Posted on 08/06/2018 7:51:28 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The hacking collective Anonymous is pledging to expose the people behind the "QAnon" conspiracy theory.
The anarchist hacking group slammed the QAnon conspiracy as potentially dangerous and driven by a “brainless political agenda” in a video posted Sunday to what is widely considered the most reliable Anonymous Twitter account.
“We will not see idly by while you take advantage of the misinformed and poorly educated,” the group said in the video, which was posted with the hashtags "#OpQ" and "#OpQAnon."
The video depicts various figures with the Anonymous masks acting out certain aspects of the QAnon conspiracy over a constant backdrop of the letter “Q.”
The video claims that Anonymous “knew who was responsible for Q,” and thought it was funny at first. However, the group now believes the conspiracy theory has gone too far.
“Someone is gonna get hurt so we have to put our foot down and start some s--- with you all,” the group said in the video.
QAnon shifted into the spotlight after numerous attendees at President Trump's rally in Florida last week held Q-shaped cutouts and posters alluding to the conspiracy theory.
The wide-ranging and vague “QAnon” touches on a number of popular unproven conspiracy theories: Democrats and prominent Hollywood figures are orchestrating underground pedophile rings; special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is a front for investigating Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for their ties to said rings; and hundreds of sealed indictments may have already been handed down in the Clinton case.
The theory was started by a person on 4chan last year claiming to be a high-ranking security official in the Trump administration. The individual or individuals goes by the identity of "Q," and has continued to fan the theory on online platforms.
A number of conservative figures have pushed back against the conspiracy theory on Twitter in recent days, including Michael Flynn Jr. and Sean Spicer.
Anonymous has been adamantly opposed to Trump since he announced his candidacy in 2015. The group declared "cyber war" on Trump in March 2016, directing its followers to take down the then-candidate's websites.
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How do we know anonymous is not Q? Because they said so?
Anonymous is a meme, but I’m not convinced that Qanon is real.
Are Anonymous claiming ownership of the misinformed?
Fine with me if someone exposes the truth on Q. IMHO Q is a bunch of nothing.
I just want popcorn.
Bkmrk.
“Anonymous” has just exposed who is backing them. They’re the “paid opposition.”
"That is our demographic, and we won't tolerate your stealing market share."
“We will not see idly by while you take advantage of the misinformed and poorly educated,” the group said in the video
Shouldn’t they be trying to destroy the entire demonrat party then?? What about the Teachers Unions??
Who cares about them? They’re a joke that took themselves way too seriously. Which is why they got ran off 4chan.
They are going to control the world and get all the girls. You’ll see!
Yeah…no.
Wake me when IT starts. Until then I’ll listen to Rush and Hannity.
I need tangible, not obtuse Ancient Aliens theories.
Correct. The timing is too good.
Remember the plastic straw regulator-- Jason Dominguez, District 1 Santa Barbara City Council.
Most of them got arrested by the Feds when they tried to do something serious like hack Mastercard or Visa.
This will be interesting. It would be ironic if it was a Trump team of people.
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