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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:14 PM Jul 2020

Michael Flynn Embraces QAnon

Michael Flynn Embraces QAnon

July 1, 2020 at 1:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 55 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/01/michael-flynn-embraces-qanon/

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Daily Beast: “After years of silence, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has started courting his devoted fans in the QAnon conspiracy theory, sending out signals of support for the underground movement that the FBI considers a potential domestic terror threat.

“Flynn, who won a legal victory last week after an appeals court panel ordered a federal court judge to end the Justice Department’s case against him, recently added a QAnon hashtag to his Twitter bio. And he’s started writing an internet column filled with QAnon-style imagery.”

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Michael Flynn Embraces QAnon (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2020 OP
I am beginning to think they all need to be run out of the country. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #1
Yep. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #2
With Trump calling on his 2A followers and the constant dog whistles cayugafalls Jul 2020 #4
Michael Flynn is an unpatriotic treasonous s**tbag... Dawson Leery Jul 2020 #3
people seem to have forgotten stopdiggin Jul 2020 #5
He found his niche. Can't join the Retired Generals speaking circuit, so what the heck... Baked Potato Jul 2020 #6
QAnon... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #7

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
1. I am beginning to think they all need to be run out of the country.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:18 PM
Jul 2020

I'd settle for jail, but an island somewhere with little food and water would suffice...

2naSalit

(86,559 posts)
2. Yep.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:20 PM
Jul 2020

It's starting to smell like an armed insurrection forming between that gang, Betsy's brother and some other ne'er do wells gathering like a swarm of vultures.

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
4. With Trump calling on his 2A followers and the constant dog whistles
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:30 PM
Jul 2020

it is apparent to me that they want a civil war. While I sincerely hope they do not get it, I have my concerns and with people like Flynn jumping on the QAnon bandwagon, it makes the future just a little bit more unsavory, especially seeing as how Trump has gone out of his way to demonize the left.

Make no mistake, they are dangerous to the safety of our nation.

stopdiggin

(11,296 posts)
5. people seem to have forgotten
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 02:33 PM
Jul 2020

that Michael Flynn was was branded as a nut job by the military and intelligence community long before he intersected with Trump. Like many of Trump's picks, Flynn was chosen because he was well outside of convention.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
7. QAnon...
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 03:13 PM
Jul 2020

QAnon, in my opinion, is a big joke being played on the gullible. 4-chan, et al, are merry pranksters and famous for forcing various memes into the collective.

I haven't seen one get this big and far, but it is a gullibility test most certainly and shows how much traction conspiracy theories can get when people do nothing but believe what "sounds right" to them without researching or demanding any substantial evidence.

That's bound to happen, but as some foreign players know, too many Americans are psychologically and intellectually vulnerable this way and it all falls under the rubric of propaganda, no matter who's propagating it.

While the originator's of QAnon may be having a good laugh about pulling something over on so many gullible marks, the prevalence of conspiracy theories as a world view, (emphasis) is going to become very dangerous and destructive if the trend continues.

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