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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: proust

He was the most juvenile of them all.


41 posted on 01/20/2021 11:05:51 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

He couldn’t stop with the personal attacks. Won’t be missed.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:bagster/index?brevity=full;tab=comments


42 posted on 01/20/2021 11:06:17 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: proust

He was extremely nasty to anyone who criticized the Q stuff even if that criticism wasn’t aimed at any FReeper. IOW, it was uncalled for. Not surprised it caught up to him.


43 posted on 01/20/2021 11:06:31 AM PST by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: artichokegrower

I gave no credibility to Q-anon and was dismayed when a friend told me that she believe it and was a follower.


44 posted on 01/20/2021 11:08:16 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Jamestown1630

He was the only person in my almost 20 years posting here that I refused to interact with. Just like wrestling in the mud...


45 posted on 01/20/2021 11:08:37 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: artichokegrower

I’ve always wondered why Q “drops” have to be delivered in code. It’s like reading the quatrains of Nostradamus.


46 posted on 01/20/2021 11:09:41 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: artichokegrower

I find it curious that while the FBI is determined to track down every last Trump supporter (or whoever) entered the Capitol, no one seems the least interested in finding out who was behind the Q conspiracies.


47 posted on 01/20/2021 11:10:14 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: artichokegrower

Duh


48 posted on 01/20/2021 11:11:09 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: artichokegrower
Q was a Brennan PSYOP.

Sit back and enjoy the show they would say. So they reclined into their bread crumb stupor, whilst tyranny was on the move.

It's a shame a bunch of tards fell for it.

49 posted on 01/20/2021 11:11:33 AM PST by FreeReign (Never forget The Steal)
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To: Jamestown1630

I read it several times but I did not like the playing games. Why didn’t Q just say what he had to say in plain English? You can drop hints without being so obscure about it.


50 posted on 01/20/2021 11:12:11 AM PST by cradle of freedom (ET TU FOX NEWS. TRUMP TV THE ANTIDOTE TO FOX NEWS.)
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To: artichokegrower

I have a feeling the true believers will always believe, evidence notwithstanding. They can’t see the truth. They’re blind. They’re good, ernest people, but wanted Q to be real so bad they couldn’t handle it when it became obvious Q was fake. Denial happens with us all - it just varies with the circumstances.


51 posted on 01/20/2021 11:12:21 AM PST by Dave W ( )
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To: Wallace T.

I see posters on this thread that fell for that nonsense hook line and sinker and vehemently criticized those that tried to be rational about it.

It is still unclear how many of those characters got used in the psy ops and how many were just plain looney. Woods probably is in the does he have a brain tumor/needs meds/something wrong category. Not sure about Sydney Powell. I tend to think she got used.


52 posted on 01/20/2021 11:12:22 AM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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To: artichokegrower

That was one of the dumbest things ever, who couldnt see this? It was embarrassing to the rest of the movement. So obvious too. I wish our side was not so, gullible.


53 posted on 01/20/2021 11:12:49 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: proust

This is why I considered it conceived by very juvenile minds. Bags never wrote anything at all here that was substantive or thought-provoking. All his ‘talent’, such as it was, consisted in snark, sarcasm and invective. He never struck me as a person who really believed in anything.


54 posted on 01/20/2021 11:13:25 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: proust

Bagster was probably the most obnoxious poster ever.
Triple E said he or she would pack up and leave FR for good if Trump wasn’t inaugurated today. We’ll see.


55 posted on 01/20/2021 11:13:30 AM PST by surrey
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To: artichokegrower

Well at least there’s a silver lining to today’s dark cloud ☁. Now we no longer habe to see that Qanon bullshiite.


56 posted on 01/20/2021 11:14:11 AM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Travis McGee

> You’re not kidding. Hopium is more powerful and addictive than opium.

Particularly false, unmoored from reality Hopium.

Q has poisoned many good conservatives.


57 posted on 01/20/2021 11:14:33 AM PST by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender! )
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To: proust
Bagster just got Zotted, so at least some good came out of today.

Is Bagster the horn hat guy?

Just a guess.

58 posted on 01/20/2021 11:14:59 AM PST by FreeReign (Never forget The Steal)
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To: artichokegrower

I have to admit....I never really trusted Sessions. His eyes are too close together.


59 posted on 01/20/2021 11:15:05 AM PST by Vermont Lt (We have entered "Insanity Week." Act accordingly.)
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To: proust

Wow, famous last words.


60 posted on 01/20/2021 11:17:54 AM PST by nickcarraway
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