ICYMI: Australian PM Morrison used the phrase "ritual sex abuse" in an apology to child sex abuse victims. The phrase isn't used by victims, but it's common with QAnon followers. Which suggests the PM is influenced by his Q-pushing friend @BurnedSpy34. crikey.com.au/2019/11/18/sco…
@BurnedSpy34 Also: In the hours before PM Scott Morrison gave the speech, Burned Spy (aka Tim Stewart) texted a colleague saying "I think Scott is going to do it!"
Which suggests that the QAnon-pusher lobbied for Morrison to use the phrase and knew it would be included.
@BurnedSpy34 Also: Immediately after Scott Morrison's apology, Burned Spy tweeted a video of the Prime Minister's speech and highlighted the inclusion of the phrase "ritual abuse."
@BurnedSpy34 You know, I believed (quite reasonably) that Trump would be the first world leader to have a QAnon follower as a personal advisor that influences his speeches.
I suppose I shouldn't have underestimated how deranged Australian politics can be.
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Today is the 16th anniversary of the Kitzmiller v. Dover decision, which held that Intelligent Design Creationism is essentially religious and therefore teaching it in public school violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmille…
It wasn’t a given that Kitzmiller v. Dover would be ruled this way. In the 90s/2000s there was an organized push to corrupt public school education by teaching Intelligent Design.
The movement to teach Intelligent Design in public school had powerful allies. President Bush advocated for the teaching of intelligent design in schools. Senator Rick Santorum tried to include “teach the controversy” language in a 2001 education bill. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorum_…
There's this weird trend where people try to downplay QAnon by observing that only several million Americans endorse an absurd extremist ideology that fueled the capitol insurrection.
And they always ignore the fact that QAnon is an international movement for some reason.
Before there was polling, I remember worrying about the possibility that just 1% of Americans believed that an 8chan anon was dishing out secrets about the coming violent military-led purge of Trump’s political enemies. But these people are out here like "6%? That's nothing!"
A key part of downplaying QAnon is making the category error of claiming that QAnon is a mere conspiracy theory akin to "the moon landing is fake."
A big difference: moon landing truthers don't commit terrorism, murder, kidnapping plots, and insurrection.
General appreciation thread for people who do great work investigating the origins of QAnon.
This is a challenging niche of Q research, which requires a great deal of skepticism, technical knowledge, and willingness to chase down many dead ends before uncovering useful info. 👇
If you're interested in how QAnon kicked off, you must follow @QOrigins.
He is one of the most tenacious, patient, and knowledgable investigators in this space. And a great guy to boot. I've personally learned a lot from his long threads.
They dig into QAnon with academic rigor. The proof is in their track record: they successfully uncovered the man behind QMap (Jason Gelinas) and the true identity of Q influencer Neon Revolt.
This is actually a sign that QAnon as we know it is collapsing.
All of the threads /qresearch/ board are deleted. This was allegedly done by an 8kun "rouge moderator." FastJack, the Board Owner of /qresearch/, blames Jim Watkins for allowing a staff member to destroy the board.
The true believers in QAnon largely won't go away in all likelihood. But if /qresearch/ dies, then one of the main drivers of QAnon conspiracy theories for years will be gone.
This is a tweet from the reported Twitter account of the woman who was shot and killed by Capitol Police today. archive.vn/J3T6Z
Ashli Babbit, the San Diego Air Force Veteran who died today after Capitol Police shot her inside the Capitol building, had previously tweeted a picture of herself wearing a "We Are Q" shirt with a fellow QAnon follower.