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Just a few snippets from a very interesting and revealing article...
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Pushing the theory on to bigger platforms proved to be the key to Qanon’s spread — and the originators’ financial gain.
“Q,” the pseudonym of a person claiming to be a high-ranking military officer. The theory they espoused would become Qanon, and it would eventually make its way from those message boards to national media stories and the rallies of President Donald Trump.
Diaz, a small-time YouTube star who once hosted a talk show on the fringe right-wing network Liberty Movement Radio, had found moderate popularity with a couple of thousand views for her YouTube videos analyzing WikiLeaks releases and discussing the "pizzagate" conspiracy, a baseless theory that alleged a child sex ring was being run out of a Washington pizza shop.
Within a month, Rogers, 31, and his wife, Christina Urso, 29, had launched the Patriots’ Soapbox, a round-the-clock livestreamed YouTube channel for Qanon study and discussion. The channel is, in effect, a broadcast of a Discord chatroom with constant audio commentary from a rotating cast of volunteers and moderators with sporadic appearances by Rogers and Urso. In April, Urso registered Patriots’ Soapbox LLC in Virginia.
Rogers and Urso use their channel to call for donations that are accepted through PayPal, cryptocurrencies or mail.
As Qanon picked up steam, growing skepticism over the motives of Diaz, Rogers, and the other early Qanon supporters led some in the internet’s conspiracy circles to turn their paranoia on the group.
Recently, some Qanon followers have accused Diaz and Rogers of profiting from the movement by soliciting donations from their followers. Other pro-Trump online groups have questioned the roles that Diaz and Rogers have played in promoting Q, pointing to a series of slip-ups that they say show Rogers and Diaz may have been involved in the theory from the start.
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Sure. And if those three don't work out for nbc and their witless mouth breathing viewers, nbc has 7.6 billion people to chose from for their next round of 'this is Q' conspiracy theories. A pity nbc isn't a little more creative to make their crackpot theories more entertaining. Maybe Q is an AI at some secret base in Antarctica or a giant squid who inks Q posts from under a rocky ledge in the Mariana Trench.
The only ones who are gullible are the ones who fall for the lamestream media conspiracy theories.
Sure. And if those three don't work out for nbc and their witless mouth breathing viewers, nbc has 7.6 billion people to chose from for their next round of 'this is Q' conspiracy theories. A pity nbc isn't a little more creative to make their crackpot theories more entertaining. Maybe Q is an AI at some secret base in Antarctica or a giant squid who inks Q posts from under a rocky ledge in the Mariana Trench.
The only ones who are gullible are the ones who fall for the lamestream media conspiracy theories.
What? Q is legit? Sorry if a roundup of the facts burst your bubble.
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So connecting the dots did blow it for you...obviously.
no dots were connected, nbc just threw bs out there to see if it would stick with their moronic viewers. it seems to have stuck with them like dog poo on the bottom of a shoe.
no dots were connected, nbc just threw bs out there to see if it would stick with their moronic viewers. it seems to have stuck with them like dog poo on the bottom of a shoe.
Your being so bothered by what has come to light concerning this Qanon fraud makes it pretty clear that you are somewhat invested in their conspiracy nonsense. Too bad but their cover was blown.
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Your being so bothered by what has come to light concerning this Qanon fraud makes it pretty clear that you are somewhat invested in their conspiracy nonsense. Too bad but their cover was blown.
suuure.
Why is it that lefties always pretend that they know what other people are thinking and why they think, do or say what they do .. and things are always the opposite of what lefties pretend to know. sad
suuure.
Why is it that lefties always pretend that they know what other people are thinking and why they think, do or say what they do .. and things are always the opposite of what lefties pretend to know. sad
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QAnon conspiracy theory was spread by social media hustlers.
A central figure in promoting QAnon is Tracy Diaz, a Youtube creator who had previously promoted the Pizzagate theory. In early November, Diaz started promoting QAnon, at that point only a few esoterica posts.
“Diaz followed with dozens more Q-themed videos, each containing a call for viewers to donate through links to her Patreon and PayPal accounts,” Zadrozny and Collins note. “Diaz, who emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, says in her YouTube videos that she now relies on donations from patrons funding her YouTube ‘research’ as her sole source of income.”
And that's about it. I suppose if folks can be taken in by a lifelong grifter such as Trump, they will fall for just about anything. Pizzagate was proof enough of that.
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Q is legit? Sorry if a roundup of the facts burst your bubble.
