Is the same army of ALL of "us" the president was talking about.
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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.
Seeing as you are going all in with he MSMs attempts to smear Trump supporters and Q don’t forget to include the
Florida van driver Cesar sayoc,
Jesse Smollett, Nicholas Sandman and the Covington kids
And the Hoover dam incident
I mean if you are going to help spread fake news media coverage spread it all don’t be selective
troll
Pathetic
And despicable
You reached a new low congratulations
No, that image is an optical illusion created by an Air Rescue helicopter lifting off and flying directly away from a time lapsed video camera.
You've provided ZERO corroborative evidence of a missile launch, and ZERO factual rebuttal to any counter narrative I've provided.
If it were a missile...where was it launched from, and who launched it?
Where did missile go and why didn't it raise an alarm in Canada or in the United States?
Since I know you're not capable of independent research, show me the Q-drops that address those questions.
You may even cite other Q-decoders, if that helps you provide an answer.
Go ahead, because both you and I know you can't.
Is the same army of ALL of "us" the president was talking about.
oh, Please...
There will likely be an increasing number of such incidents.
#KeepHoaxAlive
And given the growing legion of people following Q these
days, we may even see an actual deranged “Q” “MAGA” type
whether framed, drugged, or simply off their meds.
#WhatsYourAttraction?
You should notify the President.
Someone should warn him about this deranged Q cult. /s
~Easy
There were no media reports of this event.
Because Nothing Happened
I found their secret business card!
Did the deep state just launch a missile or is that an Air Rescue helicopter taking off?
Oh man, I’m sorry. I thought you were serious in your posts, but now I see that you are just posting sarcastically as some clever trolling operation.
Carry on good sir.
Because of Q, I have more than you know. It’s not my fault you are soooo behind.
CGato
It's an optical illusion,
Please just stop you're embarrassing yourself
Here's an actual time lapse of a helicopter in flight
Here's a time lapse of a rocket launch
And here is the Whidby Island MISSILE
PS saying you have proof isn't proof
And just to further ridicule you here is a close up of your "helicopter"
And here is a close up of a spacex rocket
And a falcon 9 rocket 
Bwhahahahahahaha
It's a helicopter he says
Hahahahahaha
Try again
Your claims are laughable
I can’t help laughing at you because that is a very poor example.
FWIW, I showed that missile pic to over a dozen folks and not one thought it even come close to being a helicopter.
CGato
Look the same as this?
Hahahaha I could have saved that last post I'd I knew you were going to prove my point for me
Lol it’s a helicopter what are you blind?
Bwhahahahahahaha
Lol a helicopter pilots says he was there and you believe that more than your own eyes So Sad
Just popping in to let you know that is an incredibly stupid comment.
Lol it’s a helicopter what are you blind?
Bwhahahahahahaha
LOL, he’s obsessed with the helicopter narrative when it is so obviously it is not.
“Logical thinking always wins.”
Q
CGato
Including your "friend" who was lying on the beach at 3AM?
Alright, just for fun, I’ll weigh in too, only since I never
voiced this particular speculation before.
First, to be clear, *I* don’t know it was a missile.
I’ve seen missiles. It looks like a missile.
I’m a bit familiar with the time lapse photography aspect.
If it wasn’t a missile, one can speculate why Q might have
thought it was, or said it was.
I’ve seen two other things that can look like that and one
involves time lapse and a light on an aircraft, but it
would have to be just right. I’ll give a maybe.
The other is something I’ve gotten to see a few times
while in the USAF, and later living near an international airport.
Near sunrise/sunset the sun can illuminate just the contrail
of a jet, and it can look very much like the “Missile” pic.
It would also be a straighter trail than likely with a
helicopter.
To also capture the jet body in time lapse would also require some under-body illumination. In time lapse, one would also expect to see the trail of any flashing lights,
and those don’t seem to be there, so another maybe.
Room for lots of speculation. Slim on solid proof.
But I’m much more interested in getting honest appraisals of the General’s message in my post #562
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3741004/posts?page=562#562
~Easy
Er, long exposure time lapse...
Oh calm down, psycho.
You should expect to be laughed at when you're a clown.
And I'm not the little b*tch in this scenario, to be honest. That would be the guy throwing a tantrum while calling a missile launch a helicopter.
And to make matters even more spectacularly ridiculous, you aren't even going with the helicopter hidden in the cloud shooting down a ray of light fable like the rest of the science deniers. You now seem to be saying it's a "rescue helicopter taking off".
Say WHAT?
So, yea. You might wanna reevaluate just who's the little b*tch around here.
Anyway, now that we've dealt with your meltdown, lets run an experiment. I'll withhold judgement on your mental health depending on your response.
Tell me, Mickety Mac. What do you see in the scene below.
If you guessed, "helicopter" you're wrong. It's TWO helicopters.
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Go back to clown college. But first, stop by the optometrist's office. Order up the really thick ones. The kind you can burn ants with during recess at the home for wayward and blind boys.
#ItTakesAllKinds
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