QAnon (a conservative perspective)

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For the left-wing "official" corporate-media term, see QAnon conspiracy theory.

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For factual coverage of this topic, see QAnon (a truther perspective).

QAnon refers to a series of anonymous Internet messages by Q, an online handle used on several image boards by a presumably American[1] pseudonymous individual or group of individuals[2][3][4] claiming to have access to classified information involving the Trump administration and its opponents in the United States, and detailing a secret counter-coup against the "deep state". The messages may have predicted some of Trump's statements and actions, but have been almost universally derided (and allegedly suppressed) by mainstream media organs.

Popularized by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump under the names The Storm and The Great Awakening, QAnon been characterized as "baseless"[5][6] and "unhinged" by left-wing and establishment media commentators.[7][8]

Adherents include Roseanne Barr,[9][10] Curt Schilling,[11] Ben Garrison,[12] Laura Loomer,[12] Cheryl Sullenger[13] and Michael "Lionel" Lebron.[14]

History

Origin

A person identifying as "Q Clearance Patriot" first appeared on the /pol/ board of 4chan on October 28, 2017, posting messages in a thread entitled "Calm Before the Storm",[1] which was a reference to Trump's cryptic description of a gathering of military leaders as "the calm before the storm".[1][15] The poster later moved to 8chan, citing alleged security concerns.[2]

The handle implied that the anonymous poster held Q clearance,[16][17] a United States Department of Energy security clearance with access to classified information.

Messages associated with QAnon claimed that North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is a puppet ruler supported by the Central Intelligence Agency.[18]

On February 16, 2018, QAnon accused U.S. Representative and former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of hiring El Salvadorian gang MS-13 to murder DNC staffer Seth Rich.[15][19]

Identity

There has been much speculation regarding the motive and the identity of the poster, with theories ranging from the poster being a military intelligence officer to the posting campaign being an alternate reality game by Cicada 3301.[3]

Reactions

Fox News commentator Sean Hannity has tweeted about QAnon, and the Russian government-funded network RT News has discussed the topic.[17]

QAnon was promoted by Alex Jones and Jerome Corsi,[15] but in May 2018 Right Wing Watch reported that Jones and Corsi had ceased to support QAnon, declaring the source to now be "completely compromised".[20]

In March 2018, the generally left-wing web community Reddit banned one of its subreddits discussing QAnon, /r/CBTS_Stream. Following this, some followers moved to Discord, which also imposed restrictions however.[21][22]

On March 13, 2018, Operation Rescue vice president and pro-life activist Cheryl Sullenger referred to QAnon as a "small group of insiders close to President Donald J. Trump" and called his internet postings the "highest level of intelligence to ever be dropped publicly in our known history".[13][23]

On March 15, 2018, Kiev-based Rabochaya Gazeta, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Ukraine, published an article calling QAnon a "military intelligence group".[24]

On March 31, 2018, U.S. actress Roseanne Barr promoted the messages, which was subsequently covered by CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.[9][10][25][26]

On June 26, 2018, WikiLeaks publicly accused QAnon of "leading anti-establishment Trump voters to embrace regime change and neo-conservatism".[27] QAnon had previously pushed for regime change in Iran.[28] Two days later, the whistleblower organization shared an analysis by Internet Party president Suzie Dawson, claiming that QAnon's posting campaign is an "intelligence agency-backed psyop" aiming to "round up people that are otherwise dangerous to the Deep State (because they are genuinely opposed to it) [and] usurp time & attention, & trick them into serving its aims".[29]

On June 28, 2018, Time Magazine listed the anonymous "Q" among the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2018. Counting more than 130,000 related discussion videos on YouTube, Time cited its more prominent followers and spreading news coverage.[30]

On July 4, 2018, the Hillsborough County Republican Party shared "a popular YouTube guide to QAnon" on its official Facebook and Twitter accounts, and called QAnon a "mysterious anonymous inside leaker of deep state activities and counter activities by President Trump".[31][32]

On July 16, 2018, NBC News reported that an app promoting QAnon's messages was the 10th most popular paid app on the Apple App Store, noting it ranked first in the "entertainment" section. The app was then rapidly banned by Apple as politically unacceptable.[33]

See also

References

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