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Nictuku

(3,610 posts)
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:35 PM Nov 2020

Speculation: The identity of Q is.....

Last edited Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)

(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.

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Speculation: The identity of Q is..... (Original Post) Nictuku Nov 2020 OP
I haven't listened to Randi since Air America! Op-ed Daily Nov 2020 #1
I read an article in the last couple days Nictuku Nov 2020 #4
Ahhh yeah Op-ed Daily Nov 2020 #15
Yes Nictuku Nov 2020 #18
I thought Q was identified a few weeks back... No? liberalla Nov 2020 #2
She was Nictuku Nov 2020 #3
Thom Hartman Deuxcents Nov 2020 #5
These people will gladly hand over their hard earned money to these grifters, but.... Yavin4 Nov 2020 #16
No, that makes no sense at all. muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #6
I think it is his son who is the one who is trolling Nictuku Nov 2020 #8
Why? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #9
Because I remember Nictuku Nov 2020 #10
That has nothing to do with Q muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #13
Did you notice the word speculation in my initial post? Nictuku Nov 2020 #20
No, you haven't given the answer *why* you think any Flynn and Q are connected muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #22
So you are telling me what I should think? Nictuku Nov 2020 #24
No, I'm asking you *what* you think muriel_volestrangler Nov 2020 #26
Good grief Nictuku Nov 2020 #28
There is no Q. soothsayer Nov 2020 #7
I think it's a Russian hack who has watched Star Trek. The Wielding Truth Nov 2020 #11
No. I have known a long time who Q is. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2020 #12
Haha! Nictuku Nov 2020 #21
Mike Flynn and his son are too careless JDC Nov 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Nov 2020 #17
Nah... it's the guy that owns 8 chan. NT Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #19
Q is BGBD Nov 2020 #23
Mike Flynn swears allegiance to QAnon Nictuku Nov 2020 #25
"I am Q" gulliver Nov 2020 #27
 

Op-ed Daily

(69 posts)
1. I haven't listened to Randi since Air America!
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:38 PM
Nov 2020

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)
4. I read an article in the last couple days
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:41 PM
Nov 2020

... 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)
15. Ahhh yeah
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 05:39 PM
Nov 2020

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

Nictuku

(3,610 posts)
18. Yes
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 06:44 PM
Nov 2020

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.

Deuxcents

(16,200 posts)
5. Thom Hartman
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:47 PM
Nov 2020

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)
16. These people will gladly hand over their hard earned money to these grifters, but....
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 05:42 PM
Nov 2020

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)
6. No, that makes no sense at all.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 04:53 PM
Nov 2020

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)
10. Because I remember
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 05:21 PM
Nov 2020

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.

Nictuku

(3,610 posts)
20. Did you notice the word speculation in my initial post?
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 06:47 PM
Nov 2020

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)
22. No, you haven't given the answer *why* you think any Flynn and Q are connected
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 07:11 PM
Nov 2020

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)
24. So you are telling me what I should think?
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:14 PM
Nov 2020

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)
26. No, I'm asking you *what* you think
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:19 PM
Nov 2020

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)
28. Good grief
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:32 PM
Nov 2020

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.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
11. I think it's a Russian hack who has watched Star Trek.
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 05:26 PM
Nov 2020

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?

JDC

(10,127 posts)
14. Mike Flynn and his son are too careless
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 05:39 PM
Nov 2020

It's all BS by Foreign Hacks working in conjunction with the likes of Bannon, Miller and/or Stone.

Response to Nictuku (Original post)

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
23. Q is
Fri Nov 27, 2020, 07:13 PM
Nov 2020

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)
25. Mike Flynn swears allegiance to QAnon
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:19 PM
Nov 2020
https://www.salon.com/2020/07/06/mike-flynn-swears-allegiance-to-qanon-in-fourth-of-july-video/

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)
27. "I am Q"
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:28 PM
Nov 2020

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.

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