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Why Thousands Are Obsessed With A Nest Of Conspiracy Theories Called QAnon
http://thefederalist.com/ ^ | August 21 2018 | Georgi Boorman

Posted on 08/22/2018 9:19:05 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45

QAnon is a conspiracy theory so far reaching and comprehensive, there is virtually no other conspiracy theory it leaves untouched, from the government hiding the UFOs to JFK Jr. surviving his plane crash. The fact that it envelops so many other theories helps explain why QAnon is the most popular shadow-rule fantasy of our time.

... top Democrats are actually human traffickers and pedophiles, along with some Hollywood stars. Many are also supposedly Satanists and blood-drinkers and drug traffickers, too.

This cabal of evildoers is supposedly headed by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who are secretly planning a coup on the president. A sampling of other beliefs are: that the Rothschilds are supposedly leaders of a Satanic cult, that Debbie Wasserman Schultz sent MS-13 to kill DNC staffer Seth Rich, that the Rothschilds and/or JP Morgan sunk the Titanic (even though his own company owned it), and that Kim Jong Un was actually installed as a puppet dictator by the CIA.

The most salient belief Q followers drill down on in their analysis is that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is not actually investigating President Trump and his team for Russia collusion — that’s just a cover for his secret investigation of Hillary Clinton. Every day, Trump is putting on a circus for the media, making himself look like a fool; but behind the scenes, he is playing a highly complex game of 4D chess to defeat the deep state and drain the swamp, and even the most studious Q believers can only hope to get an inkling about his strategies.

As Q wrote on Aug. 14, as if in defense of the 4D chess theory of POTUS’s behavior, “Has POTUS made a statement AS PRESIDENT that hasn’t ended up being TRUE AND CORRECT?”


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To: Para-Ord.45
Say what you will, but I think this recent post is fascinating: Connecting some dots.

Thanks for the Awakening, Q!

41 posted on 08/22/2018 9:52:48 AM PDT by GBA (Beliefs => Reality. Believe... wisely.)
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To: dinodino

At least one of the guys posing as “Q” already outed himself on a livestream, by accidentally logging in to the Q account on 8chan and posting, while everyone was watching him, a few months back. He’s just a former mod from 4chan, one of a group of 4chan posters who have been pushing this stuff since the beginning. Another one of the guys in the group has told the whole story of how they came up with the idea and took turns making the posts, and revealed how they pulled off all the so-called “Q proofs” that the Q cultists always post about.

Some anons even hacked the Q account about a week ago and posted all their previous passwords publicly, because they were tired of the shenanigans these chan guys were up to. The Q crew played it off as the work “intel agencies” trying to interfere with them and the Qultists apparently bought it, even though the whole hack was announced in advance and the Q posters didn’t bother to tighten their security but kept using easily cracked passwords.

This was all broken by youtubers Isaac Green and unirock, and ZeroHour1 on twitter.


42 posted on 08/22/2018 9:53:13 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Cboldt

And “Q” got it wrong.

Wait, there’s much much more Q posts I’m saving for the right time in regards to his/her predictions.


43 posted on 08/22/2018 9:53:18 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Okeydoker

“Eventually the Q people are going to come around to the fact that they have been scammed.”

Don’t count on it. Once people get emotionally committed to these conspiracies, a lot of them will never admit they were wrong, no matter how obvious it becomes. They just flip that “logical thinking” switch off.


44 posted on 08/22/2018 9:54:56 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: willyd

You have to stop thinking as a Republican or a Democrat and start looking for truth. If you believe only one party or the other lies to you, you being had.

That bears repeating in bold.


45 posted on 08/22/2018 9:55:02 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Alberta's Child

There’s really no such thing as a “vacant” AG post. Trump either has the choice of appointing another interim AG, or having the acting AG job automatically default to the next highest ranking official at the DOJ, which would be Rosenstein.


46 posted on 08/22/2018 9:57:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Para-Ord.45

Because people are stupid.


47 posted on 08/22/2018 9:57:48 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Okeydoker

“Even the q people cant claim the Federalist is part of the deep state cabal.”

Oh, just wait. I’m sure some will do just that even on this very thread.


48 posted on 08/22/2018 9:59:09 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Okeydoker
Today the Federalist described the q movement in totally unflattering ways. Even the q people cant claim the Federalist is part of the deep state cabal.

I'm not so sure of that. For a while there, the qbists believed that Hillary and the Podesta brothers were locked up in Gitmo.

49 posted on 08/22/2018 9:59:32 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: DouglasKC

One answer: Because only kooks believe anything Q posts, and the President would look like an idiot if he so much as acknowledged Q’s existence.


50 posted on 08/22/2018 10:00:03 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: tcrlaf

“as it gains traction among the normies”

If I hear a Q dolt use the word “normies” one more time, I swear...

Reality check, if you are a Q believer, you ARE a “normie”. You were the target of the 4chan scammers, and you fell for it.


51 posted on 08/22/2018 10:01:25 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dinodino

I don’t think the former is likely. IMO there’s a real chance however that the latter is correct.


52 posted on 08/22/2018 10:03:03 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Para-Ord.45

GREAT article on Q!


53 posted on 08/22/2018 10:04:10 AM PDT by 2harddrive (Go to www.CodeIsFreeSpeech.com for 10 FREE 3D-printer gun blueprints!)
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To: Para-Ord.45

I love reading Q! I read everything from all outlets/sources, I watch all media channels.I read all the Resist movement topics/discussions! I enjoy knowing all I can. I formulate my own opinions, does that make me a Q-Tip?


54 posted on 08/22/2018 10:05:21 AM PDT by GizzyGirl
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To: GBA
Take all "Q"s conspiracies and chart them and it looks like this bizarre embarrassing joke: Qcon photo Qcon.jpg
55 posted on 08/22/2018 10:07:17 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Mears

it will eventually collapse under it’s own weight.
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Absolutely correct. And you can see it happening before your very eyes. Less q people making fools of themselves on the internet, more written exposes of the foolish beliefs and even twitter is claimng to expose the moneymaking by the q inventors.


56 posted on 08/22/2018 10:07:22 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Okeydoker
Let's just say that any time now would be a good time for Q to put up or shut up. Prove us wrong, we'll admit it.

Any time at all, like even... even as we speak, right now, to be honest.

Otherwise life goes on, and many of us are at the age where we'd rather not waste any more precious time chasing after phantoms.

57 posted on 08/22/2018 10:07:49 AM PDT by OKSooner (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): The 1200 pound gorilla...)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Slow day in your hood?


58 posted on 08/22/2018 10:08:36 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (If I knew when I was going to need my gun, I wouldn't need my gun.)
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To: Boogieman
Yes, but keep in mind that the U.S. Attorney General is the only senior post that was actually created by Congress. The Deputy AG post was established through an internal Justice Department order by the AG in 1950.

The line of succession for the U.S. Attorney General is established by the Executive Branch, not Congress. It can be changed though a simple executive order. President Trump already did this once, very early in his term. He can do it again. He could wake up tomorrow and issue an executive order that makes anyone else the successor to the AG.

59 posted on 08/22/2018 10:08:37 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Vermont Lt

You are right. Nothing wrong with understanding the forces arrayed against trump. Some of us didnt need riddles to figure it out. But for those who need games, fine. But outlandish beliefs cross the line from education into fantasy. And not a healthy fantasy at that.


60 posted on 08/22/2018 10:10:57 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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