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A Game Designer’s Analysis Of QAnon - Playing with reality (20min+ read. A bit lengthy, but it worth)
In brief - apophenia. Just a tad more elaborated - induced/guided aphonenia.
What's fascinating is the buttons of human psyche that are pushed to sink people deep into the rabbit holes:
- Follow The Breadcrumbs - don't tell, just select the dots that are to be connected
- The Eureka Effect - the rush of the Aha! moments and the feeling of being rewarded
- Lamestream Media - passivate against the reality that's not supportive to the agenda
- Community - sense of belonging, behavior reinforcement; a population large and motivated enough to adopt an evolutionary strategy in selecting the best CT-es
All the above are exemplified - and these examples is how I got to get WTF Beyoncé has to do with QAnon.
So, if all it's an Alternate Reality Game, there's no harm, right? Not so fast, the US Military Academy ran the The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making? article in its "Combating Terrorism Center" journal, stating
QAnon represents a public security threat with the potential in the future to become a more impactful domestic terror threat. This is true especially given that conspiracy theories have a track record of propelling terrorist violence elsewhere in the West as well as QAnon’s more recent influence on mainstream political discourse.
(Score: 5, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday November 18 2020, @07:51AM (22 children)
You trust the military, Runaway, right? 'Cause they aren't like DEA and FBI.
I'd suggest you read those two stories and there's a chance you may understand where and how the gatewaypundits and nationalfiles lead you by a ring through your nose.
Read them and act now, Runaway (large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday November 18 2020, @05:25PM
For QAnon I wonder if they maybe pulled the ladder up behind them.
You need to be eased into the whole satanic pedophile demoncrat ring theory.
Once everybody found out that the top of the Scientology pyramid there was a guy named Xenu membership started dropping. [villagevoice.com] I wonder if something smililar will happen with QAnon.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 18 2020, @05:58PM (20 children)
It looks to me as though you have gone down a twin rabbit hole to Aristarchus' alt-right rabbit hole. Here, we see Qanon declared a "security threat", in preparation for yet more censorship and possibly more.
And, while you guys are searching out "extreme right" conspiracy theories, you ignore and/or advance more leftist conspiracies.
Whatever.
Fact is, we've had a summer of left/prog/dem rioting in the streets, and there has been an obvious lack of rioting on the part of right/repub/Q/alt-right rioting.
Enjoy yourself with your little conspiracy theory. You're going to come back out of your rabbit hole with the same thing Ari has - nothing. Nothing, or made-up bullshit.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @06:31PM (4 children)
Qhat leftist conspiracy theories, you ignorant fuck? Aristarchus just seems to concentrate on alt-right for the reason that most of the craziness for a while was the alt-right, that and TMB did not want to be painted with a broad brush. (I know, kinky, being painted with tiny camel-hair brushes like that, and it takes so long!!) But, seriously, what leftist conspiracy theories?
Con-trails? Rightwing. Jade Helm? Rightwing. QAnon? Rightwing. Lizard People? Hmmm. Russia Hoax? Rightwing. COVID-19 hoax? Rightwing. Moonlanding? Rightwing. FlatEarth? Rightwing. Anti-vaxxers? Rightwing. Steal the Vote? Rightwing.
Seems that in reality, you know, that thing that doesn't go away, even if you have a "theory", there are no left-wing conspiracy theories. Please, Mr. Runaway so smart, point some out to us! Please?
(Moron.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @07:44PM (3 children)
You are terribly confused and deluded. More than half of those you name are bipartisan. That is, they have little or nothing to do with modern day politics, and they have subscribers from all demographics. The right can own Jade Helm and Qanon and Steal the Vote. The rest is bullshit.
The whole Russia collusion thing is entirely in the Dem/prog/left camp. You've been clubbing Trump with it since before Day One.
Don't talk to me about morons while you're sitting on your special little short bus. Next you'll be blaming Trump and the right for every theory surrounding the Kennedy assassination.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @09:06PM (1 child)
The conspiracy theory is that the Russian Collusion is a hoax. The reality is that Russian Collusion was real, as outlined in the full Mueller Report. So the conspiracy theory belongs to the right. Are you really this stupid?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 19 2020, @03:51PM
Is this the published copy or the copy submitted to the Gnomes of Zurich?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @12:31AM
"You've been clubbing Trump with it since before Day One."
That is because Trump solicited illegal hacking from Russia who granted his request that same day. This isn't rocket science bub, and then Trump continued to side with Russia his entire term. It takes some special level of brainwashing to ignore these things, but hey you probably watch Fox and believe every lie they sell you. Top kek for you dimwitted assholes that can't admit to any mistakes. We have reached "this is just sad."
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @06:38PM (12 children)
Since it was almost exclusively police that initiated violence during most of the George Floyd/BLM protests, that's pretty disingenuous even for you:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/09/30/kettling-protesters-bronx/systemic-police-brutality-and-its-costs-united-states [hrw.org]
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/01/why-so-many-police-are-handling-the-protests-wrong [themarshallproject.org]
https://www.vox.com/2020/6/12/21279619/protesters-police-violence-philadelphia-los-angeles-washington-dc [vox.com]
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/08/usa-law-enforcement-violated-black-lives-matter-protesters-human-rights/https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/08/04/899084543/amnesty-international-documents-125-incidents-of-police-violence-against-protest [amnesty.org]
https://projects.propublica.org/protest-police-tactics/ [propublica.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police_violence_incidents_during_George_Floyd_protests [wikipedia.org]
I imagine that the po-po might also have done so against these folks, except they were outgunned and in some cases, the police would have been among the heavily armed "protestors" except they were on duty. What's more, the right/reactionary scumbags are much more likely to use/threaten deadly force.
https://kevinjshay44.medium.com/right-wing-provocateurs-likely-inflaming-protest-violence-bcf1c48e1d40 [medium.com]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/white-supremacists-rightwing-domestic-terror-2020 [theguardian.com]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/is-far-right-political-violence-getting-worse [bloomberg.com]
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/violence-trump-blm-weatherford-kenosha [jacobinmag.com]
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/27/in-america-far-right-terrorist-plots-have-outnumbered-far-left-ones-in-2020 [economist.com]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/us/domestic-terrorist-groups.html [nytimes.com]
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/15/george-floyd-protests-police-far-right-antifa/ [theintercept.com]
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/guns-protesters/611560/ [theatlantic.com]
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/14/855918852/heavily-armed-protesters-gather-again-at-michigans-capitol-denouncing-home-order [npr.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_anti-lockdown_protests [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 18 2020, @07:29PM (11 children)
If you say so.
So, "fiery but mostly peaceful" until the cops get involved. I've heard that story already.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @07:36PM (10 children)
And the evidence backs up that story.
But evidence isn't important unless it supports your point of view, right?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 18 2020, @07:48PM (9 children)
You say the evidence backs up your story. What happened to your court cases? Who was proven guilty and not guilty? What's that you say? You got all your "evidence" from Lamestream Media and BLM "reporters"? Give me a break - heavily edited BLM "reporter" video ain't gonna cut it. I'll trust Andy Ngo to give as unbiased report as possible, which is exactly why Antifa beat the shit out of him. You don't WANT unbiased reports.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @08:02PM (7 children)
You're adorable!
Are you available for parties?
I guess this [quoteinvestigator.com] is all about you, eh?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 18 2020, @09:05PM (6 children)
I asked about those court cases. You know, the place where you go to present evidence in support of a grievance? You have heard of those, haven't you? I'm all for evidence based apportionment of blame. I am all for the pursuit of justice. But, your claims, supported only by partisan reporting, don't meet the standards expected in court.
You and I both may believe what we want, based on whatever evidence we find acceptable. Show me the court cases. Does your evidence sway a jury? Didn't think so.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 3, Informative) by NickM on Wednesday November 18 2020, @10:18PM (4 children)
He's got a valid point imo. At the PPP summit in Montebello (near Quebec) in 2007, it was discovered that the RCMP or the SQ used "agents provocateurs" to incite violence and discredit the protesters. The RCMP commission cleared them¹, as they always do, and the SQ didn't even open an enquiry but the allegations were credible enough :
https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/08/22/police_deny_using_39provocateurs39_at_summit.html [thestar.com]
I might be a cynic but I would be incredibly surprised if other pollitized police corps didn't use analogous tactics and I would be equally surprised if they didn't received equivalent backing from the people in charge of policing them.
1- Ok, one other time, in a similar inquiry, they received a blame for poor notes taking. It was after the Toronto G20 summit if I remember correctly.
I a master of typographic, grammatical and miscellaneous errors !
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 18 2020, @10:51PM (3 children)
Fair enough. And, where else have we seen agents provocateurs?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/06/06/buffalo-officials-duped-by-professional-antifa-provocateur-arrest-and-charge-two-police-officers-righteous-police-team-stand-together-and-walk-out/ [theconservativetreehouse.com]
Antifa has their own, it seems. You might just do a search for "antifa agent provocateur" if you're curious.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @12:10AM (1 child)
Runaway has gone from the GatewayPundit to the ConservativeTreeHouse? What? Russian Times and the Moonie Times no longer good enough? Faux News gone over to the sane side? Oh, dear! Project Veritas, stat!! A bolus of Brietbart! Parle? Or Parlor? Conservapedia? Full on QAnon. Goodbye, Runaway, goodbye.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @12:22AM
You could do your moronic fapping in private.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:49AM
Oh boy.
So I searched for "antifa agent provocateur" and only got a bunch of rightwing pundit websites with only wild speculation. You need help, you are apparently incapable of separating fact from fiction. Your lack of evidence goes well with the lack of logic, why would anyone protesting fascism want to instigate police crackdowns? Doesn't make sense.
However, in one of the pundit sites they were trying to claim that police clamping down on protesters would drive votes. That also doesn't make sense to do at an antifa protest, and the lack of police action against trumpers shows that theory is total bunk.
So pack it up buddy, the GOP is lying to you for power, spreading bad medical advice to keep their stocks up, and motivating you and your friends to commit politically motivated terrorism.
Real question, are you sympathetic to rightwing domestic terrorists? Do you think they are the actual freedom fighters going to save you from the ghost of communism??
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 18 2020, @11:08PM
Does that mean "yes"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @05:59AM
Well, there is this one court case: https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-extradition-kenosha-4a2be2814fe56d961a22b76943a24426 [apnews.com]
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday November 18 2020, @10:41PM (1 child)
So, you say not only FBI is about censorship, but the US army too?
Then, you're fucked, Runaway. Either:
- properly fucked, if it's true the US Army wants to censor you and thus is your enemy; or
- head fucked if it's not true but you think it's true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday November 19 2020, @06:01AM
Can I have door number two, Monty c0lo?