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(I can not take credit for this, but it makes a lot of sense)
Mike Flynn
(His attorney is Sidney Powell... his son is involved in much of the internet re-tweeting)
Kind of make sense, no?
Credit where I heard this speculation: The one and only Randi Rhodes.
Op-ed Daily
(69 posts)Well, they believe they already figured out who Q is - they believe it was the 8kun and 8chan creator, but there's no actual proof.
But Flynn makes some sense, though I'd say Steve Bannon would be more likely to be Q than Flynn.
But, that might even be why he was pardoned - to keep on Q'ing.
Nictuku
(3,610 posts)... here I think, but it on a tweet that showed in legal documents that one of the 'experts' they had called in their case was the founder guy from 3Chan, 8Chan (whatever it is called).
I think they are all connected.
The reason why Randi thinks this is mainly because they are saying Q is a former intelligence office (Mike Flynn).
Lets not forget Mike Flynn was fired by Obama, and Obama advised Trump not to hire him.
Op-ed Daily
(69 posts)That does make a lot of sense.
Does Randi have a YT channel now? After AA went off the air, I have only found Sam Seder, Thom Hartmann, but I miss Randi. lol
"Charlie Rangel" - that clip she used to play. haha
Randi is Live on her website: randirhodes.com weekdays from 12 to 2 (PST). You can watch for free.
Or... she is on FreeSpeechTV (same times) and you can watch that for free if you get that channel.
I thinks he also does it live on Youtube and Facebook as well, but I buy her podcast and listen to it that way.
liberalla
(9,247 posts)Was Randi serious?
Deuxcents
(16,200 posts)Had a very interesting discussion today on this subject. Scary that there are so many gullible people n then the grifters that rip them off.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)squeal to the high heavens if you raise their taxes by a nickel. Heck, they squeal when taxes on rich people are raised and theirs are left alone.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)Why would someone with serious legal difficulties, and under intense scrutiny for national security reasons, take the time to troll 8chan? If he was found out, it would make his protestations of acting in good faith for the country look complete bollocks.
In what way do you think it "kind of makes sense"?
Nictuku
(3,610 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)Nictuku
(3,610 posts)Because I remember one of the reasons why Flynn originally agreed to cut a deal with the FBI was to protect his son. I don't remember the exact reasons, that was way back in 2016.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)So, why?
Nictuku
(3,610 posts)It is there. I am speculating. I've given the answers as to why I think this.
What exactly are you asking me? I'll answer if I can. I don't know a whole lot about Q, other than what most of us on this website know.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)let alone that the guy who posts "Q" stuff is a Flynn.
All you've done is say you think "it makes a lot of sense".
You've said Randi Rhodes claims "they are saying Q is a former intelligence office". Who are "they"? "They are saying" is a piss-poor attempt to imply things without providing a shred of evidence. You appear to think that anything that Randi thinks is good enough for you, without any reasoning. And she is just repeating what some other anonymous people "say".
There are many "former intelligence officers"; but before we cut it down to that few thousand people, we'd want to hear the reasons why a stream of bullshit should be associated with intelligence officers.
If you really don't know more than most of us on DU, then you have no reason to think it's a Flynn.
Nictuku
(3,610 posts)Who are you to tell me how or what I should think?
I've been listening to Randi Rhodes for over 15 years. Yeah, I trust her because I know she does the hard work and the research. She usually is right. (not always). I thought this was an interesting speculation, one that people could also find interesting and discuss. It sounds like you would rather shut me down and belittle me. Whatever.
I don't know much about you, other than my perception of you is that you are pretty rude.
I still think it is as much a possibility it is Flynn as it is the 8Chan founder. It is all speculation at this point.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)beyond 'seems likely that "they" are right'. Who are "they"? Why are they right? I'm trying to discuss this with you, by getting some reasoning from you. You haven't tried, so far. It's your reasoning or evidence that I'm belittling. Your OP actually states that Q is Michael Flynn.
Nictuku
(3,610 posts)Muriel_volestrangler:
"They" are people who have written reports on Qanon, describing the movement, and who Q is (a high ranking intelligence officer), what everyone who knows a little about Q knows.
Other people are saying that it is the 8chan founder guy? Why not attack them? What reasoning do they have for their speculation?
I edited my OP title, so maybe that will satisfy you...
I still think it is a good possibility it is Flynn, given Flynn's history with Russia, Flynn's history with QAnon, Flynn's son's history with retweeting Russian propaganda, Flynn's lawyer's involvement with pizzagate and other Russian propaganda, and retweeting Qanon conspiracies.
It is enough for me to SPECULATE about it. And I stand by it.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)How to find the source of a conspiracy that's trying to poison the minds of those who do not use reason to test the things they hear or read!
Who is on these things?
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Nictuku
(3,610 posts)That is who I thought of the first time I ever even heard of Q and Qanon.
JDC
(10,127 posts)It's all BS by Foreign Hacks working in conjunction with the likes of Bannon, Miller and/or Stone.
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Happy Hoosier
(7,308 posts)Several people, but the Watkins family, owners of 8 chan, are the ones running the acct now.
Hood podcast about all of this called Q Clearance.
Nictuku
(3,610 posts)Flynn's 2017 guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his contacts with a former Russian ambassador plays a central role in the conspiracy theory, which portrays the former three-star general who served under Obama as being persecuted by the deep state for his inside knowledge.
A number of the flock even believe Flynn might be "Q" himself. (Flynn first coined the term "digital soldiers" embraced by QAnon followers, which is a reference to U.S. cyber capabilities.) To express this, some have added three "gold star" emojis to their Twitter pages, a nod to the retired general's military rank. Several individuals tagged by Flynn in his July 4 tweet have added the stars, including both attorneys.
Until recently, Flynn had kept mum about Q, and and his son, the noted Pizzagate proponent Michael Flynn Jr., asked believers to leave his dad out of it. But sometime in the last month, Flynn added the QAnon hashtag "#TakeTheOath" to his Twitter bio.
Flynn, who penned a column in The Hill on Election Day 2016 advocating for the interests of the Turkish government for which he had to register belatedly as a foreign agent also recently published two bizarre op-eds on a website called The Western Journal, rife with QAnon imagery, pseudo-Biblical language and calls-to-arms against non-specific "forces of evil."
More Flynn/Russia info: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/michael-flynns-russia-timeline/
gulliver
(13,180 posts)It amazes me we don't have thousands of people out there writing as Q, balkanizing his conspiracy, disputing the authenticity of all the others, etc.