Some links to Q-related items today
AdvertisementQAnon is a religion. Just as one might turn to the Bible to make sense from hard times, QAnon folks turn to Q posts. They’re rallying around this one from 2019, reframing Trump’s indictment as the start of The Storm, when the imagined cabal of child abusers will be rounded up. pic.twitter.com/2vvODcLyhZ
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) March 31, 2023
New from me:
“Accelerationism,” the idea that the state must be abolished, usually violently, and replaced with a new one, is taking off on Trump forums.
Here’s what that means in the big picture, and why it’s not good news.https://t.co/k2In0lOcHx
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 1, 2023
I'm going to throw out a not-so-wild guess and say the "8chan user" was Ron Watkins, who was also interviewed by OANN and retweeted by Donald Trump. Incredible that he almost got on Fox News. https://t.co/loCibULWpC
— Mike Rothschild (no relation) (@rothschildmd) April 1, 2023
She died suddenly, and then she didn’t!
New from me:
On the internet, she #DiedSuddenly. In real life, she's very much still alive.https://t.co/Rm8nrA6zwe
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 31, 2023
Meanwhile, at Twitter
Twitter's algorithm is specifically tracking tweet metrics for four groups:
– power users
– republicans
– democrats
and…
– elon musk pic.twitter.com/dYGxysbwbI— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) March 31, 2023
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on April 1, 2023 at 08:00