Some QAnon followers lose hope after Inauguration

[sabra]

Source: NBC News

Some QAnon conspiracy theorists, in public and private internet forums and chat rooms, were despondent Wednesday as their prophecy of an Inauguration Day coup to keep Donald Trump in power failed again as President Joe Biden was sworn into office.

The situation left some QAnon adherents with no choice but to write off the conspiracy theory entirely, though others continued to maintain that it was still developing.

QAnon supporters believed Wednesday’s inauguration was an elaborate trap set by the former president, wherein Democrats would be rounded up and executed while Trump retained power. Various other doomsdays theorized by the QAnon community have also come and gone without incident.

But unlike those past days, Biden's inauguration leaves the community with little daylight. As their predictions failed, radicalized QAnon members expressed their betrayal on messaging apps like Telegram and forums named after their failed doomsday scenario, The Great Awakening.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/some-qanon-followers-struggle-inauguration-day-n1255002

[Turbineguy]

1. That's

hopeful

[stopbush]

2. !

Fuck those fuckin morons.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. OMG. That's just so heartbreaking. Those poor people.

Maybe they will come to their senses now.
If not, may they rot in hell.

[Gothmog]

4. QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends: 'We all got played'

Only complete idiots would buy this crap. These idiots deserve to be laughed at

Link to tweet

Followers of the extremist ideology QAnon saw their hopes once again dashed Wednesday as President Trump left Washington on the final day of his presidency, without any of the climactic scenes of violence and salvation that the sprawling set of conspiracy theories had preached for years would come.

As Trump boarded Air Force One for his last presidential flight to Florida, many QAnon adherents — some of whom had earlier this month stormed the Capitol in a siege that left at least two QAnon devotees dead and others in jail — began to wonder whether they’d been duped all along.

When one QAnon channel on the chat app Telegram posted a new theory that suggested Biden himself was “part of the plan,” a number of followers shifted into open rebellion: “This will never happen”; “Just stfu already!” “It’s over. It is sadly, sadly over.” “What a fraud!”.....

“It simply doesn’t make sense that we all got played,” one QAnon channel on Telegram said.

[cstanleytech]

9. "It simply doesn't make sense that we all got played," Makes perfect sense to me as they barely have

2 functioning brain cells among them.

[Gothmog]

11. trump supporters are very stupid people

[cstanleytech]

12. Not to mention vulgar pieces of shit. nt

[bdamomma]

54. they

believed his con job.

[Grokenstein]

45. Pwning themselves to pwn the libs. nt

[COL Mustard]

16. "We All Got Played"

Yes, yes, you did. Suckers.

[csziggy]

30. Let's quote their god - "Losers and suckers!" nt

[AZ8theist]

48. Qa NONSENSE.

[Beartracks]

46. "began to wonder whether they'd been duped all along" - By your god-king Trump himself.

It's sort of like EVERYONE else has been telling you all along: that you were being lied to and used. You were Trump's suckers.

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[TomCADem]

5. Trump has left, but some of his supporters still think he's about to declare martial law

This is what happens when outlets like Fox, Newsmax and OAN go beyond mere bias, and start to embark on pure propaganda. You have millions of Americans who simply have lost grasp with reality.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/tech/martial-law-trump-conspiracy-theory/index.html

(CNN Business)Sometime Monday, some of the remaining dead-enders convinced that President Trump will remain in office for at least the next four years got a sign. A Telegram account falsely purporting to be run by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was telling them that the moment they'd been waiting for, the moment Trump would finally act and use the military to crush his enemies, was coming.

"Nothing can stop this," the account said in a message that had been seen by at least 185,000 people as of Tuesday morning. "They can no longer hide in the shadows," it added half an hour later. Then, 20 minutes later: "Last hours." It continued on like this. Around 10 a.m. ET it posted an ominous picture of soldiers in uniform behind a fence in Washington DC with the caption "Stay in your homes."

By Tuesday afternoon, the account had almost 220,000 followers -- likely helped by the fact that it was being widely and actively discussed and promoted on other platforms including Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook (FB). After CNN asked about the people sharing links to and promoting the Telegram channel on its platform, Twitter said it was "taking action on accounts sharing it" and would prevent the link from being tweeted further. Additionally, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone told CNN that Facebook had started blocking the link to the Telegram account as of early Wednesday morning.

A spokesperson for Gen. Hyten told CNN Tuesday morning that the account is "an absolute fake" and added the Pentagon was "actively working" to get it taken down. Tuesday afternoon the account was marked as a "scam" with the message, "Warning: Many users reported this account as a scam or a fake account." The account has since shed some followers, and many of the messages have been removed. A Telegram spokesperson told CNN, "Telegram monitors reports and warns users about fraudulent accounts in clear-cut cases like the one you pointed out. " Facebook and Twitter did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

[riversedge]

20. That is a rather dull title for such an interesting and informative article.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. It's a Doomsday Cult

with political power substituted for eternal salvation in Heaven.

[TlalocW]

7. I've been watching various "prophets" on YouTube

And okay, trolling a little. (YOU CAN'T JUDGE ME!) And I'm eagerly awaiting their next video where they have to explain they were wrong about what God was telling them. To a one, they were all claiming that something was going to happen that would have Biden and Harris arrested, and Trump would continue on as president.

TlalocW

[C Moon]

53. A few years ago, I happed upon a FB page for QAnon freaks. I had no idea what I was reading.

The comments on the page made me laugh out loud.
They kept asking the moderator, "Why didn't this happen yet?" "I thought you said that was going to happen by now."
On and on.
One question I remember was, "I thought California was supposed to fall in the ocean at the start of this year."

It was NUTS!

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

8. "When Prophecy Fails" according to this classic 1950s sociological study of cult behavior - some do

get disillusioned, but the true believers get ever more entrenched in their beliefs.... which can get ever more bizarro as a way to cope with the distress and cognitive dissonance brought about by the failed prophecy. These folks arent going away, but with any luck they'll be pushed back into the fringes where they belong.

[cstanleytech]

10. "with any luck they'll be pushed back into the fringes where they belong." I would rather

they get pushed into a nice mental institution..............for life.

[mdbl]

13. True they just make up a reason for their failed predictions

kind of like certain religions that kept predicting the date of the end of the world incorrectly. Those religions, completely wrong, many times, are still going strong with dopey supporters who accept all the excuses for the inaccurate prophecies never fulfilled.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

14. No commentary from the Qpublicans in Congress yet? nt

[DemoTex]

15. QAnon-ers have no hope to lose, they are nourished by hate.

“When you have plenty of good strong hating you don't need hope because the hating will be enough to nourish you."

William Faulkner - 'Absalom, Absalom!'

[AntiFascist]

17. Too much peyote n/t

[Nitram]

18. Many of them will just dive deeper into the conspiracy void.

[Locrian]

22. yes - that's what the article said as well

The white power guys are recruiting any that can be radicalized.

We need to face the fact that we need to deal with this as a strategic and mental health issue.
The lasting legacy of trump will turn out to be the full cancerous mutation into an outright home grown nazi or isis party.

[Nitram]

36. It is a characteristic of conspiracy theories that not only can they never be disproved, they also

inevitably transform as new events unfold, integrating new "clues" and "evidence" to construct a never-ending narrative.

[Locrian]

47. same as those crackpot preachers who keep saying the end is near (again, again, etc) - nt

[sinkingfeeling]

19. The "Storm" turned out to be just a few snowflakes.

[Nitram]

37. It might have turned out far worse if the mob had managed to find Pence, Pelosi and others.

[Ohioboy]

21. I know a couple of the Q anon nuts

They were always waiting for the big round up of the pedophiles. I used to ask them, if Trump knows who the pedophiles are, why does he wait and let more kids get abused? Wouldn't he want to come out and expose the criminals as soon as possible? To which they would accuse me of being a sheep brainwashed by the media.

I hope they all feel stupid and used.

[Oscarthegreat]

23. It's unfortunate

Well, we don't have enough insane asylums to accommodated all those psychotic creatures and definitely not enough straight jackets.

[Zorro]

24. Seppuku is the only honorable thing for them to do now

[iscooterliberally]

25. "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

Conspiracy theories are all fun and games until somebody gets hurt...or killed.

[Crowman2009]

26. Here's comes the World's Smallest Violins Orchestra to play their signature tune!

"Hearts & Flowers" ENJOY!

[FakeNoose]

40. So apropos! Love this

[world wide wally]

27. Take Boebert and Greene with you to the dump, please

[Major Nikon]

28. ...

[BlueWavePsych]

29. Wel, la-di-da

[appmanga]

31. The idiotic Q thing reminds me...

...of something the old football player Brian Bosworth did. He insulted Denver QB John Elway. People got angry and started buying anti-Bosworth t-shirts and other merchandise. And the guy behind creating the stuff they bought: Brian Bosworth. These people simply have no idea how much they were played for suckers.

[Lasher]

32. Wait until they figure out Trump didn't grant clemency to any of the insurrectionists.

He left them hanging out to dry.

[whopis01]

33. They need to learn to trust the plan. n/t

[denbot]

34. I'll have a shot of schadenfreude on the rocks..

Screw that, give me a double neat.

[Jon King]

35. So while we were enjoying our lives...

enjoying our kids and family, taking walks in the park, watching our favorite movies and sports on TV....these folks were buying CB radios and stocking up on can goods because Trump was going to order martial law today.

Simply amazing how people just toss away the limited time they are given on the planet.

[oldsoftie]

39. And STILL buying all the damn ammo. You cant even go shooting anymore.

And i'd bet all those hoarding it already HAVE so much that if there actually WAS a "war", it would either be over or they'd be dead by the time they used it!!

[oldsoftie]

38. Not one single thing "Q" predicted ever materialized. I wish "he" could be exposed.

I want everyone to see that this person is NOT some big shot deep in the government

[DemocraticPatriot]

41. The poor babies...

Little did they know, that the leader of Pizzagate was actually Donald Trump himself!!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

42. IF, and I mean IF you have the ability to think critically and rationally, welcome back to reality.

[patphil]

43. They might as well lose hope, they lost their minds a long time ago.

[Mr. Evil]

44. Anyone that believes that colossally stupid dogshit is so lost within themselves.

I just can't wrap myself around the concept of having such a gullible mindset. And somehow these people make it through each day without physically injuring themselves. Yet, the mental injuries may take a while to heal or they'll just latch onto some other crackpot, doofus idiot scam and further waste their one and only life on this planet. These people's brains are devoid of anything resembling critical thinking skills and are more akin to something as malleable as Play-Doh.

[Hip2bSquare]

49. Have hope...The now saved Affordable Care Act covers mental illness

Now that we have a real leader, maybe the ACA will expand coverage for those suffering from severe mental health issues!

[BadGimp]

50. My message to them...

[muntrv]

51. Tots and pears.

[Ligyron]

52. I'm curious as to exactly who is creating and expanding on these ever evolving conspiracies.

For instance, someone was pretending to be a General on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and had these idiots going in all directions chasing their tails over aspects relating to the always coming any day now you just wait... Storm. Apparently, it took the actual General showing up to debunk it and even then there were those who refused to get a grip on reality.

Is somebody just having what must be the time of their life pwning these idiots with increasingly ridiculous twists and turns or is it something more sinister, like a Russian effort to destabilize the easily led?

Like the religious doomsday cults, when The Storm doesn't materialize at the appointed hour, there's always some actor showing up to explain the failure away, usually with an even crazier CT. Who's doing this exactly cause they know it's BS?g fun with

I like to think it's just some Progressives having some good, clean fun leading the weak minded down these rabbit holes and wish one would pop up and say, "Gotcha fools"!