Posted on 08/06/2018 7:51:28 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The hacking collective Anonymous is pledging to expose the people behind the "QAnon" conspiracy theory.
The anarchist hacking group slammed the QAnon conspiracy as potentially dangerous and driven by a “brainless political agenda” in a video posted Sunday to what is widely considered the most reliable Anonymous Twitter account.
“We will not see idly by while you take advantage of the misinformed and poorly educated,” the group said in the video, which was posted with the hashtags "#OpQ" and "#OpQAnon."
The video depicts various figures with the Anonymous masks acting out certain aspects of the QAnon conspiracy over a constant backdrop of the letter “Q.”
The video claims that Anonymous “knew who was responsible for Q,” and thought it was funny at first. However, the group now believes the conspiracy theory has gone too far.
“Someone is gonna get hurt so we have to put our foot down and start some s--- with you all,” the group said in the video.
QAnon shifted into the spotlight after numerous attendees at President Trump's rally in Florida last week held Q-shaped cutouts and posters alluding to the conspiracy theory.
The wide-ranging and vague “QAnon” touches on a number of popular unproven conspiracy theories: Democrats and prominent Hollywood figures are orchestrating underground pedophile rings; special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is a front for investigating Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for their ties to said rings; and hundreds of sealed indictments may have already been handed down in the Clinton case.
The theory was started by a person on 4chan last year claiming to be a high-ranking security official in the Trump administration. The individual or individuals goes by the identity of "Q," and has continued to fan the theory on online platforms.
A number of conservative figures have pushed back against the conspiracy theory on Twitter in recent days, including Michael Flynn Jr. and Sean Spicer.
Anonymous has been adamantly opposed to Trump since he announced his candidacy in 2015. The group declared "cyber war" on Trump in March 2016, directing its followers to take down the then-candidate's websites.
Hooray for whatever-you-are!"
So stupid.
Great. Two basement dwelling computer geeks are going to have a civil war, Avengers style. Cant wait. I am so excited. (spoken in Ben Stein voice ‘Beuller...Beuller...’)
POTUS could end Q in 30 sec. with one tweet. “Q Anon is fake news”. Yet, he doesn’t.
Lets bring it on.
My friend, please do not turn off. Instead, gear up- mentally, physically, and spiritually. War is coming.
Will they rickroll Q?
Professional troll Jack Posobiec is claiming on Twitter to have authored several Q drops and is also claiming to have proof that Q is fake. I don’t know if any of that is true or not, but I also haven’t seen any reason to trust someone like him.
I'm laughing my ass off over this. What's Q going to do? Saturation bomb them with his witty brand of haiku and vague allusions?
I have always wondered how someone can prove that they are amember of Anonymous. Anybody should be able to make a copycat videoa easily.
Do they have some sort of tripcode to prove that their communications are valid and true?
The timing is weird. This weekend most of the media attacked Q with nearly the same script. Now anonymous also says they will expose and attack Q?
This doesn’t really affect my opinion of Q one way or the other. I will be hoping Q is for real. I gave up hope that anonymous was helpful a long time ago.
I have long suspected that “Anonymous” was a FBI front, and this seems to confirm.
“IMHO Q is a bunch of nothing.”
Pretty much my thought too. Just some bad riddles that reminds me of the Riddler from Batman TV shows. All you hear is “trust the plan”. Yeah? What plan?
Well now this should be interesting...one anonymous Internet group going after another anonymous Internet group.
Michael Flynn Jr. and Sean Spicer are conservative figures? In what universe?
It’s like most somewhat concerning “organizations” now. The founders are the real deal but as their influence grew they attracted informants. Over time the real deals leave and the org becomes primarily run by those informants and in some cases outright federal agents. Same with many of the so called white supremacist groups... most of those SOBS work for the government and act as a honey pot for radical elements.
How ridiculous that either of these unknown groups attracts any audience other than for entertainment.............both hide behind masks which is the first indication of deception.
Agreed. However, I said the same thing weeks ago and was excoriated by the believers.
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