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QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19
The Hill ^ | 09/12/20 06:32 AM EDT | BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO

Posted on 09/12/2020 10:38:24 AM PDT by RandFan

The QAnon movement is spreading around the world, turning an outlandish conspiracy theory revolving around President Trump into one of the nation’s most dangerous exports.

Flags and banners brandishing one of the conspiracy’s mottos — “WWG1WGA,” an acronym for “where we go one, we go all” — dotted the crowd at a rally against lockdowns in Germany last month.

And when Trump visited Japan in 2019, he was greeted by cardboard cutouts of the letter Q.

These aren’t just isolated instances either. Researchers have found large QAnon communities in more than 70 countries.

The original conspiracy theory was tightly focused on an alleged cabal of deep state figures and Hollywood elites running child trafficking rings that Trump was working with the military to expose. But it has since evolved into a meta-conspiracy theory that pushes its anti-institution and anti-Semitic strains more explicitly.

Experts who spoke with The Hill about the theory’s spread said it has become worse because of the coronavirus, which itself is the subject of many conspiracy theories. This helped create a perfect storm fostering distrust in established government and public health institutions.

“Pandemics fuel a lot of questions and make people very skeptical, especially in cases when what we would consider to be credible and trustworthy institutions all of a sudden themselves don't seem to have the right answers or are not aligned on how to manage the situation,” Anna-Sophie Harling, head of media evaluation startup NewsGuard’s Europe team, said in an interview.

“Conspiracies are rooted in the idea that we're all being lied to by some greater authority or voice and QAnon perfectly ties into that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: anotherqthread; covid19; qanon; trump
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To: IncPen

Thanks ... got it.


21 posted on 09/12/2020 12:03:59 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: RandFan

One of their websites said, “This conspiracy theory has us all on the defensive.”


22 posted on 09/12/2020 12:08:30 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: JonPreston

OKC was used to destroy the original group of patriotic radio shows who brought hell to the Clintons throughout 1994. Afterwards all we had left was Rush, and very muted pro-NAFTA Rush.


23 posted on 09/12/2020 12:10:14 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: RandFan

Funny stuff. They are freaked out.


24 posted on 09/12/2020 12:16:31 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: RandFan
The original conspiracy theory was tightly focused on an alleged cabal of deep state figures and Hollywood elites running child trafficking rings ...

Yeah, like the ones run by Epstein... and friends?

25 posted on 09/12/2020 12:16:45 PM PDT by GOPJ (Black NFL players build mansions in white world to escape blacks - then kneel from guilt.)
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To: Rdct29
Maybe Q wouldn't be so popular if the democrats and media weren't lying scumbags.

If the derps weren't so derpish, Q would not be necessary.


26 posted on 09/12/2020 12:16:53 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Rocky Mountain Gal
Q supporters, the donald.win, and Freeps are all on the same side. Just different divisions.

Where we go one, we go all.

#Patriots


27 posted on 09/12/2020 12:18:25 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: tinyowl

Yeah, the only anti-semitic stuff I’ve seen is on the left... and on that side it’s all over the place - from Farrakhan to AOC...


28 posted on 09/12/2020 12:18:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (Black NFL players build mansions in white world to escape blacks - then kneel from guilt.)
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To: JonPreston
I’m sensing an OKC-type event just prior to the election and the tail will be pinned on the ‘tips and their connection to DJT.

Now you're catching on, Preston.

That is how the game is being played, in more ways than one.

You have more than you know.


29 posted on 09/12/2020 12:20:01 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I have been agnostic about QAnon, but you cannot deny that it has the right enemies.

Patriots are UNITED in their pursuit of common goals.
>GOOD V EVIL
>RIGHT v WRONG
>HUMANITY
>POWER OVER ANOTHER PERSON IS NOT OK
Patriots are NOT divided.
Borders DO NOT separate us.
We FIGHT TOGETHER.
We are STRONG TOGETHER.
WE, THE PEOPLE!
WWG1WGA!
Q


30 posted on 09/12/2020 12:24:22 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: RandFan
FTA, showing how this article frames QAnon for being antisemitic:

“The versions of QAnon abroad are fairly similar to the theory in the U.S. It is deeply anti-Semitic, casting Jewish Holocaust survivor George Soros as the puppeteer behind politicians and clearly takes inspiration for its “global cabal” from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fake document historically used to smear the Jewish community.”

If the nitwit who wrote this had taken an instant to research Soros, he/she would have found Soros is a pure evil traitor to the Jewish people, having happily profiteered off the sale of assets of those murdered by the Nazis.

31 posted on 09/12/2020 12:53:07 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: JungleGoat77

Excellent advice. We can put absolutely nothing past them. Safeguarding the safety of the president is imperative.

There have been discussions of big power outages for some time.


32 posted on 09/12/2020 1:16:34 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Luke21

“Afterwards all we had left was Rush, and very muted pro-NAFTA Rush”.

That’s BS. That Rush was the only one left is not true. There are many still around and local conservative radio shows are numerous.


33 posted on 09/12/2020 1:19:52 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: bigbob

I think the “dangerous” part is that some might take Q conspiracies as real and act on them in real life, hurt themselves or someone else etc. Like the guy who shot up that pizza place or the woman who threatened to kill her kids to save them if Biden is elected. Or attack politicians/celebrities who are supposedly in on it that sort of thing

I mean some of the people who read into this stuff aren’t exactly all there in the first place, but I guess that can happen with anything


34 posted on 09/12/2020 1:31:29 PM PDT by Nomad577
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To: cdcdawg
Once they did that, the in-group knew they could trust them.

You are with us or you are against us. You are only with us if we all have something on each other to make sure we are all in this together. YIKES!

35 posted on 09/12/2020 2:13:40 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: bagster
These derps sure count on people being ignorant.

Most folks are in general.

But look at them squirm against a LARP.

Anybody not on board with Qtards is squirming?
Carp, Harp, Tarp, Wizz-arp...

Folks who remain unconvinced deserve a good sound denouncing, huh?

Yep, I got my internets installed...

36 posted on 09/12/2020 2:14:13 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Nomad577
the “dangerous” part is that some might take Q conspiracies as real and act on them in real life

they are already poisoned every minute of every hour with the continuous lies from the left. Q is hardly a drop in the bucket, and only means something to the extent that a counter-narrative opens mines to look for facts over [their] truth.

37 posted on 09/12/2020 2:15:40 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: humblegunner
Most folks are (ignorant) in general.

Yes. We call you people 'normies'. You stubbornly hold onto the indoctrination that you have received and see anything else as 'kooky' conspiracy theory.

Anybody not on board with Qtards is squirming? Carp, Harp, Tarp, Wizz-arp...

There's a difference between 'not on board' and actively working against it. The 'not on board' crowd can be just the intellectually lazy, the dull, or those that just don't care. I put you in that category.

Those working overtime to crush the movement, the media, derp politicians, and social media embeds are the ones squirming. Because its their cattle being gored.

Often, both categories overlap.

Folks who remain unconvinced deserve a good sound denouncing, huh?

Absolutely, yes.

And please stop using 'folks' in that manner. It reminds me of Obama.

Yep, I got my internets installed...

BDT.

I expect to see you madly frolicking as you gayly bash bloggers and all manner of heretics.


38 posted on 09/12/2020 2:34:46 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster
I expect to see you madly frolicking

General Admission ticket, see blog for details.

you gayly bash bloggers

Floor seats, first come first served.
See blog for details and pricing.

all manner of heretics.

Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

39 posted on 09/12/2020 2:42:19 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner
Follow me on twitter.


40 posted on 09/12/2020 2:45:32 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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