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‘We are Q’: A deranged conspiracy cult leaps from the Internet to the crowd at Trump’s ‘MAGA’ tour
Washington comPost ^ | August 1, 2018 | Isaac Stanley-Becker

Posted on 08/01/2018 8:35:01 AM PDT by Yo-Yo

On Tuesday evening, the dark recesses of the Internet lit up with talk of politics.

“Tampa rally, live coverage,” wrote “Dan,” posting a link to President Trump’s Tampa speech in a thread on 8chan, an anonymous image board also known as Infinitechan or Infinitychan, which might be best described as the unglued twin of better-known 4chan, a message board already untethered from reality.

The thread invited “requests to Q,” an anonymous user claiming to be a government agent with top security clearance, waging war against the so-called deep state in service to the 45th president. “Q” feeds disciples, or “bakers,” scraps of intelligence, or “bread crumbs,” that they scramble to bake into an understanding of the “storm” — the community’s term, drawn from Trump’s cryptic reference last year to “the calm before the storm” — for the president’s final conquest over elites, globalists and deep-state saboteurs.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: conspiracytheories; fl2018; freerepublic3674854; q; qanon; qisfake; qistrash; trumprally
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To: grey_whiskers

I see now. Your post didn’t indicate a quote, so I assumed they were yours.

Your correction noted, o’ whiskered one.


141 posted on 08/01/2018 4:47:20 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Okeydoker
I dont recall anything in the redacted document that we hadnt already heard.

Oh, have you seen the redacted 20 pages that Nunes talked about on Fox News.

Please post the link. I'd like to see it too.

You really don't even know what you're talking about, do you Okeydoke?

Bagster


142 posted on 08/01/2018 4:48:13 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: bagster

But I don’t think of you, at all.


143 posted on 08/01/2018 4:49:24 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: bagster

A referral is nothing more than a request to review. DOJ gets lots of them. Very few charges are filed. most cases brought to DOJ by other prosecutors, police and even the FBI are ultimately turned down for prosecution. In fact DOJ doesnt need a referral to initiate an investigation. And as you can tell so far, NO charges have been brought against any clinton obama deep state actors.

I know you are an expert because you are a q adherent. Trust me, it doesnt make you any smarter and it surely doesnt make you any more knowledgeable about how the federal criminal justice system works.

At some point in time even the Q people will have to admit that all their dashed hopes and dreams were based on anonymous information sent out by persons unknown for unknown reasons. Until that day comes you might try to treat others civilly if not respectfully. They most likely will not end up looking like the gullible fools.


144 posted on 08/01/2018 4:50:03 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables
Why it’s allowed to continue on FR is truly puzzling. Might as well allow Pizzagate threads 3x per week.

I dunno. Because this is America?

Slow down, comrade.

p.s. Is pizzagate debunked because the pizza jernt didn't have a basement. That's pretty much the extent of the pizzagate debunker that I've heard from your media. You got more?

Why are you working so hard against The President's Q program. Just curious.

Bagster


145 posted on 08/01/2018 4:53:22 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Consider that bread burned o' n00b baker. ;-)
146 posted on 08/01/2018 4:53:30 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Okeydoker
You mean after practicing law for 40 years I still cant figure out the courts and legal process?

Yup.

Go practice some more.

Bagster


147 posted on 08/01/2018 4:54:30 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: Okeydoker
You are obviously too idiotic to continue discussing anything of any value. Have a nice day!

Haha. Your honor, the state withdraws all charges.

You got that part right, at least.

Bagster


148 posted on 08/01/2018 4:56:38 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: bagster

My only mistake is engaging with the Q people.

i get Freeper mail all the time recommending that the Qooks be ignored with many saying they are irrational, they become rude, hostile and insulting and no matter what the evidence or argument is they will find a way to ignore or discount it.

Dont you ever wonder why the only people who comment on the q threads are Q people? Most of the rest of us have better things to do than sit around and argue with religious fanatics about their faith. And that really is what the whole Q thing is. It is a fringe, religion based entirely on faith and the anonymous riddles put out by someone.

Dont let me dissuade you from your Pasttime. But please spare the rest of us the arrogant, self righteous, pompous attitude.


149 posted on 08/01/2018 4:58:34 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: DouglasKC

There are all kinds of Psyops going on all the time. The Mainstream Media is one, “Q” is obviously one, and Q is simultaneously the target of other Psyops which NOW include the MSM.

Our President is uncommonly intelligent, to put it mildly, and shows a drive and focus not uncommon to many blessed with various forms of autism.

He wants the world on notice.

He wants Truth to be told.

Only so much Truth can be passed through mainstream filters.

Some can’t be revealed until the hammer is ready to drop. (Or has dropped.)

He wants everyone on board, particularly those who are smart enough to know how smart he is and support what he has promised.

He needs the smartest of THOSE people on board and engaged.

How could he do that?

Where would he find them?

What would/could they be told?

Would such a communications vehicle necessarily include disinformation?

(It seems the President may have actually posted on 4chan one time, long before he became President. He knew where the autists hung out. Many autists there live to dig out the truth and tear larps and stupid conspiracy theories to shreds. Yet “Q” thrives still, even after dragging them along to 8ch as a platform improvement.)

To think the President is not, or has not been aware of “Q” is much harder to believe than “Q” is at this point.

Now, consider that all along, the President could clear up, or end the whole thing in an instant. (And how much fun he seems to be having most of the time.)


150 posted on 08/01/2018 4:58:49 PM PDT by EasySt (Truth will Prevail)
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To: rolling_stone
maybe you should check the home page of your opponent: “Retired criminal prosecutor 35 years”

Well, there it is there. Proof positive. Good enough for me.

*rolls eyes*

Bagster


151 posted on 08/01/2018 4:59:40 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: DouglasKC
You know, I’m starting to believe Q for the simple fact that the mainstream media is so against it. They are trying too hard to make it seem kooky and fringe.

I think it was the blogger Iowahawk who noted, "Journalism is about covering the important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving."

152 posted on 08/01/2018 5:00:02 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Okeydoker
Sure I mean after 20 years of the MSM being the enemy of the republicans you are all in agreement now so anything is possible.


153 posted on 08/01/2018 5:00:22 PM PDT by edzo4 ("Well I truly would be thrilled if all/most of the Q stuff turns out to be real")
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To: edzo4; catnipman

154 posted on 08/01/2018 5:02:35 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: FreeReign
When you support Sessions you are not supporting Trump's criticisms of Sessions.

I know, right? Trump should just tell Session, "You're Fired."

And yet.....he doesn't.

Such a puzzlement.

Bagster


155 posted on 08/01/2018 5:02:46 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: FreeReign
The DOJ agreed to declassify and release by July 20th. They made that agreement in court, in April.

No fair...you're peeking!


156 posted on 08/01/2018 5:06:50 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Hot Tabasco

[“Q” is God speaking thru the internet.]

There is a fair amount of theological discussion as it relates to world events and prayer on the Free Republic Q Anon thread.


157 posted on 08/01/2018 5:07:25 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: FreeReign
I'm going to put Hostage on the Q-tard list.

Sign me up. That's the coolest list in town.

You'll be on it soon enough.

And I will welcome you, my brother.

:)

Bagster


158 posted on 08/01/2018 5:09:18 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: edzo4

I read the article this morning. All this is an attempt by the anti trump wapo to make the public think that Trump supporters are Q nuts, thereby convincing voters that Trump supporters are unhinged.

The number of actual trump supporters who buy into the Q stuff is quite tiny. Even on FR, which is entirely Trump supporters, very few people go along with this stuff.


159 posted on 08/01/2018 5:09:35 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: edzo4

“How often do you agree with the NY times CNN and the wahington post?”

about once in a million ...


160 posted on 08/01/2018 5:11:46 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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