The JFK QAnon Cult in Dallas Is Somehow Getting Weirder

[Javaman]

(aka the super crazy fringe of the fringe qnuts)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qwb3/jfk-qanon-dallas-cult-growing

People are losing their family to the QAnon offshoot that’s convinced JFK and his son are about to return from the dead.

Laura’s mother, Patricia, was among the hundreds of QAnon followers who went to Dallas last November to see the prophesied resurrection of President John F. Kennedy. At the time, Laura wasn’t sure exactly why her mother was going, but she wasn’t particularly concerned, especially when her mom returned a few days later.

But then Patricia left for Dallas again the following week—and again a couple of weeks later. When she left again in the final weekend of November, Patricia said she was leaving for good.

“We just started to feel very helpless at that point and just very sad and backed into a corner because we had a big feeling that she was not coming back,” Laura told VICE News.

Months later, Patricia is still in Dallas and still under the influence of Michael Protzman, the antisemitic QAnon influencer who made the wild predictions about JFK’s resurrection. Many observers believed Protzman’s influence would wane after his predictions repeatedly failed to come true and the major announcements and revelations he promised never materialized. Instead, his group of followers are growing again. And Protzman’s predictions and actions are becoming ever more outlandish.

Besides claiming that JFK appeared in disguise as Trump at a rally last month, Protzman has begun to openly berate his followers, some of whom have reportedly drunk toxic chemicals from a communal bowl. Most recently Protzman, who’s known to his followers as Negative48, claimed that 17 dead celebrities are now taking part in the group’s online chats.

more insanity at the link...

[MiniMe]

1. Laura who?

These people are nuts!

[ShazzieB]

12. Laura and Patricia are pseudonyms used by Vice to protect the family's privacy.

It's explained in the article.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Is there a psy-op plan to make Americans look as foolish as possible?

Who benefits from this?

[Ray Bruns]

5. Usually I say follow the money, but this time it's "follow the guy in the tin foil hat"

[Irish_Dem]

13. KGB plans to undermine Western democracies are not tinfoil.

It is reality.

[msfiddlestix]

6. interesting question..

maybe.

but for now, I recall Jim Jones along with a mysterious cult somewhere in Southern California several years ago, (I think it was the late 80's?) a discovery of multiple suicides of men made the headlines. It was determined they were part of cult which decided to end it.

I recall this other weird phenom connected to another cult in Oregon which were comprised of people who served their "guru" as a master, giving all of their money, children, and worldly possessions to, I no longer remember the details.

Then there's the Moonies who I believe is more widely known. But Qanon sort of reminds me of these cults. especially the Moonies.

[Irish_Dem]

14. This is widespread, heavily organized and financed.

Very very different from small, isolated cult activity in the past.

[Mz Pip]

15. Jim Jones

Jonestown Massacre was in 1978. One of our local Congressmen went down to investigate along with his aide Jackie Spier. He was killed. She was shot multiple times but survived. She’s currently serving in Congress and is retiring this year.

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/jonestown-13-things-you-should-know-about-cult-massacre-121974/

[Hortensis]

10. A surge in this kind of behavior is happening in many cultures

around the planet. The various forms that it's taking in places like Japan and India, Guiana, etc, make really interesting reading, not for the faint-hearted who crave stability though. QAnon's groups are just one version in our own country. Some are morphing into religions.

As for who benefits? Russia and other hostiles using it hopefully to destabilize other nations, in the short term anyway. Various factions and leaders sowing societal disruption to aid in power grabs (like tRump and the GOP). Hucksters, lots of them. Cult leaders who like having their feet bathed in oil by acolytes?

[EYESORE 9001]

3. ...

[underpants]

7. This my friend

[Ray Bruns]

4. "The JFK QAnon Cult in Dallas Is Somehow Getting Weirder"

The hell you say. I find it hard to believe that a group of people who thought JFK was going to return from the dead could possibly get weirder.

[ShazzieB]

9. Guess again.

Besides claiming that JFK appeared in disguise as Trump at a rally last month, Protzman has begun to openly berate his followers, some of whom have reportedly drunk toxic chemicals from a communal bowl. Most recently Protzman, who’s known to his followers as Negative48, claimed that 17 dead celebrities are now taking part in the group’s online chats.

Looks to me like they really are getting weirder!

[Hortensis]

17. :) My thought! They're taking one, or more, of the well-traveled courses

for this kind of thing, though. They may be seriously threatening their futures, but sounds like they're having the time of their lives now. There aren't that many of them. Hopefully they all have family and friends who'll be there when they come down, and that butterfly nets won't be needed.

[TexasTowelie]

8. They still think that the Cowboys are going to the Super Bowl.

Yee-haw!

[NoRethugFriends]

16. That post is a winner!

[NewHendoLib]

11. sounds like the opening act of another crazy ass cultish mass suicide event

[NCjack]

18. Perhaps, a suicide attack on us, e.g., federal and state institutions.

[NewHendoLib]

19. amazing how batshit crazy has become "the thing" with so many.

I don't really recognize our country any longer. Sad.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. These people are crazy

[Ohio Joe]

21. It's just a matter of time...

Till the kool-aid cups get passed around.

[BeckyDem]

22. Deeply sad and disturbing. n/t