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Sep 21, 2020Liked by John Birmingham

Thanks for this, I was aware of QAnon but hadn't deep dived into this particular rabbit hole. Thanks for doing for this you are a better man than I am gunga din. But I can't help but come back to

Seriously QAnon believes President Fuckface von Clownstick is a stone-cold special operator, working with a crack team of military commanders to defeat The Cabal, a human trafficking ring of super elites and Hollywood celebrities.

Seriously....?

WTF ...?

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Incredible parallels to the psychotic babblings behind the old Anti-Semitic Blood Libel and similar bogeys of ages past. That people are so willing to believe the Conspiracy has caused their socio-economic woes, rather than the mendacity of the Rentier class, means this particular bit of weaponised libel lives on.

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Yes! There's been whole classes of research on this connection. But the QAnon hydra is such a sprawling complex beast I had to leave that limb unhacked.

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Thanks for scaring the crap out of me. I had hoped to continue laughing at these QAnon numpties, but it's getting a bit too serious for that. We can't even pretend it's just an American loonies thing anymore. Case in point, someone screeching at a reporter as part of the Melbourne anti-mask/anti-lockdown protest wearing an "I'm a Trump Woman" t-shirt. Hope is fading fast here that we're going to make it past 2020.

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Sorry, Mossy.

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I swear I’m getting a bargain subscribing to the boob. Bloke i work with is all in on every conspiracy available - 5G, chemtrails, 9/11, Port Arthur, lizard people, global pedophiles. Q is his thing. It wraps up every available conspiracy into one neat little package. And he just gets spoon-fed every little thing. Nothing is too crazy, nothing is too unbelievable. Reply All have done a couple fo podcasts about Q but last week’s was an origin story. Worth a listen https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm/166-country-of-liars

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It’s scary stuff. There are people I know who believe this stuff. It’s completely irrational. Great write up and always entertaining to read.

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Worth the long read for the Putin meme alone. Five gold stars 😆

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Fantastic, as always. Just the quote about stealing artists is attributed to Picasso.

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