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In fact, "Q" predicted this behavior by the social media platforms over a year ago, so the QAnon movement is not, in general, surprised by Twitter. According t

In fact, "Q" predicted this behavior by the social media platforms over a year ago, so the QAnon movement is not, in general, surprised by Twitter. According to their conspiracy, Twitter just checked off a box in the list of items they believe will happen coming up in the future.

shadowgovt 6y ago
As prognostications go, "The mainstream media will find my nonsense so aggressively hateful that they'll kick it off the site" is right up there with "It'll be cold in winter." Especially when Q controls the level of the aggressive hate in the nonsense.
- Fjolsvith 6y ago
  > Especially when Q controls the level of the aggressive hate in the nonsense. I'm not so sure that the level of aggressive hate from the populace is attributable to Q. I believe he's just tapping into it.
  - shadowgovt 6y ago
    So, to give a concrete example: one way Q could ratchet back on the aggressive hate in the nonsense is to just stop posting. Stop posting anything. That would ratchet it down.
    - Fjolsvith 6y ago
      If it is just nonsense hate, what's the big deal?
      - shadowgovt 6y ago
        I'm using "nonsense" in place of the word I choose not to, to keep the conversation polite. It doesn't indicate a lack of danger. Don't mistake the lack of force behind the word for its denotation. Belief in Protocols-of-Zion-originated global conspiracy theory is also nonsense.
        Fjolsvith 6y ago
        > Belief in Protocols-of-Zion-originated global conspiracy theory is also nonsense. Then disbelieve it out of existence. Just because someone believes nonsense, don't think it isn't dangerous.
        shadowgovt 6y ago
        100% agreement. Some nonsense is dangerous.
    - Fjolsvith 6y ago
      They tried once to silence Q by taking down 8chan. Like Obi-Wan, he just came back stronger.
      - shadowgovt 6y ago
        The mistake there was trying only once.
        Fjolsvith 6y ago
        They didn't make that mistake. They tried to shut down 8kun, repeatedly. So many times that 8kun was able to harden their services with the assistance of the DOD. I always wondered why the military was helping 8kun. [1] 1. https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1194054383488516096 https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1194054383488516096
        shadowgovt 6y ago
        The fact that I haven't heard of 8kun until right now is indicative of the utility of shutting these things down. If people have to go to a backwater site only known about by word-of-mouth, that's fine. Much better than broadcasting conspiracies through Twitter and FB. "There is a secret truth to the universe known only to this secret cabal in the back of this drinking parlor" is an old trope. Far more expected than "There is a secret truth to the universe and Twitter is letting the nutters who believe in it multicast it via one of the most populated social networks on the planet." Better for Twitter to give it the axe, lest people confuse a badly-hashed-together conspiracy theory for actual truth.
        AndrewBissell 6y ago
        You not having heard of 8kun really hasn't done a damn thing to slow down QAnon, actually. You're not in their target audience and they don't need you on board to achieve their purposes. The best way to combat conspiracy theories like QAnon would be for our elites and institutions to stop constantly preying upon the people and lying to them about it via a neutered press, and actually hold some members of their own class accountable for once. The massively corrupt corporate giveaway that was the Covid stimulus is a great recent example. The Epstein case being slow walked by the FBI for 25 years and then trying to sweep it all under the rug with "oops he killed himself while the guards were asleep and the cameras malfunctioned!" is another. As long as this kind of stuff continues, people will attempt (often haphazardly and incorrectly) to understand how and why it isn't being stopped, and who's in charge of it. They will be easy targets for grifters and bunkum artists who rush in to fill the gaps left by complete radio silence on the part of mainstream media sources. You know, I don't agree with QAnon and think it has many properties of a dangerous cult, but they do at least have one advantage over run-of-the-mill liberals in correctly identifying the ruling elite as the chief cause of the world's problems, instead of constantly focusing blame on "deplorable" Trump supporters with zero actual power or influence.

shadowgovt 6y ago

As prognostications go, "The mainstream media will find my nonsense so aggressively hateful that they'll kick it off the site" is right up there with "It'll be cold in winter." Especially when Q controls the level of the aggressive hate in the nonsense.

Fjolsvith 6y ago
> Especially when Q controls the level of the aggressive hate in the nonsense. I'm not so sure that the level of aggressive hate from the populace is attributable to Q. I believe he's just tapping into it.
- shadowgovt 6y ago
  So, to give a concrete example: one way Q could ratchet back on the aggressive hate in the nonsense is to just stop posting. Stop posting anything. That would ratchet it down.
  - Fjolsvith 6y ago
    If it is just nonsense hate, what's the big deal?
    - shadowgovt 6y ago
      I'm using "nonsense" in place of the word I choose not to, to keep the conversation polite. It doesn't indicate a lack of danger. Don't mistake the lack of force behind the word for its denotation. Belief in Protocols-of-Zion-originated global conspiracy theory is also nonsense.
      - Fjolsvith 6y ago
        > Belief in Protocols-of-Zion-originated global conspiracy theory is also nonsense. Then disbelieve it out of existence. Just because someone believes nonsense, don't think it isn't dangerous.
        shadowgovt 6y ago
        100% agreement. Some nonsense is dangerous.
  - Fjolsvith 6y ago
    They tried once to silence Q by taking down 8chan. Like Obi-Wan, he just came back stronger.
    - shadowgovt 6y ago
      The mistake there was trying only once.
      - Fjolsvith 6y ago
        They didn't make that mistake. They tried to shut down 8kun, repeatedly. So many times that 8kun was able to harden their services with the assistance of the DOD. I always wondered why the military was helping 8kun. [1] 1. https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1194054383488516096 https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1194054383488516096
        shadowgovt 6y ago
        The fact that I haven't heard of 8kun until right now is indicative of the utility of shutting these things down. If people have to go to a backwater site only known about by word-of-mouth, that's fine. Much better than broadcasting conspiracies through Twitter and FB. "There is a secret truth to the universe known only to this secret cabal in the back of this drinking parlor" is an old trope. Far more expected than "There is a secret truth to the universe and Twitter is letting the nutters who believe in it multicast it via one of the most populated social networks on the planet." Better for Twitter to give it the axe, lest people confuse a badly-hashed-together conspiracy theory for actual truth.
        AndrewBissell 6y ago
        You not having heard of 8kun really hasn't done a damn thing to slow down QAnon, actually. You're not in their target audience and they don't need you on board to achieve their purposes. The best way to combat conspiracy theories like QAnon would be for our elites and institutions to stop constantly preying upon the people and lying to them about it via a neutered press, and actually hold some members of their own class accountable for once. The massively corrupt corporate giveaway that was the Covid stimulus is a great recent example. The Epstein case being slow walked by the FBI for 25 years and then trying to sweep it all under the rug with "oops he killed himself while the guards were asleep and the cameras malfunctioned!" is another. As long as this kind of stuff continues, people will attempt (often haphazardly and incorrectly) to understand how and why it isn't being stopped, and who's in charge of it. They will be easy targets for grifters and bunkum artists who rush in to fill the gaps left by complete radio silence on the part of mainstream media sources. You know, I don't agree with QAnon and think it has many properties of a dangerous cult, but they do at least have one advantage over run-of-the-mill liberals in correctly identifying the ruling elite as the chief cause of the world's problems, instead of constantly focusing blame on "deplorable" Trump supporters with zero actual power or influence.