists, 235 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: you start thinking, weight this is not for your betterment, 236 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: Like you think you're saving someone at the sacrifice and 237 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: of another thing, but it's not. I don't understand what. 238 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: It feels like a very mix and match conspiracy though, 239 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: like you can really choose what parts do you want 240 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: to believe? Um. And also like there's so much uh 241 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: discussion of who Q is and some people think it's 242 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: like a leftist troll and um, but they've done a 243 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: lot of outlets. I've seen it described as this is 244 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: like a role playing game gone wrong, like Q. They 245 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: it was never meant to come to real life. But 246 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: people do feel like they are warriors and they're protecting 247 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: people and it's their duty, it's their mission. Um. So yeah, 248 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: it is. This is dangerous for a lot of reasons. Um, 249 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: there's violence. We've already seen some attacks, some attempted kidnappings. Um. 250 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: Putting people at risk, not wearing masks, also just being 251 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: total jerks by yelling at kids who really don't or 252 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: who tried to enforce mass policy and recording it. Um. 253 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: And yeah, it's troubling that more and more women are 254 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: getting involved and that they're getting elected potential right yeah, yeah, 255 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: like major big wigs. And I'm very scared yep, uh 256 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: me too, me too. And well, tip, this is something 257 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna be keeping an eye on. We have done 258 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: episodes on women, and past hosts have done episodes on 259 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: women and cults. But it'd be interesting to return to 260 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: and talk about women and conspiracy theories maybe, um. But 261 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: in the meantime, listeners, we would love to hear from you. 262 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: Our email is Stuff Media, mom Stuff at I heart 263 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: media dot com. You can find us on Twitter at 264 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: mom Stuff podcast or on Instagram as stuff I Never 265 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: told you. 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