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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Zealand shooter, QAnon fans get their radicalization from the exact same place
According to initial reports, the accused Christchurch shooter had no link to QAnon, the supposed plot by Donald Trump to sweep up the deep state in military tribunals. And the 77-page manifesto that he uploaded to 8chan shortly before allegedly going on his killing spree makes no direct mention of QAnon.
But the anarchic image board, where QAnon drops are made, was also the likely source for the shooters radicalization. Its rapid-fire mix of memes, conspiracy theories, incomprehensible internet references, and racism are the same brew that QAnon is made of. So even though theres no evidence that the shooter is a Q believer, the radical anti-immigrant rhetoric of the shooter matches up perfectly with the fascistic beliefs of QAnon.
For one thing, the manifesto is strikingly similar to the recently published QAnon book in its tone and style, as both are full of long rambling digressions and personal grievances, often backed up by Wikipedia citations.
The manifesto also makes frequent mentions of sex abuse and of using memes to get out its writers racist messageboth critical components of QAnon. And this wasnt lost on the most prolific Q bakers who decode the messages....
But the anarchic image board, where QAnon drops are made, was also the likely source for the shooters radicalization. Its rapid-fire mix of memes, conspiracy theories, incomprehensible internet references, and racism are the same brew that QAnon is made of. So even though theres no evidence that the shooter is a Q believer, the radical anti-immigrant rhetoric of the shooter matches up perfectly with the fascistic beliefs of QAnon.
For one thing, the manifesto is strikingly similar to the recently published QAnon book in its tone and style, as both are full of long rambling digressions and personal grievances, often backed up by Wikipedia citations.
The manifesto also makes frequent mentions of sex abuse and of using memes to get out its writers racist messageboth critical components of QAnon. And this wasnt lost on the most prolific Q bakers who decode the messages....
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/qanon-new-zealand-shooting-8chan/
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New Zealand shooter, QAnon fans get their radicalization from the exact same place (Original Post)
mia
Mar 2019
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underpants
(182,772 posts)1. Plane crashes and ..... of course.... Podesta pizzagate
Q believers claimed the shooter was too invested in American politics for being an Australian, that there was some link to the 737 crash in Ethiopia because there are no coincidences, that theres a sinister link to Pizzagate enemy No. 1 John Podesta visiting New Zealand a few days before the attack (he spoke at a conference in a different city), and that its a sign of deep state panic at whats to come.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)2. There's QAnon billboard on I-75N between Marietta, GA & Dalton, GA.
Theres also an enormous Confederate flag flying on a really tall flagpole on a hillside along the northbound side and a Brian Kemp billboard on the southbound side along same stretch of the I-75 Interstate.