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They believed that Trump would be sworn in as the 19th president on March 4, 2021, the original inauguration date until the Twentieth Amendment changed it to January 20 in 1933, and that he would restore the federal government. This claim was developed by the sovereign citizen movement.
Mar 4, 2021 · Retropolis. Why March 4 matters to QAnon extremists, leading to fears of another Capitol attack. The real history behind the latest threatening prediction by QAnon followers. By Gillian...
Mar 4, 2021 · The date 4 March began spreading among QAnon followers only days after Mr Biden was sworn in on 20 January. That completely predictable event caused tumult in the world of QAnon - a...
- The Millerites
- Crisis Point
- Making Sense of Disappointment
This dynamic played out nearly 180 years ago with the Millerites, members of a 19th-century evangelical Christian movement who were part of an earlier “Great Awakening” in U.S. religious history. A Baptist preacher, William Miller drew on biblical texts and numerology to predict the imminent second coming of Christ. Although Miller did not initiall...
Looking at how the Millerites dealt with their Great Disappointment gives an insight into how believers navigate what the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre calls “epistemological crises.” These are moments when the way someone understands the world is thrown into question by events that don’t fit expectations. Epistemological crises are not unique to ...
Whether or not movements like Millerism can move past great disappointments depends in part on the interpretive tools available within the group and the ingenuity of adherents in explaining away their own unfulfilled expectations. It is anyone’s guess whether QAnon will survive its current epistemological crisis. And if it does, there is no guarant...
- Richard Amesbury
Mar 4, 2021 · In a poll he carried out in October among 2,000 registered voters, only 6.8 percent were believers. “The news is covering it quite a bit because it is flashy and it sounds crazy and it plays into these fears that people have about misinformation and conspiracy theories,” said Uscinski. One clue that followers received states that on March 4 ...
Mar 4, 2021 · On Politics. QAnon Proves Its Resilience. Worries about an enduring, violent conspiracy theory rise anew. Share full article. By Giovanni Russonello. Published March 4, 2021 Updated Sept....
Mar 3, 2021 · According to adherents of QAnon, the false internet conspiracy theory that has been linked to violent acts including murder and kidnapping, March 4 is going to be a big day: the "true...
