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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQAnon "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: 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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AZSkiffyGeek
(11,023 posts)I think they're widely suspected, but I don't know that I've read anything concrete.
intrepidity
(7,296 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)Dont know how accurate per se but theres a lot of interesting background.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)karynnj
(59,503 posts)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)...still, the HBO doc might be worth more than the spinning of it by another right-wing Brit tabloid.