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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Qanon stuff floating around saying crazy stuff will happen pronto, is interesting.
I wonder if the FBI or just regular people are simply posting all kinds of crap to muddy the waters and get them all confused? If they keep thinking stuff is going to happen in a day or two (Trump Martial Law tomorrow) and it doesn't happen they are going to POSSIBLY (I don't underestimate how delusional they are) get discouraged and consider giving up, at least for awhile. It's one thing to point to something a bit down the road that comes and fails to happen like Hillary getting arrested, but if they start getting their hopes up every day and nothing happens then it seems they won't know who to believe. FBI could have hacked into accounts that were posting shit and taken them over.
Thoughts?
This has been the normal there for over 3 years. Its always something happening right around the corner and when it doesn't they just pivot and on to the next.
I figure when Biden takes office most of them will get behind him because they will say he is working with Trump, is actually a clone controlled by Trump, or is JFK Jr with a mission impossible mask on (this has already been said).
Quixote1818
(31,158 posts)how dumb they must be to NEVER catch on much less believe Hillary drinks kids blood in her bloody Mary.
Nevilledog
(55,134 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)A universal thing. They are going to splinter. There are already many variants of Qanon lore and what they believe. I expect many of them to work Biden into "The Plan" while others may not. Even today there is a lot of disagreement over if Pence is a traitor or that was his role in the plan all along. When Mueller was doing his work many of them worked in that he was actually working with Trump to investigate the pedophile ring with the Russia investigation being cover for it all.
They are going to default to making whatever is happening all just part of the plan.
Nevilledog
(55,134 posts)I think cutting off their usual access on social media will help.
Link to tweet
?s=19
Others haven't. Ron Watkins, above, and his father are almost certain to be the people behind the "Q" personality. These are the two who ran 8 chan.
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)Something big is *always* around the corner. That's the whole point of Q-Anon. They constantly come up with new things that are going to happen to keep people jacked up. As in most cults, there is no truth outside of the cult so the adherents just move on to the next outrage.
dweller
(28,672 posts)here, another link downthread
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214887574
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Quixote1818
(31,158 posts)I wonder if Russia is behind Qanon then? Or is it just some super smart gamer kids fucking around for fun? I think this would make for a great Hollywood movie if done right. Dan Brown type stuff.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,604 posts)The GOPers are reportedly trying to 25th the guy without actually invoking the 25th. He's reportedly being supervised, in a sense, with no tweeting, no emailing, and just the walls to scream at. Pence issued an actual threat to Trump by publicly saying that he's contemplating doing the 25th, especially if Trump goes nuts again or tries another coup attempt.
But I don't trust Pence, either. He's nearly as crazy as Trump, but in a different way. Tell me, who would risk life and career protecting the same Trump who knew he'd be in danger at the Capitol, didn't tell him that he'd be hunted, and nearly got Pence killed so he could invoke martial law? That's right. Pence is the mythological lemming.
At least Trump is being closely watched. He's likely conniving with some of his underlings with the intent of "hijacking" their twitter accounts. So he can keep pumping up the insurrection juice for his worshipers to guzzle.
David__77
(24,859 posts)People are particularly looking for signals now, and I think thats dangerous.
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