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by thephyber 2156 days ago
That's a feature of QAnon, not a bug.

If none of us knows the identity of "Q" then anyone can pretend to be their prophet and there is no way to confirm nor disconfirm. This is why I describe QAnon as a LARP -- it's easy for the average person to participate without knowing any rules (because there are none).
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skindoe 2156 days ago
Don't you think if your going to attempt to argue against someone you should argue against what they actually said?

If so then why the double standard with Q there are dumb fans who post stupidity for literally everything. You would think people would actually quote the source (always ignored) instead of using a clear falacy of using ones followers to define them.

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thephyber 2156 days ago
> People are not responsible for what their ignorant fans say.

This is what I'm arguing against. When it comes to QAnon, you can't know the difference between QAnon, QAnon fans, and any rando who pretends to be either. It's a feature of the LARP.

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gremlinsinc 2156 days ago
Sounds like they ripped off a lot from Anonymous, except went right-wing w/ it, whereas Anonymous is definitely more likely to be part of antifa.

Anyone can say they are part of anonymous and create their own anonymous branded videos....etc..

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thephyber 2155 days ago
To be fair, I think they both likely started on 4Chan, which has those same features.

In a way, it's a natural evolution of the "meme", which was originally a word coined by Dawkins to describe the gene of biological evolution equivalent in cultural evolution. Nobody owns a meme. Rarely can we prove who was actually the first to use a meme (KnowYourMeme attempts this, but occasionally can't definitively identify the creator). Memes keep their virility based on the collective LARP that all humans participate in (sometimes the meme goes away and other times it stays active).

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