'My faith is shaken': The QAnon conspiracy theory faces a post-Trump identity crisis

[BainsBane]

President Trump’s election loss and the week-long silence of “Q,” the QAnon movement’s mysterious prophet, have wrenched some believers into a crisis of faith, with factions voicing unease about their future or rallying others to stay calm and “trust the plan.”

The uncertainty has been compounded by the abrupt public resignation, also last Tuesday, of Ron Watkins, the administrator of Q’s online sanctuary on the message board 8kun.

Q has gone quiet before. But the abrupt lack of posts since last Tuesday — Election Day, which the anonymous figure had touted for months as a key moment of reckoning — has sparked speculation and alarm among the movement’s most ardent followers.

Some QAnon proponents have begun to publicly grapple with reality and question whether the conspiracy theory is a hoax. “Have we all been conned?” one user wrote Saturday on 8kun.

Wrote another: “HOW CAN I SPEAK TO Q???? MY FAITH IS SHAKEN. I FOLLOWED THE PLAN. TRUMP LOST!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT NOW?????? WHERE IS THE PLAN???”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/10/qanon-identity-crisis/

[Mystery sage]

1. 'My faith is shaken'

Good

[marybourg]

2. O, ye of little faith.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Yes, you've been conned

and you've been a moron to believe any of that crap. Grow up, become an adult, and learn how to think.

[Mike 03]

4. Pathetic. Q is probably hunkering down with a screenwriter, trying to

figure out where the plot goes from here to salvage this profitable scam. If I were Q, I'd probably contact the screenwriters from '24'. They can figure something out.

[BainsBane]

5. Or he's clearing out his desk

in the White House.

[Mike 03]

6. ...

[oswaldactedalone]

7. LOL

Well-played.

[BainsBane]

8. Not being versed in QAnon

This was the first I learned that it all stemmed from some guy making anonymous posts on the internet, and that it turned into a religion of sorts. Talk about gullible.