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Not even really coherent enough to be called a “conspiracy theory”, QAnon is a kind of interactive fan fiction for the far right in which Trump is a heroic figure arrayed against Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the “deep state”, which includes all the recent past presidents, who are said to have hatched a criminal plot to start wars and traffic drugs and humans for money. Updates in the story happen when an anonymous figure calling itself Q leaves “crumbs” online for fans to decode
QAnon can also seem more ominous. It bears a striking resemblance – and seems to have partially sprung from – a previous wild conspiracy theory that thrived in the Trump ecosystem, the so-called #Pizzagate story, which culminated in a brainwashed adherent concerned about pedophilia firing an assault rifle in a Washington DC pizza parlor.
The QAnon phenomenon, too, has potential for violence. In June, an armed man spouting Q-nonsense used an armored truck to block traffic on the Hoover Dam. No one was hurt and the man was arrested.
Last week, a suspicious man was photographed outside the office of Michael Avenatti, lawyer to Stormy Daniels. Avenatti, who figures as an antagonist in the infinitely flexible Q universe, asked for help in identifying the man to police.
Before Trump, the far- and not-so-far-right expended a lot of energy looking for a crime in the fog of conspiracy surrounding the 2012 deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. The conspiracy theories were given official platforms by Republicans in Congress and endless fuel by rightwing media, especially Fox News.
So in May 2016 it was Pepe. Later in the campaign, it was GamerGate, a forum for misogynist online assaults that bore an insult beloved of Trump supporters, “cuck”. In December 2016 it was Pizzagate. Now it’s summer 2018 and it’s QAnon.
For those who have not gotten up to speed, QAnon is an anonymous poster to the image-sharing boards 4chan and 8chan who shared cryptic passages in the style of Nostradamus painting Donald Trump as a Christian crusader of sorts, working to dismantle the so-called “Deep State” and bust pedophiles.
he declared that the mystic prophecy-spewing entity known as QAnon was not a government insider, but actually a fake.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Cassi3l
For attempting to over-throw our President (or worse), the gloves are off. As Donald Trump has said for decades... "You punch me, I punch back!". Expect no less from QAnon. (We are QAnon.)
"...Spicer’s denial was all part of the plan to keep the plans for Q under wraps.
originally posted by: CanadianMason
What is more likely? Spicer denied the legitimacy of Q because that's what he really believes, or because he didn't want to betray the truth, that is that Q is an insider?
originally posted by: CanadianMason
Or, Sean isn't part of the 'inner circle', the 'less than ten', so he's not privy to the truth. Therefore, the smartest and most genuine thing for him to do is speak his own truth. He doesn't believe Q is legitimate but, who made him an authority? Is it because he was Trump's WH Press Secretary and that lends him undeniable credibility?
I'm not sure what Drop 1814 speaks to.
Spicer can burn with the rest of them...
originally posted by: XAnarchistX
"Sean Spicer Just Sparked A Civil War Among Reddit’s Trump-Loving Corners By Saying That QAnon Is Fake"
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