Cates wrote a comment in his tgram channel on the subject of Q rejection. He is no reader of Q, but holds nothing against those who did/do, and warns all not to let outsiders split us apart over Q.
Hard to see thoughtful writers and influencers not be able to separate the wheat from the chaff, the Q drops from Anon infiltraters depositing all over the place at 8chan. It was rough going back then.
Naturally it was over the more ridiculous JFK Jr. tales that lost Cates, where Trump would run with the risen JFK as his VP. That did lose a lot of people.