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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,234 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 09:21 PM Jan 2021

QAnon and pro-Trump online forums are struggling and fracturing in aftermath of the U.S. Capitol sie

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A huge chunk of Twitter’s QAnon community has vaporized, seemingly overnight. A pro-Trump message board has rebranded itself, jettisoning the former president’s name from its URL in its move toward a broader message. And other right-wing forums are grappling with internal rebellion and legal war.

Taken together, these developments since the Jan. 6 Capitol attack raise questions about the long-term viability of pro-Trump communities now that their inspirational leader has been impeached, lost his own Twitter account and left the White House.

Experts say the communities are likely to recover — a new website already has replaced TheDonald.win, albeit with a somewhat broader focus — but it’s less clear whether online activists central to President Donald Trump’s rise and political power will remain a large, coherent force in the years ahead.

“This has been a bad month for the radical right on the Internet,” said Will Partin, a research analyst at the technology institute Data & Society.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/qanon-and-pro-trump-online-forums-are-struggling-and-fracturing-in-aftermath-of-the-us-capitol-siege/ar-BB1d0zky?li=BBnb7Kz

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QAnon and pro-Trump online forums are struggling and fracturing in aftermath of the U.S. Capitol sie (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
Followed the Fool off the bridge... Bluethroughu Jan 2021 #1
they can ALL go fuck themselves Skittles Jan 2021 #2
A lot of Trump Republicans have never bought the "never Trump" agenda. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2021 #3
I'm glad but I am apprehensive as to what will become of this madness? Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #4
They remind me of end timers Renew Deal Jan 2021 #5
How much did they paid for a pardon but didn't get squat for it? turtleblossom Jan 2021 #6
This means the good guys won FakeNoose Jan 2021 #7
I will be kayaking in the tears of my enemies. ThoughtCriminal Jan 2021 #8

OAITW r.2.0

(24,641 posts)
3. A lot of Trump Republicans have never bought the "never Trump" agenda.
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 09:36 PM
Jan 2021

They are more likely Democrats on policy, but need a strong leader figure to give their life purpose. Can Biden bring these people back to reality?

Vivienne235729

(3,384 posts)
4. I'm glad but I am apprehensive as to what will become of this madness?
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 09:46 PM
Jan 2021

What will they look like in their transformation in reaction to taking Donald out of the picture? We were kind of lucky that Trump was an insane, dopey idiot. I hope they don’t get some clever and charismatic evil asshat who actually knows what he is doing.

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