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Apr 21, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
1/ First lets take a look at the QAnon community. There are 6 themes that I found common throughout the communities (there are more obviously)
2/ Same in the movement still push the narrative that this is all part of the plan and will lead to the revelation of some great corruption or some great plot. Though this type of hopium was in the minority as opposed to past QAnon narratives
3/ a fair amount pushed the narrative that this was a DS plot and may even count as a victory for them; however, patriots and anons are wise to their plan and will not fall for theirs deception.
4/ Some on the other have had enough of the "plan" and are talking about taking actions into their own hands. This is a behavior change for QAnon overall, as these type of individuals were a minority in the past.
5/ It is difficult to say if the proximity of QAnon to violent extremists on alt-tech platforms are the cause for this, or if it is the natural evolution of a movement that has seen the digital war fail and its prophets and prophecies fail for years.
6/ In discussing with other QAnon researchers many of us felt that there was more racism within QAnon ecosystems than usual. This was reflected in how they spoke about BLM especially as a terrorist org. Of concern is the increase of white genocide narratives within QAnon
7/ Others were arguing that this was a plot against law enforcement where the DS wants good cops to quit to make their job easier. The narratives also went down the route were cops should not service areas where ppl want to defund them
8/ Finally, others went down the rout that the trial was a timely distraction to make sure Americans did not pay attention to the Maxell case or the Maricopa audit. Or it is a way to further divide the country.

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Dec 13, 2022
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To no one's surprise QAnon influencers over on Telegram are drinking deep from the hopeium tonight following Musk taking over twitter.
They believe that this is all part of the Plan, and that the firing of Twitter's leadership, has nothing to do with a new owner wanting to put his own people at the head of the company,
Rather they believe Musk is a whitehat and he took control of Twitter and fired those in charge due to how they were members of the deep state and played a stole in stealing the 2020 election.
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Oct 27, 2022
According to the lastest PRRI poll belief in QAnon has gone up by 5%. I agree with the first two questions they ask but the 3rd question doesn't relate only to QAnon alone and can lead to inclusion of some I wouldn't consider to be QAnon believers prri.org/research/chall…
Q3 the ask is "Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country." This is a Question that can relate to several domestic extremist actors.
QAnon believe first and foremost that that they are digital soldiers participation in information warefare. And would rather see themselves as digital warriors first. Framing the third question that way would make it more representative imo.
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