I was very upset lately to learn that my cousin believes in the Q conspiracy.
Some Q people believe a secret cabal of powerful Satanists, pedophiles, and maybe even some "non-terrestrial life-forms" (such as demons or aliens) has taken control of our government and society and only Trump and Q can save us.
My cousin asked me to look at a 76-minute video by Praying Medic which interprets the Q phenomenon, to keep an open mind, and to let him know what I thought.
There are three essential problems with Q right off the bat:
1. Carter Page is compromised and makes a poor hero.
2. Russia is bad and it was wrong for Team Trump to have secretive and perhaps illicit contacts with them.
3. The Steele Dossier, partially paid for by the DNC, was not the sole basis for the FISA warrant against Page. The FBI was right to look into Carter Page's suspicious pro-Russian activities.
SORRY: This article is still being written. It will soon be more complete.
Interesting that Q seems to be bipartisan: attacking the Democratic elite but also condemning McCain, Bush I, Bush II. Praying Medic video implies corruption by Mr. and Mrs. Netanyahu in Israel, whereas some rightists see Bibi as part of the Grand Coalition against Iran (Trump + Putin + Bibi + Saudi Crown Prince MBS).
Attacking elites implies sympathy for the common man. It's always tricky for "populist" movements that are financed by and support the status quo to be "radical" revolutionary or spread too much class consciousness, especially the inequality inherent in the system as it is.
Likewise, the demonization of George Soros fits into this mold. They attack him as a greedy capitalist AKA Boogeyman responsible for all the world's evils. The fact that he is Jewish with an accent makes it even better. The pathetic attempts to blame him (a 14 year-old boy at the time) for the collective crimes of the Nazis and the Holocaust, especially as it pertained to Hungary. Soros was not "guilty" of anything during the War, except for being Jewish, which is why some alt-right people hate him so much.
P.S. The alt-right always say the exact same things about Soros. They never mention all the good he has done to build civil society in Eastern Europe, especially Hungary. They always mention Soros said 1944 was the best time of his life. But they fail to mention Soros said it was a great time because he got to see, under great adversity, the gentle heroism of his father.
I was wondering why articles from traditional media always mention Q is obsessed with child sex whereas some pro-Q articles mention it and others do not. Why was that? Did some believe it and some not? It certainly is an explosive charge to make, but it is of upmost importance to determine whether it is true or not. If it's not true. you really shouldn't be spreading it as truth. The lines between journalism, advocacy, and entertainment.
What I came to realize though is that some pro-Q sites avoid mentioning child abuse because they afraid of being sued (especially since they have no actual evidence - eyewitness reports, arrests, real-life victims, etc.).
I saw one anti-Soros video where they simply showed a photo of Soros and Hillary... said it was at an event noting relief work in Haiti... showed some local children... made some insinuations..., but essentially left it to their Internet audience to connect the potential litigious dots.
Q is an endless loop, between Trump, Russia, and the base.
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