“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire One of the big questions the chattering class of American pundits have been asking recently is whether QAnon is the new Tea Party, after Marjorie Taylor Greene won her primary in Georgia and will likely become it’s first open supporter in congress.
Dozens of others ran for congress (and won their primaries). However, the Tea Party isn’t a great analogy for QAnon. Despite coming from the same place politically, QAnon is far more unhinged, and far more dangerous than the Tea Party ever was.
For those who don’t already know, QAnon is a sprawling conspiracy theory supported by the far-right fringe of the Republican party.