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The coming storm, radio 4 - series 2

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WarriorN · 01/11/2022 09:48

I've just heard that there's a new series of the coming storm.

This was the last one, mind boggling stuff around q anon. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m001324r?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

However the new series is this:

The Mid-Terms 1. Groomers
The Coming Storm
A new diabolical enemy emerges as the mid-terms loom.

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As America goes out to vote for the first time since the tumultuous aftermath of the 2020 election, Gabriel Gatehouse is back in the deep undergrowth of the US political scene, in a bid to understand where the dark energy underpinning the January 6 assault on the Capitol is going now.

One thing the QAnon conspiracy theory about a satanic cabal of paedophiles is morphing into is a grassroots political movement against ‘groomers’ – the idea that LGBTQI+ sex educators and trans healthcare advocates are indoctrinating young people into a sexualised culture.

The battleground is America’s school boards and the prize could be a galvanised Republican base with a new crusade. At a conference in Miami of thinkers shaping the future ideas of the right, Gabriel finds the issue top of the agenda, especially for Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis.

And across the country, a slate of candidates linked to QAnon is running for office – how will they fare?
Producer: Lucy Proctor

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nauticant · 01/11/2022 10:24

That's why I think extending the approach of series 1 into series 2 might be misguided. The debunking of QAnon in series 1 was done looking at some of the most widely shared aspects of the QAnon belief system and showing that they are not only untrue but are simply bonkers. If they're going to do this with "LGBTQI+ sex educators and trans healthcare advocates ... indoctrinating young people into a sexualised culture" then they're going to have to hide all the bad stuff that's actually happening and only look at the mad stuff. In other words a point-and-laugh at the loonies.

What would that say about BBC impartiality?

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WarriorN · 01/11/2022 10:14

I've just read the blurb again - how can the key concerns, where girls have been sexually assaulted in toilets, be glossed over?

The prison concerns that have become reality?

He's surely going to look at Matt Walsh.

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WarriorN · 01/11/2022 10:12

My concern too.

He was v thorough in the last serieswhich I've had to listen to twice to get a handle on it all and looked at some elements of the accusations against the Clinton's and trying to work out what "truth" there was - a woman who claimed to be raped by Bill years ago, pre presidency, and who's story is very credible.

But I worry that the specific issues we discuss here will be buried as they're shoved under the lgbtq umbrella.

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nauticant · 01/11/2022 10:08

I also raised an eyebrow at this.

Maybe we now have the QAnon Umbrella concept and every time there's a campaign/protest that is ideologically "problematic", under the umbrella it goes.