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The possibility of real-world harm is high': Experts warn of violence from QAnon around the election
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Posted on 10/28/2020 2:27:39 PM PDT by MNDude

Melanie Smith, head of analysis at the research firm Graphika, told members of the committee that she now considers QAnon to be “the most pressing threat to trusting government, public institutions and democratic processes.”

“I believe QAnon poses a threat to the election in two main ways,” Smith told Yahoo News. “The first lies in its ability to fit any event in the news cycle into an overarching conspiracy framework. The sheer size of this community and its capacity to shape the political conversation, particularly on the right wing of the political spectrum, cannot be underestimated.”

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: anons; cult; grifters; jimwatkins; news; pastelqanon; pigfarmer; q; qanon; qult; ronwatkins
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To: MNDude

This is hilarious!


41 posted on 10/28/2020 2:50:25 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: MNDude

Afraid of Qanon? LOL. Might as well be afraid of drowning in a mirage.


42 posted on 10/28/2020 2:51:43 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: MNDude

Ok, so now it’s gone from a shadowy evil web presence to a massive band of violent rioters? Huh?


43 posted on 10/28/2020 2:52:46 PM PDT by livius (,)
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To: MNDude

to shape the political conversation
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Cry me a River - LSM presstitutes - Like Mika said, “That’s our job”

LSM just can’t take their reduced ability to shape the narrative anymore.


44 posted on 10/28/2020 2:54:51 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: MNDude

No worries, they’ll just loot.

Because that’s perfectly fine, right?


45 posted on 10/28/2020 2:55:58 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ghislaine Maxwell lives and Joe Biden is losing.)
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To: MNDude

Trying to set the stage for Tuesday night and beyond.


46 posted on 10/28/2020 2:57:07 PM PDT by ALASKA (It's not going to be pretty.)
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To: MNDude

Has Q-Anon committed ANY acts of violence? The only thing I can point to so far is some individual shooting up a pizza place, after it got tagged as a place where child trafficking was happening. But there was no indication that Q-Anon had anything to do with the actual violence.


47 posted on 10/28/2020 3:01:01 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: MNDude

What an idiot.


48 posted on 10/28/2020 3:01:58 PM PDT by myerson
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To: MNDude

How is it that I’ve never met anyone who takes QAnon seriously; few who post on conservative websites like FR tak it seriously, etc. Do the leftists actually believe there is a huge QAnon group out there hiding in secret caverns? The “Rutherford B. Hayes Gastric Distress Band” has a large following.


49 posted on 10/28/2020 3:03:51 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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“the most pressing threat to trusting government, public institutions and democratic processes.”


If you remember Hillary’s comment about the central lesson of ‘1984’ this will ring a bell.


50 posted on 10/28/2020 3:06:27 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: MNDude

Are there really that many Qanon followers or is it a case of the squeaky wheel getting all the grease? It seems like attention is given more to who makes the most noise rather than who has the largest following. Strange how ANTIFA is just an idea but Qanon is a hate group.


51 posted on 10/28/2020 3:08:41 PM PDT by WilliamOrby
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Democrats rioting and looting in Philadelphia and they’re worried about QAnon . . . .


52 posted on 10/28/2020 3:10:29 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: MNDude

I don’t hang out on the Q threads much, but anything that makes liberals heads explode is OK by me.


53 posted on 10/28/2020 3:12:22 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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“Experts” warn


54 posted on 10/28/2020 3:14:17 PM PDT by Rocky
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I looked up QAnon in wikipedia. A hit piece but the only QAnon cause they mentioned was pedophiles. They also mention some Qanon predictions that didn’t come true.

For a non-hit piece in Wikipedia, read about Antifa.


55 posted on 10/28/2020 3:15:49 PM PDT by cymbeline
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Oh, dear...They were already worried sick about climate change, filthy fossil fuels, loss of social security, loss of pre-existing medical condition coverage, Russian high jinks, non-mask wearers, gun ownership, harsh border control measures, rude personalities in high office and the rabid GOP attacks on Joe's little boy...Now this!...QAnon! The Rats are afraid, very Afraid...When will it stop? /s
56 posted on 10/28/2020 3:16:32 PM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken)
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Here is the entire list of crimes committed by supposed followers of the Q Anon community

Most are petty crimes, some are more serious, and 1 involved the murder of a crime family boss. All seem to have mental health issues, and in total they make up 11 incidences. Now that should rate them as #1 enemies of the state, and throw total fear into the hearts of all citizens, shouldn't it? /sarcasm

57 posted on 10/28/2020 3:17:14 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Hi.

” research firm Graphika, told members of the committee that she now “

LOL.

5.56mm


58 posted on 10/28/2020 3:20:47 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: MNDude

Sounds like the Federal Bill & Hillary Institution is setting us up for a false flag


59 posted on 10/28/2020 3:24:17 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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I must admit, that was the funniest article I’ve read in months.


60 posted on 10/28/2020 4:13:23 PM PDT by jimjohn (The 2nd American Civil War began shortly after 12:00 noon on January 20, 2017)
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