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Posted on 04/10/2019 10:11:03 AM PDT by romanesq
During the 2018 Midterms in the United States, strange signs started appearing at political rallies. Held up by non-descript attendees, the signs read simply, “We are Q.” For those Trekkers out there, you might be confused: no, these rallygoers were not making an oblique reference to the infamous Star Trek: The Next Generation character portrayed by John de Lancie. The group appeared from the fringes of internet chat rooms, such as on the website of 4Chan, a peculiar mixture of cyberpunks and various online misfits.
“Q” is derived from an anonymous poster on the internet forum, a source claiming to have a top secret clearance with the U.S. intelligence community. This person (or group of people) spun an intricate conspiracy theory that many Far Right activists on gonzo internet forums picked up and began disseminating to wider audiences online and in their communities.
The conspiracy goes like this: the real purpose of the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was not to investigate Donald Trump, but instead to investigate Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and people like former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman, John Podesta. The QAnon conspiracy theory is far-reaching, with new pieces added with regularity, in the form of what Q supporters refer to as “breadcrumbs.” One such addition to the conspiracy theory last year was that the Mueller probe was also looking into the now-deceased Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for his illegal activities.
What is the ultimate end of the QAnon conspiracy; what does Mueller hope to achieve, according to them?
That part, like most conspiracy theories, is conveniently not knowable. The Mueller investigation, having ended in a whimper rather than the bang the Trump-hating Fake News was hoping for, should have been the end of the QAnon conspiracy theory. QAnon conspiracy theorists have simultaneously argued that the ultimate target of the Mueller investigation is either the “Deep State” of nefarious anti-American, globalist actors, or the aim is to pursue high-profile pedophiles in the United States government and in other powerful circles related to the government.
QAnon’s Pernicious Connections to “Pizzagate”
Now for the most pernicious aspect of the QAnon conspiracy theory. In 2016, conspiracists on 4Chan and other similar fringe messaging boards claimed that the emails stolen from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s (and subsequently made public by WikiLeaks) contained secret messages referring to a powerful ring of pedophiles who were using a local Washington, D.C. pizzeria as a base of operations to conduct their crimes. None of these claims were true. But, what ended up happening was that the highly irresponsible conspiracy theory triggered a mentally unstable man, who in turn took a gun to a D.C. pizzeria with intent to use it.
The source material for these theories is the vile, uber-fringe 4Chan and 8Chan. 4Chan was launched in 2003 as a place to share images and discuss Japanese anime. In fact, it was modeled on the Japanese anime internet boards, such as Futaba Channel. Over time, though, the already eclectic group of online personalities that 4Chan attracted devolved into something darker. It became a haven for crazed conspiracy theorists from both sides of the political divide. 4Chan also became popular among the white nationalist community, and also became a place for hackers and other criminals–including child pornographers. If there was a Hell on the internet, 4Chan was Hell.
Meanwhile, a similar website, created by gonzo software developer, Frederick Brennan, 8Chan was launched in 2013 as a response to what Brennan believed was the rise in authoritarianism, censorship, and surveillance on 4Chan. Despite the fact that 8Chan has become the 3,857th most viewed website in the world, with an average of 35,000 unique visitors per day and 400,000 original posts per day, it too has become mired in controversy. 8Chan, which has been billed as the more libertarian (though, perhaps libertine would be better) 4Chan, has apparently become a hub of international child pornography postings. This became such a problem that, in 2015, 8Chan was blacklisted by Google search. It is a profound understatement to claim that anything positive or good comes from these boards. Yet, it is precisely from sites like these that the “Pizzagate” and now the QAnon conspiracy theories emanate.
Alternative media figures, such as Mike Cernovich, have also furthered the “Pizzagate” and QAnon conspiracy theories. Some of these individuals have massive social media followings. With big internet names furthering the conspiracies, it was only a matter of time before disaster struck. In 2016, when the pizzeria shooting happened, several media outlets attempted to lay the blame at the feet of people like Cernovich. This only gave the Fake News Industrial Complex more fuel in their ongoing war against President Trump and the Right.
The very same group of internet Alt-Right activists and online forums that furthered the “Pizzagate” conspiracy have also spread the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Here are some of the other bizarre, totally inaccurate predictions that QAnon has made:
01/21/18 – A flood was alleged to be coming. A flood consisting of various forms of media that I imagine were supposed to implicate somebody in something nefarious. Sadly, this flood never came.
01/21/18 – Q makes some very certain claims about the Nunes Memo, which of course do not come remotely true when the memo is released a couple weeks later.
01/22/18 – Q posts a confirmed fake Podesta email, then promptly deletes it. But not before his followers have time to notice. 02/09/18 – Next week [Next week] was declared ‘suicide weekend‘. Nothing came to pass.
02/21/18 – Q predicts that the founder of Twitter is removing accounts because he and his Deep State friends are in deep trouble. Nothing came to pass.
03/15/18 – Q declares ‘March Madness’ and that ‘the public will soon know’. Nothing came to pass.
04/02/18 – April was supposed to be a “BIG month“, full of happenings including but not limited to arrests, the release of the IG report, the wall, “military start”, and unsealed indictments. Nothing came to pass.
Where Does QAnon Go From Here?
Things have gotten even stranger for the QAnon conspiracists now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his final report. While the report has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr has seen it, and he has issued a summary of the report.
AG Barr explains that Mueller has not proven any collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump, his top 2016 campaign staffers, and Russian intelligence. The focus of the investigation was Donald Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Podesta, or even John McCain were not targets of the Mueller probe in any way as Q promised.
The fact that the QAnon conspiracy theory is tied in with the “Pizzagate” fiasco is bad enough. The more damaging part is that these cult-like actors link themselves to the Trump movement, despite the fact that no member of the Trump movement has anything to do with these insane theories. They are the outgrowth of a pathetic group who exist online, in the dark corners of the worldwide web. That they have attached their delusions to the Trump movement is unfortunate.
But, they do not represent and are not affiliated with President Trump, his supporters, or those who work for the president.
Recently, some Q supporters have insisted that certain pictures of President Trump and key advisers in the White House “prove” that they are, in fact, members of the Q conspiracy because their positioning makes it appear as though they are displaying subliminal messages about Q. These internet personalities claim to be supporting the President. Yet, consistently, their actions have shown that they are not allies of the President. They damage and besmirch the Trump movement with their irresponsible actions.
In that their actions, both directly and indirectly, aid those who would do damage to the Make America Great Again Agenda and see it fail. Whoever Q or QAnon may be, they are most decidedly not close to the President, they are not Conservatives, and with every post they make, they subvert the MAGA Agenda.
This is my shocked face being shocked.
More evidence for Bigfoot then Q!
And Bigfoot is preferable, at least with the big hairy guy/gal you get out of your parents basement and into the outdoors!
I always wondered why Q would tip off the Deep State to what was supposedly happening. The Deep State can read.
I cannot convince you of anything. You would have to go looking for the real facts on your own before you would even have a clue. There are some people here who have provided documented proof time and time again. It accomplishes nothing to do so for people who don’t care what the truth is. But the easiest thing to prove about Q is that Trump is in on it. The proof on that is indisputable.
so the list of things that DIDNT HAPPEN that are listed numerically in the article...what is the response by the q believers?? why didn’t they happen???
Would not surprise me if it were a Deep State run rabbit hole.
What he’s describing is www.shtfplan.com.
We’ve been a week away from financial collapse for 8 years.
We passed peak oil. I was convinced of that one.
And nothing seems to explain the context of the pizza party emails better than the pedo theory.
I’ve been an i.t. guy for my whole life. There are some very powerful people who’s computers I’ve worked on that at the very least demonstrate pedo traits.
Looks like romanesq
BTW, You can run, but you'll only die tired
Here is a test.
1. Does Q Team support Trump? (yes)
2. Do Q researchers research and present facts showing political crimes committed by (mostly) dems and (some) repubs? (yes)
3. Does it cost anyone anything to read Q drops? (no)
I will propose that if Q supports Trump and the conservative agenda, and if crimes are being revealed and understood by a public who hasn't seen or heard of them on the mainstream media, and if it costs no one anything but their time...
Then, there's no reason for division or hostility among conservatives.
Why do conservatives and/or FReepers care if other conservatives discuss Q and do research for further discussion?
The mainstream media is going gangbusters posting hundreds of articles against a so-called LARP on one of the chans. Why?
Why do FReepers post these articles from MSM and present them as unbiased and logical?
This political movement is about uncovering the truth through research and thinking for yourself.
If that is bad, then we should ask ourselves, "what is the motivation to NOT research, to NOT uncover truth, and most of all to NOT think for ourselves?".
The answer to that, my FReepers, FReeQs and FRens, is important.
“ARRESTS NOW!”
Yeah, that didn’t happen. We’ve all heard the predictions and none of it was true. None of it is true. Mueller wasn’t working with President Trump to arrest Hillary, Huma, Podesta, etc.
To “Trust Sessions” was foolhardy and to believe “the House is safe” more proves the intent to harm President Trump and MAGA.
We could go on all day but why bother? It’s wrong, wrong and wrong. It’s a LARP gone out of control as two of the people who started it on 4 chan admitted.
That’s James Brower and Merlin Defango. Both are doing public conversations on YouTube and want this to end. They don’t like what it’s doing to Americans by the people who took it over.
Brower did a Live YouTube last night. He’s incensed at what these people are doing and shows documentation of how they were targeting the Baby Boomers.
Defango was on MagaCoaltion YouTube days ago and talked about his disgust with what he started as a “social experiment” gone awry after taken over by these other people. They’re called grifters.
Those facts are available for anyone to learn for themselves.
We should be nice to all our FRiends. Some are victims but all Americans and MAGA is victimized too.
Well, just from observation, I'd guess that folks who
read about baby-torturing and baby-eating Satanic cabals
who shoot up Adrenochrome to remain immortal and the Podesta
brothers ATE Madeline McCann... folks who read about that...
Might just get a flag raised about how that's some nuttery.
Just as an observation.
Nonsense, but medication will help.
I’m not running FRiend. Thank you for your service. My cousin is Recon.
Yep....disinformation playing on the hopes and expectations of people. Easy targets.
I was hopeful for a while but it became apparent that something was not right.
Well I certainly can understand the truth, especially when it is indisputable.
What I want to know is why Mueller's report said nothing with regard to the soft coup attempt on a duly elected President? Where are the indictments? Where is even any mention of the bad actors? I mean wasn't that what QAnon was implying right from the beginning? That is where he lost me to be honest. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I recognized that truth way back then. Mueller was not working for or with President Trump, he was working to facilitate the soft coup.
Well, everybody has their niche.
Research Katherine Gorka of Threat Knowledge Group LLC.
Follow the money.
Follow the wives.
Ever wonder why Gorka got the heave-ho from the White House?
#Think
The lack of intellectual curiosity around here is astounding. As is the level of ignorance.
And just where has been a part of your blue-pilled "world" got us?
#ChangeTheParadigm
#TimeToWakeUp
I’m a male lesbian.....
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