Start me upyeah the story goes John John faked his own death and will reappear on the grassy knol on the anniversary of his fathers death to reveal he's Q and will be running for office with Trump
when he didn't show some of them decided he was gonna reappear at the Rolling Stones concert later that night instead
Why do they claim the Kennedy's as their own?yeah the story goes John John faked his own death and will reappear on the grassy knol on the anniversary of his fathers death to reveal he's Q and will be running for office with Trump
when he didn't show some of them decided he was gonna reappear at the Rolling Stones concert later that night instead
Oh it was alive even before the 60s. If I recall correctly there was a fear in the early 20th century of black people becoming socialists.
Well, it seems that US politics had been always radicalized and Trump/Fox didn't do anything knew. It always seemed that before it was an oasis of reasonable politicsWhy do they claim the Kennedy's as their own?
This is what the conservative movement in America thought of him when he was alive
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feck me these people are morons.I didn't realize the insanity went so far back - although I don't know how widespread the sentiments of that pamphlet were at the time.Why do they claim the Kennedy's as their own?
This is what the conservative movement in America thought of him when he was alive
Well, he did get assassinated. And there has always been a strain of the American hard right that probably has always had at least 20% of the support of the population. Henry Ford and others like Lindbergh supported Hitler and held pro-fascist rallies under the veil of "American Patriotism. I'd say this strain has always been here just in modern times they were much less vocal compared to when Trump basically legitimized them.
Social media probably doesn't help either. Without the internet, t's hard to get coordinated if you're a loony underground everywhere.
Absolutely. Before social media, it would be limited to mailing lists and local meetups.
Watch the Paxman interview with David Bowie back in 99 and listen to what he has to say about it:
Nothing much to argue with there!
Kind of, though the problem with the loony underground is that it isn't always underground. You had the Red Scare, for example, which was very much mainstream hysteria. It wasn't as unhinged as Qanon, but it was a lot more impactful (yet... knock on wood).
Just pornography, not trafficking.
Probably say Clinton set him up?
Maybe it's like homeopathy, where they dilute the children's blood in water at 1 part per billion.
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'Murica
The Nazis managed to convince tens of millions of Germans that the Jews were responsible for both capitalism and communism, and were also both subhuman scum who lived in squalor and no match for the Aryan race, and simultaneously also the true secret leaders of the world and the an immediate threat to the survival of Germany. People can believe the strangest things, and I'm afraid Qanon is just going to grow.'Murica
I can't fathom how a 4chan larp managed to influence so many people. A 4chan larp that is absurd even by 4chan standards!
I see your point, but I'm less worried about it it's potential to grow. I think most Qanon believers are generally older, and essentially less savvy on internet culture, so don't recognise the significance of the fact that this originated on 4chan, because they don't comprehend the trolling/larping/edgelord culture of 4chan. I think with an emphasis on explaining this calmly and patiently, most people will recognise they've been duped. And they won't have much influence on younger people, except some who are particularly vulnerable/susceptible.
This is an insanely optimistic and charitable view, IMO.
Didn't the current discussion basically start because of a tweet explaining how many Qanon candidates there are? There are going to be a lot more Qanon believers in Congress after the next election, sadly.
The demographics of Qanon supporters has been researched.
I am optimistic. Well, more accurately I am potentially optimistic, in that I think it's a movement/ideology that in theory should be easy to combat. I am slightly more negative about this being actually achieved, because I think certain tactics are actually counter productive. Tactics like aggression, mockery and censorship can often have the opposite desired effect, in that it creates an opportunity for the movement to portray themselves as radical truetellers that the mainstream is trying to suppress, which is appealing to the sort of people who can get caught up in these kind of conspiracy theories. I certainly think censorship can play a role, and I think social media sites and reddit cutting down on Qanon content has significantly reduced its impact/reach in terms of total overall number of people viewing such content, but I think for a small % of people it further radicalises them.
That article is quite confusing, as it states that Qanon supporters have a higher level of education, but the data it quotes clearly shows they have a lower level of education in comparison to the general population? More broadly, I think it's safe to say Qanon supporters aren't as bright/informed as the average non Qanon supporter, especially if taking into account more elements of education/intelligence than just level of academic qualification. It doesn't need a quantitative study to recognise that Qanon believers are lacking in social/emotional intelligence.
Trump's possibly more in charge of the GOP than he was as president. The GOP is the Party of Trump, from top to bottom. Anyone who isn't sufficiently enthusiastic is getting consistently primaried, or have already retired or announced that they are going to retire. Liz Cheney, the neocon daughter of Dick "Mr Neocon" Cheney, went from being one of the leaders of the party to being an outright pariah.
Interesting, I'll be honest I had no idea about this. I'm not overly up to date on the intricacies of American politics so had just assumed he had been slowly drifting into obscurity, as I barely see him mentioned anymore. I will happily yield to your superior knowledge on this subject.
It isn't funny when a sizeable portion of the electorate is comprised of morons, specially in a democracy.
and contradictory things.
It says they have a higher level of education than the stereotype of them.
considering that I amazed they remember how to breathe that is not a shock.
