Qanon isn't military intelligence.
It's not an authentic, grass-roots movement to combat evil pedophile rings & "save children".
It's a LARP, a disinformation psy-op, with links to pornography, on-line misogyny, neo-Naziism, hacking, collective meme-trolling & data-mining.
It was then weaponized & amplified by hostile state-sponsored troll farms (based in Russia, China, Iran, Romania etc) to further disorientate populations, sow chaos & division and undermine western democracies.
In un-tethering susceptible people from reality, it has caused great harm to those whose grip on reality was perhaps already tenuous, & whose mental health was already fragile.
If you actually care about combating porn, child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, please get your information from these reputable organizations, with verifiable fact, data & evidence.
Swarming disinformation across the internet, helping troll farms do their evil work, does NOT help these organizations or help save & rescue victims, Quite the opposite - it deflects from the crimes of real perpetrators & distracts from real work combating these nefarious individuals & groups.
It is vital to understand that all such organizations confirm that these hideous crimes occur across the political spectrum and are perpetrated by people from all walks of life.
The common denominator is not left wing politics, or right-wing politics - despite extremists hi-jacking the issue as leverage for their particular political agendas.
The common denominator is nearly always misogyny.
Here is a list of Qanon followers, believers, & influencers, whose journey down the rabbit hole of disinformation & conspiracy theories did *not* "save" any children ... but instead, put innocent people in the way of actual, real-world harm.
It's quite a body count.
2017:
Edgar Maddison Welch - arrested at Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant because he believed the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory. There was no basement. There were no trafficked children.
2018:
Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer - leader of a veteran's group in Arizona, in May 2018 claimed he'd uncovered a child sex trafficking ring at a cement works in Tucson. Occupied the site for 9 days, arrested for trespass. Insisted that the homeless squatters camp there was really child traffickers.
Matthew Philip Wright - Nevada man tried to block traffic at the Hoover Dam in June 2018, demanded "inspector general's report" on "Hillary's email" which Qanon followers had discussed on line. He fled, & was arrested in Arizona, in possession of a variety of weapons. Pleaded guilty to terrorism offences.
William Gregory Douglas - Oregon man arrested in September 2018 for threatening to shoot YouTube employees for placing restrictions on his Qanon-promoting account.
2019:
Buckey Wolfe - 26 year old Qanon-er & Proud Boy, murdered his brother in January 2019, stabbing him with a sword. He believed his brother was a "lizard person" (another Qanon trope).
Ryan Jaselskis - a 22 year old who was seen on surveillance footage after an arson attack at Comet Ping Pong restaurant (again) because he'd been consuming Pizzagate/Qanon conspiracy theory material on-line. In February 2019, he was arrested after a brawl with police outside the Washington Monument.
Anthony Comello - believed he had the "full support & protection of President Trump" when he gunned down mob boss Frank Kali in March 2019. Appeared in court with "Q" written on his hand.
Timothy Larson - a Qanon supporter who was arrested in September 2019 after smashing up a church he believed was engaged in human trafficking.
2020:
Cynthia Abcug - Colorado woman arrested in January 2020 in kidnap plot of her son, with the help of other Qanon-ers, because she believed her son's foster family were "evil Satan worshippers".
Neely Blanchard / Neely Petrie-Blanchard - Kentucky woman & "Qanon Mom" kidnapped her daughters from their grandmother's legal custody in March 2020. Less than a year later in January 2021, Petrie-Blanchard was arrested for the murder of "fringe legal theorist" Chris Hallet, who had been helping her in her fight to gain access to her children, but she believed he was working against her.
Jessica Prim
- Qanon-er from Illinois, arrested in April 2020, in possession of 18
illegal knives. Felt Donald Trump was talking to her personally to tell
her to "take out" Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton & John Podesta.
Believed the Qanon conspiracy theory that the USS hospital ship Comfort was rescuing "mole children" from the "cabal".
Eduardo Moreno - train engineer who intentionally ran a rain off a track at full speed near the hospital ship USNS Mercy in Los Angeles in April 2020, because he believed the Qanon conspiracy theory that hospital ships used in the Covid response were actually being used in child trafficking.
Alpalus Slyman - Boston man led police on a 30 km car chase in June 2020, with his 5 children in the car, while live-streaming about Qanon & begging Trump to "come & save us" because the police were "coming to abduct the children". Hi terrified wife hurled herself out of the van & police were able to stop the van safely & arrest Slyman.
Corey Hurren - rammed a truck into the Prime Minister's residence in Ottawa, Canada, in July 2020, after posting on social media about following "Q" and the "White Rabbit" down the rabbit hole (Elon Musk also posted about "follow the (white rabbit icon)", in 2022).
Cecilia Fulbright - rammed a van while DUI in August 2020, because after becoming immersed in Qanon content, she believed the driver of the van she rammed was a paedophile, and she was "rescuing" an abducted girl. The vehicle was a catering van & the girl in question was the driver's daughter. Fulbright remained convinced, after her arrest, that Trump was "literally taking down the cabal & the pedophile ring".
Misinformation about wildfires - As wildfires spread across large parts of the Western U.S. in September 2020, false rumors spread on social media that "Antifa" activists were setting fires and preparing to loot property that was being evacuated. Some residents refused to evacuate based on the rumors, choosing to defend their homes from the supposed invasion. Authorities pleaded with residents to ignore the false rumors. A firefighters' union in Washington state described Facebook as "an absolute cesspool of misinformation" on the topic. QAnon followers participated in the misinformation, with one false claim that six Antifa activists had been arrested for setting fires amplified by Q specifically.
Emily Jolley - Qanon-er from Utah, arrested in Oregon in October 2020, for snatching her son from his fther's custody during a supervised visit. Claimed on social media that child protective services ran adrenochrome harvesting (a Qanon trope).
2021:
Matthew Taylor Coleman - 40 year old Californian & family man who ran a surf company, began consuming Qanon & "Illuminati" conspiracy theories on line. In August 2021, he drove his two young children to Mexico, murdered them because they had "serpent DNA" from their mother.
Melissa Rein Lively
Attack on the U.S. Capitol - Various QAnon-affiliated protesters participated in the storming of the United States Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Rioters were either seen wearing clothing with Q-related emblems or identified as QAnon followers from video footage.
Ashli Babbitt - a rioter who was shot dead by police on January 6, 2021, as she was trying to get into the Speaker's Lobby, was an adherent of QAnon. On the day of the attack, she had retweeted a message from conspiracy theory attorney L. Lin Wood which called for the immediate resignation of Mike Pence.
Rosanne Boyland
Interruption of Ghislaine Maxwell court hearing - On January 19, 2021, a hearing on the unsealing of documents related to a settled Ghislaine Maxwell civil defamation suit with Virginia Roberts Giuffre was interrupted after it was discovered that someone present was unlawfully streaming the proceedings on YouTube. The unauthorized stream reached approximately 14,000 viewers, including a contingent of QAnon supporters, before it was shut off after the judge warned the room.
Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann case:
Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann, a French far-right conspiracy theorist living in Malaysia, adapted QAnon theories for a French audience and published online videos in which he called for an overthrow of the French government. In June 2021, he was expelled from Malaysia, deported back to France and put under arrest for his involvement in the kidnapping of a child who had been removed from the care of her conspiracy theorist mother. Daillet-Wiedemann had helped coordinate the abduction from Malaysia.
In October 2021, Daillet-Wiedemann was charged with running a terrorist organization after it emerged that he and his Internet followers - who included members of a neo-Nazi group - had been seriously planning to carry the coup he advocated against the French government. Several associates of Daillet-Wiedemann were also arrested.[107][108] Besides the coup attempt, the group had planned other violent actions, including attacks against COVID-19 vaccination centers, masonic lodges, public figures and 5G antennas.[109] In March 2022, seven other people were interrogated by the police for their involvement in Daillet-Wiedemann's network
Death threats against Canadian healthcare workers
Romana Didulo, a QAnon-affiliated, Philippines-born conspiracy theorist residing in British Columbia and styling herself as the "Queen of Canada", built an online following in the course of 2021 and caused her community to harass Canadian businesses, governments and police forces with hundreds of "cease and desist" notices demanding that they stop their activities related to combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Didulo eventually called on her 73,000 Telegram followers to "shoot to kill" all healthcare workers administering COVID-19 vaccines.
2022:
National Butterfly Center - After a QAnon-related conspiracy theory spread on social media that the National Butterfly Center was smuggling immigrants into the US, in late January 2022 two people visited the center referring to "the rafts with the illegal crossing" and to child rape, then reportedly injured the director, Marianna Trevino Wright, and almost struck her son with their vehicle. In response, the center closed for three days the following weekend as a precaution during the We Stand America rally nearby, and announced on February 3, 2022, that it would be closed indefinitely for "the safety of our staff and visitors". (This is a REAL incident of something being "cancelled").
Freedom Convoy - The Freedom Convoy 2022 (French: Convoi de la Liberté) was a protest in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine requirements for truckers to re-enter the country by land introduced by the Government of Canada on January 15, 2022.The trucking convoys were then joined by pedestrian protesters. One of the lead organizers of the convoy, James Bauder, has previously stated support for QAnon, endorsed conspiracy theories around the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and called for the arrest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for alleged treason. On February 3, 2022, Romana Didulo, who calls herself the "Queen of Canada" (she's from The Philippines), joined the convoy with supporters.
One of the lead organizers of the convoy, James Bauder, has previously stated support for QAnon, endorsed conspiracy theories around the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and called for the arrest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for alleged treason.[117] On February 3, 2022, Romana Didulo joined the convoy with supporters
Break-in at a Tokyo vaccination center - A Japanese QAnon-affiliated group called YamatoQ waged an online disinformation campaign against the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Japan, claiming that the coronavirus did not exist and that vaccinations were part of a plan to decrease the population through the administration of harmful substances. On April 7, 2022, twelve members of YamatoQ trespassed into a Shibuya health care clinic that provided COVID-19 vaccine shots; four of them were immediately arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
Attempted "arrest" of Peterborough police officers - On August 10 2022, Romana Didulo called on her Telegram followers to "arrest" the police forces of Peterborough, Ontario for enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. Three days later, about 40 of Didulo's followers demonstrated in front of the Peterborough Police station and, after listening to a speech from Didulo, attempted to perform a citizen's arrest of the police officers, whom they accused of "COVID crimes". They were not allowed to enter the police station. Six of the demonstrators ended up being arrested; two of them were charged with assaulting a police officer.
Walled Lake family shooting - On September 11, 2022, a QAnon adherent named Igor Lanis shot his wife, one of his two daughters and the family dog following a heated argument. The other daughter, Rebecca Lanis, was out of the house at the time and was not harmed. She told reporters that her father had once been kind but had become rude and unsociable after becoming obsessed with several QAnon-related conspiracy theories following the 2020 presidential election
Attack on Paul Pelosi - On October 28 2022, Paul Pelosi, husband of Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was assaulted at his home and beaten with a hammer by a man. The suspect, David DePape, operated a blog that featured QAnon content among other conspiracy theories.
German coup d'état plot - On December 7, 2022, police in Germany arrested 25 people for allegedly plotting an overthrow of the German government. Part of the alleged plot included planning to storm the Reichstag building. At least 50 people are alleged to be a part of the group, which included QAnon adherents as well as people involved with the Reichsbürger movement.
2023:
QAnon: a timeline of violence linked to the conspiracy theory
"In the past two years, kidnappings, car chases and a murder appear to have been fueled by belief in a fictional narrative
The QAnon conspiracy theory has been linked to several violent acts since 2018, with QAnon supporters arrested for threatening politicians, breaking into the residence of the Canadian prime minister, an armed standoff near the Hoover dam, a kidnapping plot and two kidnappings, and at least one murder."
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