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sanatanadharma

(4,089 posts)
56. Whatever Qanon is, it is a public health danger
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 01:08 PM
Sep 2020

These people need to be drastically quarantined.

No family, no friends, no employers, nothing but complete social shunning. Some will see the light.
Others will retreat further into the darkness, but the rational world MUST lance this boil.

It will take a lot of time. There will be extreme hardship. The crazies will continue self-infection.
Eventually though social shunning will break the spell of ignorance.

Ignorance is not-knowing.
Those who do not know can be taught.
Ignoring can end, only then can teaching begin.
The ignorant refuse to be taught.

Don't argue, simply say, "you are bat-shit crazy" and walk away.

One man's rage; you do not have to accept or correct or believe. I happily let others' have the last words.

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"It feels like we are losing her to an addiction." PatSeg Sep 2020 #1
QAnon IS. A. CULT. Raster Sep 2020 #60
Yes, that's true PatSeg Sep 2020 #61
What else do cult's do? diverdownjt Sep 2020 #94
Yes PatSeg Sep 2020 #102
I feel the same about friends & family lost to the Trump Cult/Delusion. rickyhall Sep 2020 #85
Me too. I can't believe what idiots I am related to Maraya1969 Sep 2020 #95
New high-in-demand careers available: cult deprogrammers Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #2
We'll need it if drumpf gets his curriculum soothsayer Sep 2020 #3
How to recognize a cult In high School Oppaloopa Sep 2020 #20
That's really a good idea. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #54
My BIL isn't welcome in my house because of his whack job QAnon beliefs. CrispyQ Sep 2020 #4
good on you backroadblast Sep 2020 #31
I'll see your BIL and raise it a brother. 634-5789 Sep 2020 #34
Wow -- it really is like al-Q'Aenon. eppur_se_muova Sep 2020 #5
I was literally about to post - this is the exact same mechanism that bullwinkle428 Sep 2020 #11
That's when you cut them loose vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #6
QAnon is either the work of Russian trolls or GOP operatives. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #7
Perhaps those two groups are the same? niyad Sep 2020 #17
a few years ago, a story stated that ruskies inserted pedophile lingo into hacked Podesta emails... MartyTheGreek Sep 2020 #70
Interesting...and totally believable. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #71
Bingo! BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #90
In Mexican Spanish-- Nortbnd101 Sep 2020 #92
The new 'Jones' cult. Idiots, they are going to kill themselves w/ drinking bleach or an ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #8
My husbands 24 year old nephew is in the Qanon cult kimbutgar Sep 2020 #14
Do you have an age breakdown on Q believers? Why do you think they're all young? Arazi Sep 2020 #46
Family I know is in their late 30s/early 40s. AllyCat Sep 2020 #74
Ah ok. Anecdotal. I'd like to see some real data on age division Arazi Sep 2020 #77
64 year old - my husband's brother yellowdogintexas Sep 2020 #80
They trend older--i.e. seniors. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #82
Just like Trump supporters in general. That makes sense. nt. Mariana Sep 2020 #100
I live with a Trump voter. stevil Sep 2020 #9
QAnon is the 21st Century Blood Libel DBoon Sep 2020 #10
It was never just the Jewish people who were targeted. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #15
I said "pogroms", not the Holocaust DBoon Sep 2020 #19
Understood. My bad. I did say I agree wholeheartedly with you. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #23
I Have A Russian Friend COL Mustard Sep 2020 #57
QAnon equals Nazi's. It will not disappear when Biden wins. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #12
+1, it needs to be snuffed out yesterday uponit7771 Sep 2020 #22
A few weeks ago a neighbor literally jumped out of the shrubs between our houses raving... Hugin Sep 2020 #13
We are entering into a dark new reality. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #18
Bullseye! Hugin Sep 2020 #27
It's like that annoying relative who pesters you to be Saved by Jesus, but worse. OMGWTF Sep 2020 #48
How were the "Moonies" cult members deprogrammed? dlk Sep 2020 #16
The difficulty here is that this is not just a normal cult. It is an ideology that is not beholden cayugafalls Sep 2020 #21
The Moonies worshiped their cult leader Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #25
Trump will be more like the Dalai Lama William Seger Sep 2020 #47
Did you know a bunch of years ago I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2020 #69
yes, unfortunately Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #101
Of course, there are a number of causes contributing to this irrational belief dlk Sep 2020 #32
This is why Nazism never went away. It is not something that is easily deprogrammed. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #35
From what I've read, the philosophy of QAnon has similar roots as the Nazi philosophy dlk Sep 2020 #39
Yes, here is a great article on that topic. cayugafalls Sep 2020 #40
Thanks! dlk Sep 2020 #41
Thanks for that. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #58
There were some professional deprogrammers Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #24
I had a family member in the Jesus People. AllyCat Sep 2020 #75
The cult awareness network was sued out of exisence by another cult and actually taken over by them Oppaloopa Sep 2020 #29
"Deprograming" of cult members... reACTIONary Sep 2020 #63
4 in 10 Americans think it is good for the country. world wide wally Sep 2020 #26
4 in 10 Republicans. JI7 Sep 2020 #28
I thought he was polling at 40% nationally. world wide wally Sep 2020 #30
The fact that the other 6 out of 10 Republicans...... mjvpi Sep 2020 #37
Oh damn! Duppers Sep 2020 #38
Wasn't that 410 Republicans? mahina Sep 2020 #64
It Seems to Me That Now Is the Time to Expose Trump's Pedophile Tendencies Big Time! panfluteman Sep 2020 #33
Q-Anon is the trailer park Scientology. mac56 Sep 2020 #36
Exactly. GoneOffShore Sep 2020 #97
Related... Duppers Sep 2020 #42
It's either a test or confirmation of gullibility bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #43
Walmart, Amazon among donors to lawmaker who promoted QAnon Duppers Sep 2020 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Sep 2020 #45
We know 3 people who believe this crud. C Moon Sep 2020 #49
Before this it was ISIS. Before ISIS it was crackpot Christianity Warpy Sep 2020 #50
This is it in a nutshell. I met the ex-wife of the Heaven's Gate leader who led his LuckyLib Sep 2020 #89
QAnon increasingly sounds like an international mind control experiment.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2020 #51
+100 DSandra Sep 2020 #93
Q could well be a fat Russian parked in his basement disrupting for rubles. Vinca Sep 2020 #52
I have a granddaughter who believes in some of this crap. Mr.Bill Sep 2020 #53
Oh my - I hope your grandaughter and her little one come through it okay. OhioBlue Sep 2020 #78
Thank you for your concern. Mr.Bill Sep 2020 #79
This reminds me of the Lyndon Larouchers of years back. thucythucy Sep 2020 #55
They used to show up periodically in Grand Central and a place out on Long Island dhol82 Sep 2020 #65
Whatever Qanon is, it is a public health danger sanatanadharma Sep 2020 #56
I used to wonder how groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS got started. I wonder no more. Initech Sep 2020 #59
Sounds like a death cult to me not unlike the Nazi's in Germany in the thirties . Seventy years and geretogo Sep 2020 #62
I am alone. Parents are gone. Siblings are gone. Missn-Hitch Sep 2020 #66
Oh no. So sorry. AllyCat Sep 2020 #76
I am sorry for all of us that have schisms within our families. It's a damn shame. Missn-Hitch Sep 2020 #84
Q Anon - combine all the worst aspects of a cult with all the worst aspects of religion. Initech Sep 2020 #87
They buy what Ben Brennan(8chan) and Jim Watkins(Qanon) guys sell -- conspiracy bullshit. ancianita Sep 2020 #67
What QAnon is, is likely with Russia Aid StClone Sep 2020 #68
So many of them just keep digging a deeper hole... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #72
Just had an interaction with a friend who believes this. AllyCat Sep 2020 #73
Is there a race break-down to QAnon followers? Aviation91 Sep 2020 #81
I think they are just racists and the conspiracy theories are what they make up as an excuse to JI7 Sep 2020 #83
Anonymous needs to hack them and start sending out shit to turn them on Trump. LOL Quixote1818 Sep 2020 #86
Anonymous has done nothing to help us the last four years. AllyCat Sep 2020 #98
Social media turns out to naturally tend to radicalize vulnerable users. summer_in_TX Sep 2020 #88
i bet my 2 nephews are into q .... i know they are trump lovers. trueblue2007 Sep 2020 #91
The ex tries to brainwash the kids Colleen8406 Sep 2020 #96
Reply all did a podcast in 2018 and a followup this month Woodwizard Sep 2020 #99
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