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QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends: 'We all got played'
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Jan. 20, 2021 | Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg

Posted on 01/20/2021 10:50:39 AM PST by artichokegrower

Followers of the extremist ideology QAnon saw their hopes once again dashed Wednesday as President Donald Trump left Washington on the final day of his presidency, without any of the climactic scenes of violence and salvation that the sprawling set of conspiracy theories had preached for years would come.

As Trump boarded Air Force One for his last presidential flight to Florida, many QAnon adherents - some of whom had earlier this month stormed the Capitol in a siege that left at least two QAnon devotees dead and others in jail - began to wonder whether they'd been duped all along.

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


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: itwasallmadeup; larp; q; qanon; qooks
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To: Flying Circus

” I question why we are so tolerant of an enemy psyops campaign being waged on this site.”

I wonder why President Trump did not put out a statement about Q being a misinformation campaign. You would think someone on his team would realize this is a threat to Trump.

President Trump legal team did distance themselves from Sidney and Wood, did they know about Q misinformation and hope it went away?

Was the Q plan being push by General Flynn, Lil Wood, Sidney, and the pillow guy? Or maybe Q took a little bit of truth and mixed into the conspiracy to make Q plan look real?

If President Trump’s team did not recognize the threat how could Free Republic recognize the threat?


141 posted on 01/20/2021 12:37:49 PM PST by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: artichokegrower

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142 posted on 01/20/2021 12:40:27 PM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: artichokegrower

Stupid people get played every single day.

There is no exemption for Qtards.


143 posted on 01/20/2021 12:42:54 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

““What’s for dinner, mom?””

Best post of the Day


144 posted on 01/20/2021 12:43:32 PM PST by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: ConservativeDude
this whole phenomenon reminded me of a few things....first, the Sarah Palin thing. So many people were waiting for her to run; and many of us were obvious that she had moved on, but still enjoyed a little publicity. Much really awful vitriol on here during those days.

LOL, I was thinking of the Palinstinians too. I remember stating that I thought Palin was not going to run in 2012, and getting replies like "Oh, she's running. Trust me. She is definitely running". Kinda like "Trust Trump's plan".

145 posted on 01/20/2021 12:44:47 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Travis McGee

“Nothing juvenile at all, it will go down in history as one of the most effective psyops of all time.”

Chinese intelligence has come a long, long way.

Yes, it was the best of all time.

So far.


146 posted on 01/20/2021 12:46:25 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: MurrietaMadman

Truth (with a capital “T”) is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Thus any search for “truth” is really a search for Him, no matter where such a search leads.

The real lesson, that’s difficult for us fallen humans, is to realize sometimes the truth is not what we expect or what we want to hear. That’s why He’s a great friend for all of us. Sometimes your best friend tells you something you don’t like.

An example of this is the QAnon movement. Or really that’s an example of allowing oneself to NOT hear/see the truth (here that Trump wasn’t going to be president after Jan 20). Because it was too uncomfortable to hear.

But again sometimes the truth hurts. Believe me I didnt want to accept Trump’s defeat either and it was a very bitter pill to swallow. But anyone who wants truth over fiction will always be following Him. Because He is truth. That is our only comfort these days. He’s our only comfort really all the time. That’s what we really need to focus on to keep our sanity these days.

Focus on Him. On the Truth. Everything else will be ok.


147 posted on 01/20/2021 12:54:20 PM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: DEPcom

there were plenty here who recognized the threat..but it got exhausting being shouted down.

For example, it was clear that Trump team was distancing from Powell. It was obvious in so many ways.

But even when Sekulow tweeted that Powell had , in fact, been part of the team...people here still refused to believe it and continued to claim she was never part of the team.

I suspect the rumor that her and Rudy butted heads is why she got the boot...it didn’t have to be about Q or her fantastic Germany server raids or any of that other nonsense. It could be just as simple as Rudy said she had to go because he butted heads with her about something


148 posted on 01/20/2021 12:55:21 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: FreeReign
"Q was a Brennan PSYOP."

Q was Steve Pieczenik. I remember him coming out with some crazy stuff during the Nov 2016 election. Nov 2016 was the warm up to develop the messaging for Q.

Timemark:0:58 "we in the intelligence community and others involved have informally gotten together.... "

Does this sound familiar? Sounds like Q to me.

Dr Steve Pieczenik - Counter Coup Underway In The US
149 posted on 01/20/2021 12:57:11 PM PST by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: Scotswife

If Wood doesn’t get sued by Dominion that may be a clue.


150 posted on 01/20/2021 12:57:27 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

See post 149


151 posted on 01/20/2021 12:58:19 PM PST by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: artichokegrower

Can we get rid of the Qtards now?


152 posted on 01/20/2021 12:58:39 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: RummyChick

“it got exhausting being shouted down.”

You are right I see a lot of shouting down on different subjects here.


153 posted on 01/20/2021 1:00:35 PM PST by DEPcom (Impeach Illegitimate Biden/Harris )
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To: cradle of freedom

If Q were in plain English it wouldn’t be as easy to pretend that the gibberish actually meant something. Those things that were said plainly were obviously false, even at the time of being said, like “Trust Sessions”. As soon as Sessions “recused” himself, he should have been fired, and anyone saying different was not on the side of Conservatives.


154 posted on 01/20/2021 1:02:18 PM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: RummyChick

Hmmm ... interesting thought.
The day he told Republicans to NOT vote, I decided I didn’t know what the heck was going on, but SOMETHING was going on!


155 posted on 01/20/2021 1:03:16 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: Jamestown1630; Dave W

His twitter account was used to confirm Q on dozen’s of Occasions. It was done by posting the same basic message from Q before the twitter posts. Or at the exact same time. But one of the biggest proofs was when someone on Q’s board asked Trump to mention “Tip Top” in the state of the union speech. This was only hours before the speech so it did not happen. But the next public event was the White House Easter Egg roll. And Trump Emphasized that they like to keep the white house in “Tip Top- Tippy Top Shape”. There was no question what Trump was doing. Trump owns Q, and that is a fact. And what many fail to realize is that most people followed Q because Trump went out his way to prove Q. Most Q people felt they were just following Trump. Believe it or not. That is up to you.


156 posted on 01/20/2021 1:04:03 PM PST by Revel
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To: artichokegrower

I discovered a Q drop in my bathroom this morning.


157 posted on 01/20/2021 1:04:20 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: DEPcom

I also read a good theory about why James & Ron Watkins are Q.

It sure would be nice if someone would settle the matter.


158 posted on 01/20/2021 1:05:17 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: Revel

Ok, I’ll play.

Do you think that Trump actually typed in all of his own tweets? or that every White House in every administration doesn’t have its spies?


159 posted on 01/20/2021 1:07:31 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630; jimrob

Not being one to follow conspiracy theorists or take them seriously, they sort of rode under my radar. After the election when I found that trying to talk about the rational, provable election problems with low information liberals and moderates I realized we had a real signal to noise problem with the crackpot Q-based theories flooding the zone. They played a part in why Trump’s attempt to contest results were not taken seriously.

The Capitol building raid was a breaking point for me though. As much as I wish we could just blame it on Antifa agitators, there is clear evidence that Trump supporters with Q driven hysterics were among the instigators. After that debacle I have no patience with Q followers.

I don’t know where JimRob’s breaking point is. I just hope he reaches it soon because they reflect badly on all of us.


160 posted on 01/20/2021 1:07:33 PM PST by Flying Circus (God help us )
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