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| The law enforcement official on the left is wearing a QAnon patch |
Heard of "QAnon"? Wonder what it is? Well, here's a one-sentence summary, emphasis mine:
QAnon is the umbrella term for a sprawling set of internet conspiracy theories that allege, falsely, that the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who are plotting against Trump while operating a global child sex-trafficking ring.
- https://news.yahoo.com/qanon-viral-pro-trump-conspiracy-122409485.html
Want another reliable source? Try the BBC, which shouldn't share any US biases (emphasis, again, mine):
At its heart, QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that says that President Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53498434
In another words, it's another conspiracy theory with no basis in fact, belonging on the lunatic fringe.
So is it staying out of the mainstream, belonging only to lunatics? I will add this quote, which speaks for itself:
When asked his opinion on QAnon during a press conference, President Trump claimed not to know much about it, saying: "I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate", remarks which have been interpreted by some as tacit approval for the conspiracy.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53849295
Way to ensure an informed electorate, Mister President. Should I be surprised that "they like me" is when you stopped paying attention?
Anyway, for the rest of us, this is just one more preposterous conspiracy theory. Something else to mislead the misguided. Don't give it credence.
Seriously. I mean, if you find QAnon plausible, why not go whole hog, and believe these too?
⦁ The US Constitution secretly wants us to follow Congress, not the president:
Take the first 24 prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89), and find those words (2nd, 3rd, 5th, etc.) of the Constitution, and you get the following:
"The people the states form more justice domestic the welfare secure ourselves do and for all be in states of senate house be second."
Clearly the Founders' prime intention was to say that we and the states could secure justice and domestic welfare for ourselves if we made ourselves second whatever the Senate and House go with. See? It's been there all the time!
Too long-winded? How about these, which have just as much basis in fact:
⦁ Omniscient God always knew what the Trump administration would be like, and knew it even at the Creation. He decided He would not hide His feelings about it. And that's why the sky is blue.
⦁ How can Trump be so oblivious to reality? Well, the aliens who took over the Kremlin got to him on his first trip to Moscow, and took over his brain too.
⦁ Why does he have such weird hair? To hide the electrodes, duh.
⦁ President Trump is not qualified to be president, anyway, since he wasn't born in the United States. He came out of a lab in Wuhan, China.
I can come up with more that are at least as ridiculous, but I hope you see the light already. Get the facts, apply critical thinking, and proceed using logic and skepticism.
That way we will no doubt secure more justice domestic the welfare. Ourselves.
The Neglected Giant: Agnes Meyer Driscoll
