The movie and its QAnon-friendly star are on a mission, but whatever their intentions, they’re fueling a moral panic.
? It wasn’t the first time the country had become gripped by a moral panic over the belief in nonexistent child-sex-trafficking rings. But it was the first time it had happened in the era of social media, and the conspiracy theory grew out of control, eventually helping spawn QAnon.
. The resurgence in vilification of LGBTQ+ Americans is directly related to these conspiracy theories about child-sex-trafficking rings—and the ballooning effect has created a dangerous reality for LGBTQ+ adults and children.“The way people process information when it comes to children is different,” said Adam Enders, a professor of political science at the University of Louisville, who finds that people tend to wildly overestimate the amount of child sex trafficking going on.
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