As usual Greg, you hit the nail on the head, and in the first paragraph no less!
“What should be a joyous countdown feels more like the scene in the movie where the clock is ticking and we hope that the bomb squad gets there in time to shut it off before it explodes and takes out the whole damned country.”
I’ve been sleeping - when I CAN sleep - with my teeth literally clenched. I thought I was the only one feeling like this. Thank you for your empathy. And the emotional validation. And a great article.
Yep - as usual a perfect piece of where we are now all because of an orange piece of shit and his grifter family totally pointing out the absolute necessity to purge all of us from not only him but the Q-ophants and all his orange kool-aid drinking senators and representatives. Like he said “From this day forward Joe Biden should never let the words Donald Trump passed through his lips again”. TRUE TRUE TRUE
Why is it that no one seems to be trying to uncover who Q-anon is? We can trace the most skilled hackers into our systems back to the source but can't do anything to discover the identity of Q. I seems to me that if Q were exposed for all the world to see, the house of cards would come down. Reams are written about the effect Q has on followers, Q's ideology, Q's intent etc. but nothing about the identity of Q.
It's my personal opinion that Q will eventually be exposed as a Russian operation.
100%! WHY has this person not been tracked down? I've been of the opinion that Q is that 400 lb guy in his bedroom that Trump mentioned at the 2nd debate with Hillary, but Russian ops works just as well.
I'm betting, based on the sheer imbecility of the entire movement, that there's no such person as "Q" - - the myth is just another playing piece of crazy in the MAGAsukkkas' gaming universe: "Jenga: Lunacy Edition..."
My understanding, based on this great piece I read written by a game designer, is that Q isn't one person but a self-sustaining op, almost like a crowdsourced choose your own adventure. But you're right, we MUST know.
Unfortunately and coincidentally, I spent a lot of last evening immersed in the Q world in the form of their forum at the Great Awakening site. I lurked, I didn't sign up (I don't need to be on anyone's "list!") I didn't find that I ever had any urge to find anything that was being said "convincing," but after a while I felt as though I had been dropped into an insane asylum of the worst kind, and was listening to the conversations the patients were having with each other. I tried to think of a kinder way to describe it, but I couldn't. One post leads to another to "explain" the first post; circular reasoning devolves into conspiracy; and once in a while I saw people who were trafficking in the idea that THEY were being lied to or led astray, but NEVER by Trump.
I lasted about an hour. They didn't scare me as much as I began feeling like *I* was losing my mind; not because they were correct in anything, but because there was no defense to their claims that would ever penetrate their well-oiled machine of lies and disinformation. It's meant to draw you in. It IS a cult and a dangerous one. The Venn diagram of "Trump cult", and "Q cult" is probably almost a perfect circle. I'm not even sure that any deprogramming efforts would be effective. They've bought into this "movement" so hard that it wouldn't surprise me at all that soon, they too will be lobbying for tax-exempt status as a religion. It smells of Russian ops and to be honest, it's working VERY well.
HA! I actually thought that it could also be a Dungeons and Dragons game that started sometime in the early 1980s and has never ended. 2 days, 14 hours....
I'm just going to mention the epic sax guy. WHERE IN HELL DID YOU FIND THAT? LOL OMG 10.00 hours. That is insane. Can't figure out how Q got it so wrong, non peds are peds, and the real peds (no one cares). No one cares if Don and Jeff were practically neighbors and hung out. QAnon is very dangerous. and I worry about Biden letting his guard down, I believe for the next at least 4 years there is a clear and present danger. Maybe even the whole 20's decade is going to suck. I did read Julie Beck's "This Article Won't Change Your Mind" from March 13, 2017, today, which really made me think, but I can't be forgiving to those that choose to go down that damn rabbit hole. It's a choice. And I personally know many people that have jumped right in. People that I used to respect, people I have known for many years, Family! I wish I could just snap my fingers and they would wake up but for many, it's too late, they are in too deep. Loved this post, Greg, THANK YOU.
Epic Sax Guy is lifted from a performance by a Moldovan band at Eurovision a few years back. It's a running joke with some friends of mine. But it IS really good.
Yes, I found myself watching to see what moves he would do next. LOL I sent it to my Oldest son who Played Tenor sax while growing up. I just said, Damint This could have been YOU. Looking forward to hearing back from him.
Great piece about sad people addicted to the Qanon drug. Most of these are intellectually challenged, but some are so lonely they will join just about any group that professes to love them. Very sad.
Particularly ironic to me is the case of Roseanne Boyland, a young woman from Georgia photographed a few hours before the insurgent storming of our Capitol Building carrying the yellow "Don't Tread On Me" flag. She died from being trampled by her fellow Cult45 delusionals...
Watching the videos, I have to say, there were very very few "normal, sane" people to be seen. Surely a sad testimonial to a dire need for more psychological support in America.
As usual Greg, you hit the nail on the head, and in the first paragraph no less!
“What should be a joyous countdown feels more like the scene in the movie where the clock is ticking and we hope that the bomb squad gets there in time to shut it off before it explodes and takes out the whole damned country.”
I’ve been sleeping - when I CAN sleep - with my teeth literally clenched. I thought I was the only one feeling like this. Thank you for your empathy. And the emotional validation. And a great article.
Namaste my friend 🙏🏽
Thanks! There will be time for namaste on Wednesday afternoon. : )
Yep - as usual a perfect piece of where we are now all because of an orange piece of shit and his grifter family totally pointing out the absolute necessity to purge all of us from not only him but the Q-ophants and all his orange kool-aid drinking senators and representatives. Like he said “From this day forward Joe Biden should never let the words Donald Trump passed through his lips again”. TRUE TRUE TRUE
Why is it that no one seems to be trying to uncover who Q-anon is? We can trace the most skilled hackers into our systems back to the source but can't do anything to discover the identity of Q. I seems to me that if Q were exposed for all the world to see, the house of cards would come down. Reams are written about the effect Q has on followers, Q's ideology, Q's intent etc. but nothing about the identity of Q.
It's my personal opinion that Q will eventually be exposed as a Russian operation.
100%! WHY has this person not been tracked down? I've been of the opinion that Q is that 400 lb guy in his bedroom that Trump mentioned at the 2nd debate with Hillary, but Russian ops works just as well.
I'm betting, based on the sheer imbecility of the entire movement, that there's no such person as "Q" - - the myth is just another playing piece of crazy in the MAGAsukkkas' gaming universe: "Jenga: Lunacy Edition..."
Well put.
My understanding, based on this great piece I read written by a game designer, is that Q isn't one person but a self-sustaining op, almost like a crowdsourced choose your own adventure. But you're right, we MUST know.
Unfortunately and coincidentally, I spent a lot of last evening immersed in the Q world in the form of their forum at the Great Awakening site. I lurked, I didn't sign up (I don't need to be on anyone's "list!") I didn't find that I ever had any urge to find anything that was being said "convincing," but after a while I felt as though I had been dropped into an insane asylum of the worst kind, and was listening to the conversations the patients were having with each other. I tried to think of a kinder way to describe it, but I couldn't. One post leads to another to "explain" the first post; circular reasoning devolves into conspiracy; and once in a while I saw people who were trafficking in the idea that THEY were being lied to or led astray, but NEVER by Trump.
I lasted about an hour. They didn't scare me as much as I began feeling like *I* was losing my mind; not because they were correct in anything, but because there was no defense to their claims that would ever penetrate their well-oiled machine of lies and disinformation. It's meant to draw you in. It IS a cult and a dangerous one. The Venn diagram of "Trump cult", and "Q cult" is probably almost a perfect circle. I'm not even sure that any deprogramming efforts would be effective. They've bought into this "movement" so hard that it wouldn't surprise me at all that soon, they too will be lobbying for tax-exempt status as a religion. It smells of Russian ops and to be honest, it's working VERY well.
It reads like a cross between Revelations and something a 16 year old wannabe Leonard Cohen might cook up.
HA! I actually thought that it could also be a Dungeons and Dragons game that started sometime in the early 1980s and has never ended. 2 days, 14 hours....
This is fantastic!
I'm just going to mention the epic sax guy. WHERE IN HELL DID YOU FIND THAT? LOL OMG 10.00 hours. That is insane. Can't figure out how Q got it so wrong, non peds are peds, and the real peds (no one cares). No one cares if Don and Jeff were practically neighbors and hung out. QAnon is very dangerous. and I worry about Biden letting his guard down, I believe for the next at least 4 years there is a clear and present danger. Maybe even the whole 20's decade is going to suck. I did read Julie Beck's "This Article Won't Change Your Mind" from March 13, 2017, today, which really made me think, but I can't be forgiving to those that choose to go down that damn rabbit hole. It's a choice. And I personally know many people that have jumped right in. People that I used to respect, people I have known for many years, Family! I wish I could just snap my fingers and they would wake up but for many, it's too late, they are in too deep. Loved this post, Greg, THANK YOU.
Epic Sax Guy is lifted from a performance by a Moldovan band at Eurovision a few years back. It's a running joke with some friends of mine. But it IS really good.
Yes, I found myself watching to see what moves he would do next. LOL I sent it to my Oldest son who Played Tenor sax while growing up. I just said, Damint This could have been YOU. Looking forward to hearing back from him.
Great piece, Mr. Beaudoin! ✊🏿✊🏽✊✊🏻💙🇺🇸🌊🌊🌊🌊
Great piece about sad people addicted to the Qanon drug. Most of these are intellectually challenged, but some are so lonely they will join just about any group that professes to love them. Very sad.
Particularly ironic to me is the case of Roseanne Boyland, a young woman from Georgia photographed a few hours before the insurgent storming of our Capitol Building carrying the yellow "Don't Tread On Me" flag. She died from being trampled by her fellow Cult45 delusionals...
Watching the videos, I have to say, there were very very few "normal, sane" people to be seen. Surely a sad testimonial to a dire need for more psychological support in America.
I love it!