'As someone who closely follows the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon, I’m familiar with what happens when an online political community that is highly invested in a particular result faces failed predictions. Dedicated true believers usually double down and work even harder to convince others that they were right all along.
The QAnon conspiracy theory, which absurdly posits that people who work in military intelligence are releasing high-level government information on the controversial imageboard website 8chan, has persisted despite its adherents’ countless claims that run contrary to reality.
To cite just one example, many in the QAnon community baselessly believe that Hillary Clinton will be arrested for colluding with Russia, among many other supposed wrongdoings. Many even asserted that this would be revealed in the Nunes memo, a four-page memorandum by staffers for the House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), that alleged that the FBI relied on partisan sources to obtain a Foreign Intelligence
Before the memo’s Feb. 2, 2018, release, the 8chan poster known as “Q” claimed, “Memo factually demonstrates collusion at highest levels.” In reality, nothing substantial happened as a consequence of the public release of the Nunes memo. It did not accuse the FBI or the Justice Department of breaking any particular law. It did, however, create temporary drama for the news media. The Nunes memo proved so inconsequential, it isn’t referenced by Q or even Nunes himself anymore.
Since then, the QAnon community has invested its hopes in several dates and events it baselessly thought would lead to mass arrests or public validation of its theories, only to be let down over and over again.'
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[–] 17747044? 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
NONAME dead down to the minute.... they conveniently left that out