I don’t know which it is; when he was on twitter where I read him consistently I remember him more or less saying he didn’t pay Q any attention; I don’t remember disparagement.
I think being on Telegram and reading a lot of the other channels has opened his mind a lot, and plus since Gen.Flynn reads his channel and recommends it, who knows what goes on via private messages there.
I’ve noticed he’s getting some credits for excerpts on X22
Check his timing.
Early on Cates was self-absorbed and eschewed Q while lifting content from 4/8chan for his blog.
He even ferociously denied any use of Q/Anons.
He also lifted content from FReeQs (evidence...He once tried to use the term “derp State” after baggie coined it here.)
Then, the evidence became too heavy for him to keep denying it and announced his newfound understanding of the Q world.
All the while, beginning to tag and tweet big players in the Comms world (Flynn, for one, was started around the time he “turned” but not before).
This happened around the time Flynn started identifying “Blue ANon” to the media.
Cates is an opportunist in the media game.
I mean, really, he was a newspaper delivery boy with a upstart blog from which he begged others to pay attention to his musings...and send him money for his porn-addiction...uhhh...groceries.