To: mac_truck
Lol...its like wearing a Q T-shirt ($29.95) to a Trump rally and yelling "Best President Ever" at the top of your lungs when he comes out...if he turns and appears to notice you, is it because you yelled or because of the shirt you're wearing?
-btw this is considered "proof" in Qwazytown...
Firstly, no one can trade mark a letter of the alphabet. So you insinuation that Q or an organization that any central licensing organization is making money based on the letter Q on T-shirts due to the QAnon movement is completely a misguided notion. Q itself has told people to not have anything to do with people who monetize interpretation of Q drops, sell books or YouTube access, etc. There is no such licensing. That is a false trail you are raising that has no basis in fact and is merely the result of entrepreneurships (read Capitalism) very nature to fill a vacuum.
Secondly, what you fail to grasp is that the fellow with the Q T-shirt was not just there at the front of the crowd randomly, but, according to his story posted on Reddit and Twitter, and backed up by others who were also there with him, was that members of Trumps Team pulled him and his family out of line when entering the venue, elevated to VIP status, and MOVED them to the front of the stage because of his Q T-SHIRT. . . and it was not just once that President Trump acknowledged him with his Q shirt but TWICE, separated by considerable amount of time. This could be planning seen while watching the entire 45 minutes of Trumps appearance at the rally.
This is not the only time that people wearing Q gear have been upgraded by Trump staffers and moved to be near the podium and also recognized by President Trump. There IS something going on that Trump is aware of.
Thirdly, my observation is that your comments parallel the snide and rude approach that other such skeptics take when entering an actual Q thread. They start by announcing their presence by insulting everyone in sight as being not too bright and cultish. . . and using terminology such as Qwazytown.
Such behavior is not a good way to win friends or open a viable discussion. That does not invite anything except response in kind. Rude attackers get that response in kind after friendly attempts to reason with them. . . and the people participating in the thread get back more of the same insults, ridicule, and even escalation plus threats of demanding the deletion or, often the actual demand in thread, of the entire topic from from FR in return to their attempts to at reasonable, sane discussion. The hostility is frequently palpable. The prejudice is obvious and always based in ignorance based on what theyve been told, not on fact. Then they wonder why their attitudes are not appreciated by the participants. Little wonder.
102 posted on
07/25/2018 1:36:29 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
To: Swordmaker
There IS something going on that Trump is aware of.
Of course he's aware of the Q stuff; how could he avoid being aware of an online 'movement' that involves many people who support him politically? I'm sure he's aware of many who work against him, too. And it makes political sense to make use of support. But that doesn't mean that Q has an inside line to the Executive, or that Q is even benign.
Imagine a scenario:
You've been a follower of Q for a year or more. He's always seemed to support the same interests that you do, and he's managed to convince you that he has insider knowledge. You are impressed by his understanding of your deep concerns, his Idealism and promises. You are also very much invested in the whole Q thing - after all, you've given many, many hours and days of your time to this endeavor which you have been convinced is in aid of Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Then one day, Q starts to very subtly shift the narrative - not much at all, just enough to make some little part of you wonder 'What's Up? THIS doesn't sound like Q'!
But, you are Invested! - and it's a small thing. You scan back in your mind to all of the times that you may have questioned Q, but everything turned out fine; and you tell yourself that you must be wrong, because Q couldn't possibly be misleading you; he must be indicating knowledge of something important. So you swallow it; and as time goes on, you are doing Q's bidding, instead of just having a good time figuring out his cryptic clues and enjoying the reinforcement of your own beliefs that Q provides.
This is how psychological manipulation works, and how cults work. It's used all the time on behalf of many different interests, and has been forever.
I don't know who or what Q is, and that's precisely why I'm not on the bandwagon. Doesn't it worry you that something like this could be going on, when you could 'learn' everything you are learning on your own, without associating yourself with an online 'game' whose ultimate goal you can't possibly know?
Now, it can be suggested that ANY involvement in any online forum might make one subject to being 'used' in some way without knowing it. But it seems to me that when the whole 'enterprise' centers around very open-ended, cryptic messages instead of clear, reasoned argument, there's a much greater chance that you - and if not you, then simpler minds - are being manipulated unaware.
Someone mentioned the Federalist Papers to me today. It seems to me that many of the people 'playing Q' on the Internet would benefit much more from just sitting down with some good American history books, if they want to understand how this country became great, the principles and political philosophies that went into its founding, how and why we have fallen away from our beginnings, and why we are suffering all the vicissitudes that we are. Or, for those who keep telling me that some people need to be brought around in 'little bites' - spend some of that time on building a website that introduces people to basic principles in itty bitty bites - SOMETHING besides letting some unknown interest suck up your time this way!
I see so many people on FR who seem terrified of the insidious, even 'demonic' dangers of religious 'cults' - but seem to have no issues with walking into what could be a political one just as dangerous. SMH!
104 posted on
07/25/2018 3:55:22 PM PDT by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Swordmaker
Lol...do you really think it makes a difference how that guy got his seat in the audience?
However he did it...the ensuing video and ‘story’ is completely contrived and intended to be ‘atroturf’ for the Q movement.
Mission accomplished huh?
And so what if some (unverified) staffer got him in...where did you get the notion that Trump is surrounded by loyalists anyway?
Take you for example....its not like you ever exhibited any particular loyalty to Trump before “Q”came along.
In fact...like your other Q buddies, your background profile is a study of avoidance of any and all political preferences during the entire 2016 election cycle.
Its almost like you’re all wearing masks...
105 posted on
07/25/2018 7:41:44 PM PDT by
mac_truck
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