QAnon:The Media's Latest Obsession; What is this mysterious group anyway?

American Thinker ^ | 10/20/2020 | Brian C. Joondeph

[SeekAndFind]

Big media has had multiple obsessions during President Trump’s first term. From Stormy and Avenatti to the myriad tell-all books about Trump, his administration, and his family. From Russia and an innocuous phone call to Ukraine, to his taxes and how many scoops of ice cream he is served.

These are all red herrings, a way to pick at Trump while studiously avoiding serious policy issues, what he is actually accomplishing as president, promises made becoming promises kept.

The latest obsession is QAnon, in the media and recently at the NBC town hall event. Despite being billed as a question and answer session, it was more of a debate between President Trump and NBC’s partisan newsreader Savannah Guthrie.

Of all the issues facing America in 2020 and of concern to voters, QAnon is not on the list. Yet she laser focused on QAnon starting with. “Let me ask you about QAnon” to which Trump responded, “I know nothing about QAnon.” Rather than moving on to the economy or healthcare, she obsessively persisted, insisting that Trump denounce “the fringe conspiracy theory.”

Trump repeated, "You told me but what you tell me doesn't necessarily make it fact, I hate to say that. I know nothing about it. I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard but I know nothing about it."

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Why all of a sudden is the media obsessed with so-called conspiracy theories? They peddled their own fantasy of Trump-Russia collusion for years, despite the entire premise being cooked up by Hillary Clinton to distract from her email malfeasance, with the Obama administration playing along, promoting and weaponizing the hoax.

[BamaBelle]

That is the most fair and accurate accounting of “Q” that I have read so far...good job finding it.

[SeekAndFind]

Do you know what the “Q” in QAnon stands for?

“Anon” means Anonymous, I guess...

[metmom]

They’re giving it far more exposure than it ever would have had, had they left it alone.

[bk1000]

Flack=directly over target.
WWG1WGA

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Agreed. Very “fair and balanced” look at Q. I am a little agnostic about Q but follow it. Writer mirrors my opinion close to 100%.

[philman_36]

The writer is not going to find his name on 'The Beautiful People' party list for such writing.

[buwaya]

“Q” is the source of the mysterious posts, that asserts it has the inside scoop on whats going on; an “official” yet non-public operator.

“Anon” are the followers, or rather the more active collaborators that analyze the posts and translate them into, well, English sometimes, or tie them to what used to be called “open source” information (publicly available information). Think of the classic view of conspiracy theorists as geeks with huge cork-boards, newspaper clippings, pins and colored string. Thats more or less what actual intelligence analysts do also.

[philman_36]

Do you know what the “Q” in QAnon stands for?
Read the article and find the answer to your question.

The Q movement began in the fall of 2017, named after “Q clearance patriot,” shortened to just Q. Q clearance is a real thing, the highest level of clearance in the Department of Energy, “Q Sensitive allow access to Special Nuclear Material category.”

As Q posted, “Research for yourself.”

[philman_36]

These message boards are anonymous and those posting are called “anons”. There is no “QAnon”, only Q and anons, a distinction
the media has not figured out.
These people are stupid.

[mkmensinger]

The Q Directorate is also the division of NSA responsible for cyber security and counter intelligence. I’ve always thought it was a better fit than the Dept. of Energy.

[sauropod]

mark

[beef]

If a lib starts prattling on about the “Q conspiracy”, just ask them what it’s about. They cannot answer it. All they know is that NPR told them it’s Trump’s fault and therefore bad.

[mountainlion]

So is Qanon a straw man argument.

[pt17]

Anonymous source crap, whether D, R or Q: is just more BS that is best ignored until it sees the light of day. The “Trust Sessions” followers who keep hanging onto Q-crap have much in common with the NYT and WP subscribers who emote over anonymous source agitprop.

[marron]

Q posts mostly point you to open source links. Reminds me a lot of what we do here.

The easiest way to attack him is to find some crazy who talks about him and point to him, thus avoiding the information the baddies don’t want to discuss.

[TangoLimaSierra]

The “Trust Sessions” followers who keep hanging onto Q-crap have much in common with the NYT and WP subscribers who emote over anonymous source agitprop.

You mean followers like Gen. Flynn?

[grey_whiskers]

Spoken like a true ignoramus. Keep it up!

[philman_36]

If it is hoax, why isn’t the media ignoring it, just like the flat earth theories, which incidentally Q also debunked.

And yet...Q also strategically drips disinformation since deep state actors also read the posts.

Do you, as an adult, still believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny?
There's a lot of "cognitive disconnect" in the flat earth concept. Some people just aren't ready to give up their binky because it has been ingrained into their minds that they have to have it to cope with life.
Pan of horizon from Gillis Beach 11 December 2017
What should you see that you don't?
Hint - What happens in the X axis should also happen in the Y axis on a globe. Earth Curvature Chart

How many miles across is the horizon in that video?

Hmmmmmm...reality or a fish eye lens?

Sorry for the slide.

[philman_36]

The Q Directorate is also the division of NSA responsible for cyber security and counter intelligence. I’ve always thought it was a better fit than the Dept. of Energy.

As have I, but hey...give the man props for trying.

Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden
Updated Jul. 11, 2017

Perhaps that's why so many people are so nervous. {;^)