This is MTG as she truly is: a serial fabulist, deeply insecure--the type of person who described herself as a "Public figure" in a bio *long* before she really was one
And deeply, deeply into conspiracy theories before she got into Q.
Once she *was* following Q, she was DEEP into the lore. I've talked a bit lately about the centrality of Obama / North Korea in Q's early storyline.
Here she is writing in 6/2018. This is a committed follower.
But QAnon isn't the most notable thing about Taylor-Greene. Fascism is.
Her desire to simply reshape reality to fit the claims of one man -- godlike, infallible -- who guides the Nation & its People as their only true representative -- is the ONLY thing missing from this piece.
If that were in there, it'd be a perfect 10/10. Instead it's like... a 9.8/10.
So, y'know, give it a read if you want to know who she really is -- or at least a pretty big *chunk* of the truth about her, since people (even fascist little jerks like MTG) are complicated.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Here, a 4chan LARPer explains their thought process:
LARPers (or, as this anon of course had to claim, actual insiders who wanted to leak) "want you to take us seriously," so "we try to be super thorough and legitimize our credibility via accuracy."
2/4 But "I think some people try to give too precise of a timeframe which can bite them in the ass, but only because /pol/ demands it. This is why I try not to back myself into narrow timeframes and specific dates" -- because even if you DID have legit info, the news cycle...
3/4 ... would make it hard to know in advance when your Definitely Real Information would be publicly reported.
"But Origins," you say, "how do you know this is a LARPer and not a real leaker?"
Well, mostly I'm playin' the odds, but PARTLY I'm reading the rest of their posts.
Remember how South Dakota's attorney general killed a man in a hit-and-run? Reporter @AJZionts has interrogation tapes. WILD to see the mix of kid-gloves treatment & standard interrogation tactics here.
P.S. Read *past* the part where it says he was reading conspiracy-theory BS.
Would highly recommend you read that whole thread, but at the VERY LEAST get down to post 34. (Yes, you may scoff and go "WHO HAS TIME?", but... read at least that far. Just trust me on this.)
OH, THIS IS SOME BULLSHIT.
He was charged with *three misdemeanors????*
THE VICTIM'S FACE WAS THRU HIS GODDAMNED WINDSHIELD. HE WAS ON THE PHONE READING SOME KIND OF BIDEN-CHINA CONSPIRACY THEORY WHEN HE HIT THE VICTIM, WHO WAS ON THE SHOULDER, NOT THE ROAD ITSELF.
So! Speaking of Christians who love shofars *and* QAnon...
@JosiahBisbee slid into my DMs (which I encourage ALL experts to do when their knowledge is even QUASI-relevant!) and patiently explained -- using very small words -- *why* QAnon appeals so strongly to "Messianic Jews":
This strain of Christianity (and some strains of charismatic Xtianity that also emphasize Jewish practices, I gather) "attracts people really trying to understand the New Testament in light of its first century Jewish context." Why does that make it mesh so well with QAnon? Well:
QAnon is, of course, an *apocalyptic* religion. And so was early Christianity.
In fact, many "Messianic Jews" (and other, I guess you'd call them, Judaism-focused charismatic Christians) pursue that form of faith because they are, per Bisbee, "attracted to 'end times' ideas."
Last December, I wrote "'THIS revolution would NEVER devour its children!' A thread for Republican elected officials."
To prove my point -- that the base *really does want to kill* elected Republicans for not being Trumpy enough -- I attached lots of rhetoric JUST like MTG's.
Oh, maybe it was a BIT more violent. This one was a much more direct threat, for example.
EVERYONE asks this when they encounter Q-related content.
The thing is, it's not really a question of *intellectual belief*. It's about group dynamics -- if the price of *unbelief* is being booted out of a group that gives your life meaning, you'll do what it takes to stay in.
A couple posts downthread someone asks, apparently with 100% sincerity, "Have you ever thought NK might be a test run for NWO?" (i.e. the "New World Order" of vintage 1990s conspiracy theories.)