Qanon-an increasingly dangerous cult

[butters]

article about an ex Qer who spent 2 years down the cult's rabbit hole, an australian; he speaks about the nature of Qanon, the nature of people who get caught up in it, how it changes people and encourages a radically different view of reality:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/tech...9bYIft26Dtp+T6MsezDbEhoOE&bt_ts=1603024459442

Finding 'answers'
Experts say that people often seek out conspiracy theories in times of crisis.
"I think we tend to underestimate the extent to which these sorts of narratives are appealing," Alethea Group's Otis said, "especially when we're in a time of great stress and emotions are high."
Otis noted that the 2016 US presidential election was one of those times for many people. Now the coronavirus pandemic means uncertainty and anxiety are once again at a high point.

"It's a very compelling narrative to say all of this is orchestrated," Otis said. "There's a cabal coming after you. They're trying to make your life miserable. You want an answer for why bad things are happening? Here they are."

View, the conspiracy theory researcher, said QAnon preys on vulnerable people who in some cases might be suffering from mental health issues.
"I think it's a mistake to say that QAnon is a conspiracy theory, because this kind of makes it sound like Area 51 or Big Foot," he said. "It's a community of people that radicalizes them into a world view, that just essentially detaches them from reality."

For Jadeja, the impulses he developed while he believed in QAnon are a source of shame. "I would have been so happy to see Hillary Clinton dragged in front of a military tribunal, even though she's a civilian," he said.
"That still bothers me to this day, how willing and happy and joyfully I would have reacted to something that I would normally want no part in... This is how you get good people to do bad things."

In a May 2019 bulletin, the FBI warned that conspiracy theories like QAnon could "very likely" motivate criminal and sometimes violent activity in the US especially because of the reach and volume of conspiratorial content available online.

 

[Counselor706]

Messiah in our midst

Obama’s apostles are hard to dismiss. Oprah simply calls him “The One,” because “we need politicians who know how to be the truth.” (Jesus says in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth …”) Oprah goes on to say Obama will help us “evolve to a higher plane,” which would put Obama in the role of our Intelligent Designer.

According to the New York Times, Obama’s volunteers are taught to eschew discussions of the issues and instead “testify” about how they “came to Obama.”

And then there’s the Gospel according to Obama himself. In January, he told Dartmouth students that they will know to vote for him because“… a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack.”

Source

 

[coati]

Diversion

Messiah in our midst <blah, blah, blah about Obama>

Read the title of this thread, and start your own damned thread about Obama.

 

[butters]

Read the title of this thread, and start your own damned thread about Obama.

when Q acolytes are confronted with facts that collide with their perceived view of reality, their brains simply cannot process them and so they dismiss them and return to the solace of their delusions

 

[Counselor706]

when Q acolytes are confronted with facts that collide with their perceived view of reality, their brain's simply cannot process them and so they dismiss them and return to the solace of their delusions

Delusional? Are you the one that started the if you could be a new disease... thread?

 

[George_Barker]

Delusional: characterized by or holding idiosyncratic beliefs or impressions that are contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.

I'm... not sure how that comes into a slightly weird meme thread, but sure.

 

[George_Barker]

(Double post, I'm not sure I have the ability to delete this outright)

 

[LLCox]

The QAnon dude is no Jesus... typical clown with nothing to do but look busy.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/...executive-unmasked-as-major-qanon-high-priest

 

[LupusDei]

I won't be surprised if it turns out to be experimental research by some academic types, probably unofficial tough.

Taken cynically it's exciting stuff. Such easy manipulation, and so productive.

 

[FGB]

I finally decided to read up on them.

Sounds like we have some members here at Lit.

Without the pedophile angle I wouldn't doubt it!

 

[Ziggins]

I wonder is Comet Pizza worth the the hype, but DC is too far for pizza. There are closer restaurants with great pizza, but that is still unhealthy junk food.

 

[KeithD]

I wonder is Comet Pizza worth the the hype, but DC is too far for pizza. There are closer restaurants with great pizza, but that is still unhealthy junk food.

Apparently D.C. wasn't too far for Hillary to come from New York to run her ring in the basement of the pizzeria.

 

[bodysong]

fuck fuck fuck

(how did I miss this one ? It was all over the place.)

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, panicked after she was caught licking Trump's high heeled boot.

Any port in a storm, after Maine citizens noticed how she sold them out, and they rejected her.

Now, she has thrown her lot in with the Q people. She got caught giving $400 dollars to
two men campaigning for public office (state legislature seats) and the denials from Collin's
"spokesperson"started to sound lame. That is Susan Collin's own Super Pac.

"Today, the Mainer reports that Senator Susan Collins has tossed money to two QAnon
candidates in her home county of Aroostook County.."(October 15, 2020)

October 17, 2020 Orders from the Orange Goon to make things "nice" for Mike Pence's
visit to Bangor, Maine on Monday.

"Pence will return to Pennsylvania again on Monday with an airport rally near Harrisburg.
Trump will rally supporters in Erie on Tuesday. And former President Barack Obama will
campaign for Biden on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylva...d-to-victory-runs-right-through-pennsylvania/

Bangor, Maine is waiting for Mike Pence to fly in on Monday, ahead of storms.
Visit to a tractor-trailers service station, in some kind of a mall- village of Hermon, ME

Next to the Bangor Brewery! Sadly, brewery did not win a medal in the Great American Beer
Festival in Denver,Colorado. The prizes went to rivals, Allagash won gold for its signature
“White,” a Belgian-style witbier that the brewery describes as the “hue of pale straw,”
possessing a “silky, almost pillowy texture.”

Lone Pine received a gold medal for “Cuvee De Funk,” a wood- and barrel-aged sour beer
And the brewery also snagged a silver medal for “Choco Tuesday,” an experimental beer
offered at its Gorham tasting room that has aromas of “vanilla bean ice cream, peanut brittle,
pizzelle cookies, bakers chocolate, and … coffee bean.

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/17/maine-breweries-take-home-top-prizes/

 

[WillJ8787]

I finally decided to read up on them.

Sounds like we have some members here at Lit.

Without the pedophile angle I wouldn't doubt it!

Yep...I'm.glad groups exist for low intelligence folks like we have here...why can't it be a kickball league?

 

[LincolnDuncan]

article about an ex Qer who spent 2 years down the cult's rabbit hole, an australian; he speaks about the nature of Qanon, the nature of people who get caught up in it, how it changes people and encourages a radically different view of reality:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/tech...9bYIft26Dtp+T6MsezDbEhoOE&bt_ts=1603024459442

"....but I hear they're against pedophilia and that's a good thing"

 

[coati]

"....but I hear they're against pedophilia and that's a good thing"

Yes, "very fine people", these conspiracy-based hate groups, "very fine people".

Let's just be fair and open-minded, and provide equal time for lies and paranoia.

 

[Lazaran]

"....but I hear they're against pedophilia and that's a good thing"

Yeah, we heard priests were against pedophelia for a long time too.......

 

[Justa_nuther]

Molehills to mountains...