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originally posted by: Painterz
There are increasing little snippets of evidence emerging that Q-Anon has been a prank on alt-right baby boomers.
It's hard to sum up at this point exactly what Q is about, it's grown and mutated into this huge weird thing, the crux of which revolves around Donald Trump being a lone superhero single handedly fighting off a cabal of evil satanic pedophiles. But, this is not the thread for even attempting to recap the immensity of the Q conspiracy theory.
Q is slowly gaining more and more media attention. But here's the thing, over on 4chan, Q followers are starting to suspect it's all been a prank all along:
"Q is pols greatest achievement, look at how many normies and boomers got sucked into our LULZ chaos. Good job anons, looking forward to our next prank."
And here's the evidence.
Last month, an Italian leftist activist collective called the Wu Ming Foundation pointed to a book they published in the ’90s that is shockingly similar to QAnon. In 1999, Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi, and Luca Di Meo, writing under the name "Luther Blissett," published an Italian novel called Q.
Luther Blissett was a name regularly adopted in the ’90s by leftists, anarchists, and general troublemakers in Italy. It was used for staging all kinds of pranks. The Luther Blissetts in different cities would occasionally communicate by phone, but for the most part the project just spread organically through the underground.
Three of the authors behind Luther Blissett, Bui, Cattabriga, and Guglielmi, now operate under the name "Wu Ming" or "No Name." And they've been posting lately pointing out how the plot of their novel Q is pretty similar in structure to the basics of the QAnon conspiracy theory. For example:
"Coincidences are hard to ignore," Bui, Cattabriga, and Guglielmi said. "Dispatches signed 'Q' allegedly coming from some dark meanders of top state power, exactly like in our book."
They also pointed to the fact that the Q from the QAnon community is described almost exactly like Luther Blissett used to be described, "an entity of about 10 people that have high security clearance."
One of the theories in the QAnon community is that John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his own death in 1999 and became QAnon, which is also the year Q was first published.
"We can't say for sure that it's an homage," they said. "But one thing is almost certain: our book has something to do with it. It may have started as some sort of, er, 'fan fiction' inspired by our novel, and then quickly became something else."
When asked who they think Q could be, Bui, Cattabriga, and Guglielmi are fairly certain that the main readers of Q in the US are leftist and anarchist activists. And there's increasing chatter in those worlds about laughing at the gullible Baby Boomer generation who actually believe 'this nonsense'.
What could the purpose be? What's the motive? Apart from having a laugh at people?
Well, the Democrats are starting to pick up on the crazier parts of Q, and as it melts into the mainstream media, expect more and more people to start talking about how crazy the alt-right must be to believe this stuff, and it will be used to discredit Trump supporters.
Will it ever be possible to know for sure at this point? Now that so many people have written their own alleged Q Postings? Probably not. It seems like one of those collaborative arts projects that has gotten out of control and picked up it's own momentum, and used by different groups for different purposes.
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: tjack
Yea but when Q fails, that passion for conspiracy will turn into apathy knowing that it was all a joke.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: xuenchen
This idea comes from Leftist Media.
Trustworthy
💥😃💥
Hey man, my ring is a gunked up, and I know you have one.
So I did the mirror thing, and followed the light.... now I'm in my bathroom. What do I do with the rest of the message?
originally posted by: angeldoll
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: tjack
Yea but when Q fails, that passion for conspiracy will turn into apathy knowing that it was all a joke.
I thought 'pizzagate' would have done that too, but then along comes "Q" and away we go!
But the thread doesn't bug me in the least. They seem to enjoy the camaraderie and research, and putting the puzzle together. It hurts no one, so why not? I don't even get the impression that many of them fiercely belief it.
originally posted by: toysforadults
originally posted by: angeldoll
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: tjack
Yea but when Q fails, that passion for conspiracy will turn into apathy knowing that it was all a joke.
I thought 'pizzagate' would have done that too, but then along comes "Q" and away we go!
But the thread doesn't bug me in the least. They seem to enjoy the camaraderie and research, and putting the puzzle together. It hurts no one, so why not? I don't even get the impression that many of them fiercely belief it.
I can respect that.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: howtonhawky
I'm 99% sure your post is inappropriate. I won't report it but I bet it gets removed anyway.
originally posted by: angeldoll
originally posted by: toysforadults
originally posted by: angeldoll
originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: tjack
Yea but when Q fails, that passion for conspiracy will turn into apathy knowing that it was all a joke.
I thought 'pizzagate' would have done that too, but then along comes "Q" and away we go!
But the thread doesn't bug me in the least. They seem to enjoy the camaraderie and research, and putting the puzzle together. It hurts no one, so why not? I don't even get the impression that many of them fiercely belief it.
I can respect that.
Thank you, I'm glad. I don't check in that often, but it seems to me, that most the posters on there have left room for doubt. They realize fully it could all be a hoax, but still curious enough to look deeper. I doubt there is a poster on there who would bet the farm on it be 100% reliable though. You think?
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: joemoe
So since you actually did your due diligence I figured I should look into your info as the numbers you are suggesting are unusual. After a quick google search I found this link.
Even if not all sealed criminal cases are indictments, doesn’t a massive uptick in sealed cases mean a massive uptick in sealed indictments?
It doesn’t, because routine court matters in district courts are usually handled by lower-level magistrate judges. And the FLC report found over 15,000 sealed magistrate judge cases, with many others not in the Electronic Court Filing system that feeds into PACER.
A random sampling of these files showed 83 percent of sealed magistrate cases to be warrant applications or tracking devices. They are NOT indictments, but #QAnon’s number includes them anyway. We know this from their own methodology.
twitter.com...
A five-page PDF called “Search for Sealed Indictments on Pacer.gov” purports to train “researchers” in how to find sealed indictments. It includes not only all sealed cases, but cases clearly being handled by magistrates that are clearly NOT indictments.
Obviously, without access, it’s impossible to know what’s an indictment and what’s a routine document. And it’s possible that the government IS sealing more indictments, given the Trump administration’s ramping up of gang, drug, gun, and immigration prosecutions, a response to the “American carnage” Trump spoke of in his inauguration speech.
You’re wrong
originally posted by: MorpheusUSA
Did Q not start the whole PizzaGate thing? Or am I wrong about that?
originally posted by: howtonhawky
It really just seems like a rehash of common knowledge in many cases.
Just look at the latest Qtip posted in this thread claiming that the left eats babies...