Anestasia is a journalist writing about others… not herself
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/13/qanon-radicalization-bernie-sanders-supporter-503295?curator=MediaREDEF
“….. I think the fact that I was already a big supporter of Bernie Sanders primed me for the transformation — a process people call being red-pilled. One thing QAnon and Bernie have in common is the belief that there is a group of corrupt elites that makes it hard for everyone else in the country and the world to stay afloat. I hadn’t trusted the government entirely before 2016 — for example, I didn’t find the explanations of 9/11 or the assassination of John F. Kennedy to be satisfactory. But my distrust only strengthened when I started to support Bernie that year. I started to think that the news media, billionaires and the Democratic establishment conspired to keep Bernie from the presidency. This was a significant part of my bridge into QAnon…….”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/left-qanon-2019-m-still-120016741.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL3RpZ2VyYm9hcmQuY29tL2JvYXJkcy92aWV3LnBocD9tZXNzYWdlPTE3OTE0ODY4&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHx3JYk8kaWpUe8Qi3LAW1vAUtYvcKGY9k9F64ibgnEjOJkmh7pP4BODYfG0VsVTUOh1HMeumtB2Se0zmHAa6xF6YCSoF9BVRubGzhsSpdLrJqD2B_baTm-WzUo1ENpWzRLKThnSFP8IRlhO6AGBiDBUskYGm5j9OoHEOTFRJG14
“…. I was sucked into QAnon in the winter of 2017. At the time, I casually followed various conspiracies online and the internet led me to Q. I was living in Australia, where I still live, but I had been interested in American politics since spending six months in the U.S. a few years before. I had rooted for Bernie Sanders during the 2016 primary and felt let down when he lost.. “
Edited by Spanky at 01:31:43 on 12/13/21