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Posted on 04/10/2019 10:11:03 AM PDT by romanesq
During the 2018 Midterms in the United States, strange signs started appearing at political rallies. Held up by non-descript attendees, the signs read simply, “We are Q.” For those Trekkers out there, you might be confused: no, these rallygoers were not making an oblique reference to the infamous Star Trek: The Next Generation character portrayed by John de Lancie. The group appeared from the fringes of internet chat rooms, such as on the website of 4Chan, a peculiar mixture of cyberpunks and various online misfits.
“Q” is derived from an anonymous poster on the internet forum, a source claiming to have a top secret clearance with the U.S. intelligence community. This person (or group of people) spun an intricate conspiracy theory that many Far Right activists on gonzo internet forums picked up and began disseminating to wider audiences online and in their communities.
The conspiracy goes like this: the real purpose of the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was not to investigate Donald Trump, but instead to investigate Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and people like former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman, John Podesta. The QAnon conspiracy theory is far-reaching, with new pieces added with regularity, in the form of what Q supporters refer to as “breadcrumbs.” One such addition to the conspiracy theory last year was that the Mueller probe was also looking into the now-deceased Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for his illegal activities.
What is the ultimate end of the QAnon conspiracy; what does Mueller hope to achieve, according to them?
That part, like most conspiracy theories, is conveniently not knowable. The Mueller investigation, having ended in a whimper rather than the bang the Trump-hating Fake News was hoping for, should have been the end of the QAnon conspiracy theory. QAnon conspiracy theorists have simultaneously argued that the ultimate target of the Mueller investigation is either the “Deep State” of nefarious anti-American, globalist actors, or the aim is to pursue high-profile pedophiles in the United States government and in other powerful circles related to the government.
QAnon’s Pernicious Connections to “Pizzagate”
Now for the most pernicious aspect of the QAnon conspiracy theory. In 2016, conspiracists on 4Chan and other similar fringe messaging boards claimed that the emails stolen from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s (and subsequently made public by WikiLeaks) contained secret messages referring to a powerful ring of pedophiles who were using a local Washington, D.C. pizzeria as a base of operations to conduct their crimes. None of these claims were true. But, what ended up happening was that the highly irresponsible conspiracy theory triggered a mentally unstable man, who in turn took a gun to a D.C. pizzeria with intent to use it.
The source material for these theories is the vile, uber-fringe 4Chan and 8Chan. 4Chan was launched in 2003 as a place to share images and discuss Japanese anime. In fact, it was modeled on the Japanese anime internet boards, such as Futaba Channel. Over time, though, the already eclectic group of online personalities that 4Chan attracted devolved into something darker. It became a haven for crazed conspiracy theorists from both sides of the political divide. 4Chan also became popular among the white nationalist community, and also became a place for hackers and other criminals–including child pornographers. If there was a Hell on the internet, 4Chan was Hell.
Meanwhile, a similar website, created by gonzo software developer, Frederick Brennan, 8Chan was launched in 2013 as a response to what Brennan believed was the rise in authoritarianism, censorship, and surveillance on 4Chan. Despite the fact that 8Chan has become the 3,857th most viewed website in the world, with an average of 35,000 unique visitors per day and 400,000 original posts per day, it too has become mired in controversy. 8Chan, which has been billed as the more libertarian (though, perhaps libertine would be better) 4Chan, has apparently become a hub of international child pornography postings. This became such a problem that, in 2015, 8Chan was blacklisted by Google search. It is a profound understatement to claim that anything positive or good comes from these boards. Yet, it is precisely from sites like these that the “Pizzagate” and now the QAnon conspiracy theories emanate.
Alternative media figures, such as Mike Cernovich, have also furthered the “Pizzagate” and QAnon conspiracy theories. Some of these individuals have massive social media followings. With big internet names furthering the conspiracies, it was only a matter of time before disaster struck. In 2016, when the pizzeria shooting happened, several media outlets attempted to lay the blame at the feet of people like Cernovich. This only gave the Fake News Industrial Complex more fuel in their ongoing war against President Trump and the Right.
The very same group of internet Alt-Right activists and online forums that furthered the “Pizzagate” conspiracy have also spread the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Here are some of the other bizarre, totally inaccurate predictions that QAnon has made:
01/21/18 – A flood was alleged to be coming. A flood consisting of various forms of media that I imagine were supposed to implicate somebody in something nefarious. Sadly, this flood never came.
01/21/18 – Q makes some very certain claims about the Nunes Memo, which of course do not come remotely true when the memo is released a couple weeks later.
01/22/18 – Q posts a confirmed fake Podesta email, then promptly deletes it. But not before his followers have time to notice. 02/09/18 – Next week [Next week] was declared ‘suicide weekend‘. Nothing came to pass.
02/21/18 – Q predicts that the founder of Twitter is removing accounts because he and his Deep State friends are in deep trouble. Nothing came to pass.
03/15/18 – Q declares ‘March Madness’ and that ‘the public will soon know’. Nothing came to pass.
04/02/18 – April was supposed to be a “BIG month“, full of happenings including but not limited to arrests, the release of the IG report, the wall, “military start”, and unsealed indictments. Nothing came to pass.
Where Does QAnon Go From Here?
Things have gotten even stranger for the QAnon conspiracists now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his final report. While the report has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr has seen it, and he has issued a summary of the report.
AG Barr explains that Mueller has not proven any collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump, his top 2016 campaign staffers, and Russian intelligence. The focus of the investigation was Donald Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Podesta, or even John McCain were not targets of the Mueller probe in any way as Q promised.
The fact that the QAnon conspiracy theory is tied in with the “Pizzagate” fiasco is bad enough. The more damaging part is that these cult-like actors link themselves to the Trump movement, despite the fact that no member of the Trump movement has anything to do with these insane theories. They are the outgrowth of a pathetic group who exist online, in the dark corners of the worldwide web. That they have attached their delusions to the Trump movement is unfortunate.
But, they do not represent and are not affiliated with President Trump, his supporters, or those who work for the president.
Recently, some Q supporters have insisted that certain pictures of President Trump and key advisers in the White House “prove” that they are, in fact, members of the Q conspiracy because their positioning makes it appear as though they are displaying subliminal messages about Q. These internet personalities claim to be supporting the President. Yet, consistently, their actions have shown that they are not allies of the President. They damage and besmirch the Trump movement with their irresponsible actions.
In that their actions, both directly and indirectly, aid those who would do damage to the Make America Great Again Agenda and see it fail. Whoever Q or QAnon may be, they are most decidedly not close to the President, they are not Conservatives, and with every post they make, they subvert the MAGA Agenda.
Of course its like scientology!
Complete “ideological enforcers” or “guardians of the faith”!”
I’d like Q hoaxing the Boomers for $500 in Guardians of the Faith,” Alex!
Blah blah blah
i poisted what q actually posted and once again you lie about it
So sad
I see the same five trolls are on every thread are the only ones that believe actually believe your crap
PS Q isn’t on Twitter dope
No, I didn’t lie. I specifically showed how a Qbot told Assange’s own mom that he was free.
She then told him he was not.
If you want to see a liar, and a desperate, find the nearest mirror.
Hey, it’s time to “Trust Sessions” and see the million indictments ready to ship all of them to GITMO.
What, there’s only one indictment and it’s for Julian Assange?
LMAO! Morons!
Q is not on Twitter Q never said it
If I say Trump said “X”
That is not Trump saying it
See how that works fool?
Kind of like how you said Q said Trump and Mueller were working together
But it never happened and you still can show us where it did
Try again
Never said Q said anything on Twitter.
SMH, some people are really slowwww.
No one has all day to document all the lying BS by QAnon hoaxers/grifters.
Speaking of which, where is your god on the mount? Been pretty MIA I here since the blow-up where moron preying insect posted the attacks on Maga Coaltion and outed himself.
Is it true that Pamphlet Anon Coleman is bidding out the tripcode to the highest bidder and running for the hills?
With all the big news going on in the last couple of weeks and hardly a whimper from America’s biggest internet hoaxers/grifters.
I’d like to see those frauds in handcuffs like that other criminal Avenatti.
Hey BiggBob you should know by now that Romanesq has his/her own truth. That truth does not have to be factual. It does not have to have tangible evidence.
Much of his evidence comes from random posters on the internet who happen to corroborate what he believes.
Hardly.
‘The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.’
Can’t wait until the truth catches up to those QAnon internet hoaxers/scammers.
Here’s an exclusive. Someone is calling out the Q Qult. No, they are daring them!
“#QAnon has two weeks to name me or @CatcherJb in a drop or I start leaking the board logs and ID’ing users.
No more games.
Let’s see the full force of your digital army before I get you v&”
JB is James Brower, who started the QAnon “social experiment” on 4Chan before it became a grift taken to 8 Chan.
Looks like the Titanic is going right into the iceberg. Brace for impact:
https://twitter.com/realDougStewart/status/1114971687177588737
The big question is.....will you recognize truth when it slams you in the face, or will you bury your head in the sand.
The truth is coming!
He isn’t even honest now
He has lied this whole thread
Trying to tie q to the alleged “grifters” while simultaneously defending one of the very grifter Q called out
And using that as his “proof”
Lol
*The guy q says is a liar and a grifters proves q has grifters”
And the miraculous part is him and the other trolls think he’s onto something
Lol
Lol
Some other troll? like you?
who cares?
Someone else trying to get famous from q is your “proof”
Hahahahahaha
Maxine waters says Trump will be impeached
That don’t mean squat
Much like your whole thread here
Means nothing in the giant scheme of things
Nothing can stop what is coming and your pathetic attempts to pretend is isn’t are laughable
Besides if you were that confident you
Wouldn’t be having these emotional name calling outbursts just like every pathetic liberal I’ve ever met.
PS keep repeating the NY times and Washington posts position. This are really popular in free republic
Or is that why you try and pretend you aren’t spewing the msm nonsense and have glommed onto to your last hope Mr gorka
Too funny
Great analysis!!!
What a coincidence fresh drop
3312
If we are merely a LARP asking questions on the Chans, why are we being attacked daily by some of the world’s biggest media co’s, social media co’s deliberately applying censorship/banning, shills paid/inserted to disrupt (media matters), blue checkmark coordinated attacks, etc.?
All for a ‘conspiracy’ on the Chans?
All for a ‘LARP’?
Why is there a constant flow of disinformation being pushed re: Q?
Example:
Disinformation push re: Mueller is a white hat.
FAKE & FALSE narrative.
Think BLOCKADE.
When you can’t attack the information directly, you attack the source, if that fails, you ‘create false misleading information’ to discredit knowing ‘select’ ‘unaware’ followers would not take the time to self-corroborate the claims (same vehicle/tactics used by FAKE NEWS media).
Logical thinking always wins.
Nothing can stop what is coming.
As the target(s) turn to the other side, the attacks will intensify.
We have the source.
Q
Yeah, the truth is coming. Because of people standing up and fighting like out in the elections during the mid-terms not reading a QAnon hoax and buying BS!
You want to believe in your religious “Q” even though it feigns to be Christian and loves America, fine by me.
But all that lying and the million zillion indictments and GITMO, suspending the US Constitution, no thanks.
I look forward to more of the truth coming out on these Q grifters!
Even Q say you are a liar
“Mueller is a white hat.
FAKE & FALSE narrative.”
Hahahahahaha
You sure like to rant about lots of irrelevant stuff. You expect me to respond to you ranting about plumb loco Maxine Waters? I don’t “repeat” her or any DNC Media.
That’s utterly insipid to try and link the truth to them. Lame!
What happened to the million unsealed indictments Q worked on with Santa and his elves?
How come the only person indicted is Julian Assange?
LMAO! You can’t breed this type of stupidity. Ok, maybe you can. SMH.
Obviously false. I’m sitting here with Q and Julian Assange on the beach.
We’re having drinks with JFK Jr. and reviewing the 1,000,000 unsealed indictments.
Julian wants to fly the biggest plane transporting the 1,000,000 people to GITMO.
We’re going to suspend the US Constitution and declare martial law tomorrow.
Hopefully, those shills: President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Seb Gorka and Sean Spicer don’t try to get in our way.
Because then we’ll have to set loose our Q Army against them.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Another false narrative?
Just cause those that read Q are optimistic about the outcome doesn’t mean we aren’t active in elections fundraising etc.
Are you really that dumb?
Try again...
You are the troll attacks those that are most pro trump over your stupid ego
Remember when you point the finger of blame your other fingers are pointing at the real problem.
Yes, please extend our great thanks to the QAnon hoax grifters who told everyone to “Trust Sessions” and that “the House is Safe.”
SMH
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