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The segment traces the origins of the "It's okay to be white" slogan, which began as a trolling campaign on 4chan designed to provoke overreactions. A local news clip from Beaverton, Oregon, shows a resident shredding a flyer with the slogan, viewing it as a threat to her diverse neighborhood. The hosts discuss how such simple phrases are weaponized to identify political enemies.
The hosts examine the rise of QAnon, describing it as a conspiracy theory that provided hope to people during the Trump administration. They discuss how the media lumps legitimate concerns about figures like Jeffrey Epstein and the Wayfair controversy into a single bucket of crazy to discredit all investigation. The segment explores the origin of Q as an anonymous dissemination program on image boards like 4chan and 8chan.
