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UTUSN

(70,695 posts)
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 05:09 PM Mar 2021

QAnon "unmasked" as Ron WATKINS son of 8Chan owner Jim WATKINS?

(If this is old news, well I checked.) --Q-flying monkeys will go, "Wait, what?!1" when they find out he might be some kind of furrinner!

I myself am going Wait-Whut at *this* from the article's writer: "Mueller's investigation concluded to no avail other than clearing Trump of wrongdoing"!

Ron WATKINS:


Jim WATKINS:


Fredrick BRENNAN:


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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9368583/New-HBO-docu-series-names-head-QAnon-conspiracy-theorist-Ron-Watkins-son-8Chan-owner.html

Q unmasked? Right-wing conspiracy group QAnon's mysterious leader Q is named as Ron Watkins, the son of 8Chan owner, in new docu-series

.... Q: Into The Storm is airing on HBO Max on March 21. Its filmmakers name Watkins, the son of 8Chan founder Jim Watkins, as Q, the head of the right-wing, pro-Trump conspiracy theory group. ....

Ron is the administrator of 8Chan (now known as 8Kun), an online message board where QAnon sprouted roots in 2017 and gained followers. ....

8chan was originally created by Fredrick Brennan but he quit after the Watkins refused to remove the racist manifesto of the Christchurch, New Zealand, shooter, in 2018. ....

Watkins lived with his father in the Philippines in the early 2000s.

It's believed he is now living in Japan but it's unclear where. It is also unclear how old he is. ....

At one time, the conspiracy theorist set their sights on the Robert Mueller Russia probe.

They believe that it was a cover for a bigger investigation into the pedophile ring.

When Mueller's investigation concluded to no avail other than clearing Trump of wrongdoing, QAnon's focus shifted.

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QAnon "unmasked" as Ron WATKINS son of 8Chan owner Jim WATKINS? (Original Post) UTUSN Mar 2021 OP
I've seen both him and his father named a few times since last summer AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2021 #1
Oboy, an HBO documentary! intrepidity Mar 2021 #2
It's already been shown. It's certainly interesting. nolabear Mar 2021 #6
"Unmasked"? That has been known for many months. Klaralven Mar 2021 #3
The article is written by the Daily Mail -- that IS the Bill Barr driven RW version of Mueller karynnj Mar 2021 #4
...known to the British public as the "Daily Fail"... regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #5
Which one is JFK Jr? keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #7
The one wearing the dog disguise. FSogol Mar 2021 #8
The most impressive one keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #9
That's Kennedy magic! FSogol Mar 2021 #10
Sure, they seem . . . . credible and well-informed hatrack Mar 2021 #11

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,023 posts)
1. I've seen both him and his father named a few times since last summer
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 05:15 PM
Mar 2021

I think they're widely suspected, but I don't know that I've read anything concrete.

intrepidity

(7,296 posts)
2. Oboy, an HBO documentary!
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 05:39 PM
Mar 2021
Into The Storm is airing on HBO Max on March 21. Its filmmakers name Watkins, the son of 8Chan founder Jim Watkins, as Q

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
6. It's already been shown. It's certainly interesting.
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 07:32 PM
Mar 2021

Don’t know how accurate per se but there’s a lot of interesting background.

karynnj

(59,503 posts)
4. The article is written by the Daily Mail -- that IS the Bill Barr driven RW version of Mueller
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 05:45 PM
Mar 2021

This is not exactly a good source -- though, I as an American of a certain age, my first though is always of Paperback Writer - "her son is working for the Daily Mail, a steady job, but he wants to be a paperback writer"

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
5. ...known to the British public as the "Daily Fail"...
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 07:26 PM
Mar 2021

...still, the HBO doc might be worth more than the spinning of it by another right-wing Brit tabloid.

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