Susan Wright on the Right
I love the internet, but I cringe at how it has become a breeding ground for low intellects, cult minds, and dangerous nut jobs around the world.
It has also made it possible for pranksters and conspiracy theorists to draw the gullible and easily swayed into a single movement of society-killing drones.
The latest conspiracy following to take hold across the world wide web is QAnon, brought to life from the wretched bowels of 4chan and other pro-Trump, anti-Semitic haunts.
It may be one person, it may be several people, but whoever he/she/they are, the easily duped feel they’re receiving secret communications from somewhere in the upper levels of our government.
No. Seriously.
The messages from “Q” are vague and nonsensical, but somehow, the lunatic fringe find meaning in them.
“The blue of the sky comes with cupcakes and A86E9.”
The Q-freaks immediately flood the internet with claims that Donald Trump has the cure to cancer, but the Deep State is holding him back.
“The door to Wednesday is backwards puppies.”
Yup. The government is definitely signaling that World War III is upon us, and only Donald Trump can stop it.
“QAnon” touches on a variety of popular conspiracy theories: Democrats and prominent Hollywood figures are orchestrating underground pedophile rings; special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is a front for investigating Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for their ties to said rings; and hundreds of sealed indictments may have already been handed down in the Clinton case.
On Thursday evening, President Trump held a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Looking through the crowd, there was ample representation of QAnon followers.
CNN’s Gary Tuchman braved the rain and the anti-free press sentiment of the crowd and made the attempt to get to the bottom of what – or who QAnon is.
Trump supporter Timothy Rasmussen told CNN that “Q” represents a “movement.”
“It’s a shift. I can feel it coming, some call it the great awakening,” Rasmussen said.
In other words, he has no idea, either. He just doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to find answers or the moral grounding to walk away from the nutbaggery.
“‘QAnon’ is the people that believe in what Trump’s trying to do to change our country,” one supporter wearing a red “Q” shirt told CNN.
Tuchman rightly pointed out that this was a generalization.
This exchange was particularly on point, as far as showing just now attached to the nonsensical these “Q” followers are.
Trump supporters said that “QAnon” is an entity of several people high-up in the federal government with security clearance.
“How do you know that?” Tuchman asked.
“Well, I’m just telling you, that’s what it appears to be,” one Trump supporter responded.
“So you don’t have any proof of that — you’re just guessing,” Tuchman said.
“And you don’t have any proof there isn’t,” the Trump supporter responded.
Well, there’s a coherent argument.
One Trump supporter at the Pennsylvania rally on Thursday accused the Clintons, Bushes and Obamas of all being a part of the so-called “deep state.”
“So you think the Clintons, the Bushes and the Obamas are running the country as we stand here in the rain,” Tuchman asked.
“No, they’re trying,” she responded.
Yes, of course. I’ve seen that episode of “South Park,” as well.
If QAnon is proof of anything, it’s proof of just how ominous and frightening society becomes when commonsense becomes an afterthought, and the tribalism of the weak-minded overtakes our public discourse.
At least one QAnon follower took his act public several months ago, and is now facing the repercussions of his actions.
But he’s got demands.
The QAnon believer accused of shutting down a bridge near the Hoover Dam with an armored truck now says his defense attorney has to go through right-wing journalist @LauraLoomer if he wants to talk to him. pic.twitter.com/i6XlnHqT63
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 2, 2018
The dumbing down of our society precedes our downfall.
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