What is Qanon?

[Mountain Man]

They are all nuts. Some people just need drama in their life to make it more exciting.

Life provides enough natural drama that I don't need to bother myself with inventing it.

"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
-Matthew 6:34

[Mountain Man]

What happens when people with a fragile grip on reality gain power Sparko?

Considering the nutty conspiracy theories promulgated by the Democrats over the last few years, I think we already know.

[Whateverman]

"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
-Matthew 6:34

Scripture that never got conservative airplay - not even once - during the Obama administration

[Sparko]

Again the denial of a truly serious problem to push under the rug a real problem with Trump and Trumpism. The QAnon conspiracy is nutters. The people that believe it are nutters. Yet Trump has supported it and a non trivial number of his followers support it. To the point more of these people are being elected to positions of power.

What happens when people with a fragile grip on reality gain power Sparko? What is the history of that in the wotld?

Well luckily you aren't in the running, Ox.



[I couldn't resist]

[Maranatha]

Considering the nutty conspiracy theories promulgated by the Democrats over the last few years, I think we already know.

Actually, they have let their nut bag beliefs out in the open, and have let their nut bags run the show.

Can anyone look at Cortez and Pelosi, as merely two examples, and not see a nutter?

We have like 8 years left, or we are all doomed! Doomed I tell ya.

Give me conspiracies that amount to nothing, rather than Democrat policies that destroy lives, are based on idiot feelings, and leave everyone miserable.

[Mountain Man]

Give me conspiracies that amount to nothing...

That's been my impression of "q", that most of it is telling people "Don't worry, we got this. Liberals are going down!" and that's pretty much the end of it. It has no influence other than in the heads of those willing to listen. Contrast this with the Democrat's "Russian Collusion Delusion" and "Ukrainian Phone Call Hoax" which halted progress and drug our country through the wringer.

[Ronson]

That's been my impression of "q", that most of it telling people "Don't worry, we got this. Liberals are going down!" and that's pretty much the end of it. It has no influence other than in the heads of those willing to listen. Contrast this with the Democrat's "Russian Collusion Delusion" and "Ukrainian Phone Call Hoax" which halted progress and drug our country through the wringer for literally nothing.

Quite true (emphasized). I am seeing conspiracists everywhere these days, basing beliefs on almost nothing, so the QAnon are just another group. It's ironic when Putin Puppeteer conspiracists or the Area 51 conspiracists attack QAnon conspiracists. They all need a rubber room.

[Whateverman]

why is QAnon stuff being called extreme right?

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Beyond the article, the deep state is readily evident by the fact that DC has about 99% Democrat voters and government workers.

You asked why QAnon is referred to as an extreme right-wing conspiracy theory, and then went on to show that it's an extreme right-wing conspiracy theory.

Well played.

[Bald Ape]

Qanon is one of those things that liberals claim conservatives are into despite the fact that liberals seem to know far more about it than most conservatives.

So it's the flip-side of Antifa?

[shunyadragon]

At worst, QAnon is a conservative equivalent of CNN and MSNBC.

What does it matter that Trump met with Lebron? Is CNN making this out to be a conspiracy against fake news?

Meetings in the White House are special privilages for those that have mutual support for the President, and support for strong advocates of Qanon are indeed factual. Add in his support of Dr. Stella Emmanuel, and this goes far beyond bizzaro conspiracies and fringe terrible beliefs. You are making light of a real problem of the toxic mix of Qanon, racism, and dangerous beliefs.

You avoiding and making light of dangerous facts:

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-taylor-greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has expressed racist views and support for the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon, has won the Republican nomination for Georgia’s 14th congressional district.

Greene beat the neurosurgeon John Cowan in a primary runoff for the open seat on Tuesday in the deep-red district in north-west Georgia, despite several Republican officials denouncing her campaign after videos surfaced in which she expressed racist, antisemitic and anti-Muslim views.

She has amassed tens of thousands of followers on social media, where she often posts videos of herself speaking directly to the camera. Those videos have helped propel her popularity with her base, while also drawing strong condemnation from some future would-be colleagues in Congress.

In a series of videos unearthed just after Greene placed first in the initial 9 June Republican primary, she complains of an “Islamic invasion” into government offices, claims Black and Hispanic men are held back by “gangs and dealing drugs”, and pushes an antisemitic conspiracy theory that the billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who is Jewish, collaborated with the Nazis.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene recieved praise and support from Trump and other leading politicians in the Republican Party, and support of Qanon from other Republican politicians all over the USA. She has overwhelming support from the Republicans in her district.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Democrats would hardly support it since the goal is, at least superficially, to expose the evil deeds of the Dems.

What "evil deeds" might these be?

What is the "deep state"?

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

You asked why QAnon is referred to as an extreme right-wing conspiracy theory, and then went on to show that it's an extreme right-wing conspiracy theory.

Well played.

Good grief! It is August and I can still hear the cuckoo calling!

[shunyadragon]

Good grief! It is August and I can still hear the cuckoo calling!

Gee! Odd . . . what I hear are turkeys.

[Cow Poke]

Qanon is one of those things that liberals claim conservatives are into despite the fact that liberals seem to know far more about it than most conservatives.

Like I've said before, I don't know Qanon from Alanon. Nobody I know knows anything about it, except that the liberals like to accuse conservatives of being "in it", to counter claims about BLM or antifa.

[Cow Poke]

I don't know anybody personally or online who takes it seriously. The websites I tend visit don't ever mention this nonsense, and one of my favorite sites even has a standing policy that anybody who says anything about "q" or the related conspiracy theories is instantly banned without warning, so in my case, I hear more about "q" from liberals than I do from conservative sources.

So, you mean it's like the first rule of Fight Club?