Listen to Survivors not QAnon
*Trigger Warning* Child abuse, rape culture
For all the people who are dismissing “conspiracy theories” around child sex abuse, have any of you actually listened to any survivors who speak on these stories?
Coming out with reactionary talking points about “QAnon” and the “right wing” instead of compassion for the actual people who’ve been oppressed is the first step in erasing any hope of healing.
Check yourself. Stop reacting to the right wing and actually open your hearts to survivors.
There will be people who read this who’ve been slamming QAnon and they will say: “But I’m a survivor! I have a right to critique them!”
To them I say: Study internalized oppression.
Has it not occurred to you that there are people within the QAnon community who are very likely survivors? Has it not occurred to you that lashing out with hate is a trauma response? Has it not occurred to you that many survivors are just trying to find someone who believes them? Has it not occurred to you how desperate it is to be a survivor and not be believed?
Derailing the conversation with “but these are right wing conspiracies” is akin to saying “this system of oppression doesn’t exist”.
