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jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 04:51 PM Jul 2019

MAGA Coalition trying to sue QAnon

https://magacoalition.com/maga-coalition-to-sue-qanon-in-multiple-jurisdictions/

Today, MAGA Coalition, Inc President Adam Gingrich announced pending litigation to be filed in a federal court to discover the identity of the author of 8chan posts written by “Q,” or “QAnon,” and pursue legal recourse on behalf of the non-profit. The case involves several posts on the 8chan board where “QAnon” anonymously promulgated a libelous attack on the MAGA Coalition, despite clear and publicly discoverable evidence to the contrary on the Federal Elections Commission (FEC.gov) website.

“Four months ago, a person or persons posting on 8chan under a unique trip code identifying as Q, made malicious and demonstrably false statements about our federally registered non-profit,” said PAC President Adam Gingrich. “These baseless claims were then blasted out in unison through several associated social media accounts to maximize the damage to our ability to function. We hold all these prominent Q accounts, along with the 8chan poster, accountable for the systemic re-publication of these defamatory claims.”


You have to admit this is pretty damn funny: two extremely pro-Trump groups going at each other's throats.
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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. Qanon might be a honeypot that got out of hand
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 04:59 PM
Jul 2019

...or became very effective.

The Q thing attracts people who need to be watched, but who conveniently identify themselves as having that need.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. But that's just it, they were "watched"
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jul 2019

Remember this dude?



How the hell did he make it as far as he did as a Qanon follower?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
11. Well, to guard the VP
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:50 PM
Jul 2019

He was Homeland Security and SWAT but got demoted. "Demoted"! Can you believe that? Not sent to a cell with padded walls.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
14. I googled around for a few minutes and didn't find anything about it being a joke
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 06:12 PM
Jul 2019

Just that he was an ardent supporter of the Rump and a lifelong Republican. I'm pretty sure it was real. Why would he go out of his way to obtain the patch and wear it if he wasn't serious?

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
3. Republicans in Disarray
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jul 2019

I wonder if the media will go with that story?

Democrats in Disarray seems to be a story they love.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
5. I'm not so sure their viewers or readers know that much about Qanon...
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jul 2019

or anything at all, so it won't get much play.

But, Democrats in disarray is always good for a laugh.

"I am not a member of any organized party. I am a Democrat." Will Rogers. c. 1935

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
6. What's truly sad
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jul 2019

is that even if QAnon were exposed as a fraud and the creator came right out and said it was all a hoax, the true believers would either say it was another deep state scam or a brilliant act by QAnon.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
15. The mental gymnastics these fucks put themselves through to explain their crackpot theories, man...
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 06:16 PM
Jul 2019

It's hilarious.

They're literally the same breed of idiots who promote the end of the world on a specific day - and when that day comes, and we're spared, they always have an excuse.

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
16. We can only hope
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 06:59 PM
Jul 2019

Problem: These people all have guns. Even the ones who don't like guns have guns - after President Obama made that comment about people clinging to their guns and their religion, they all bought guns and joined churches.

This brings with it the issue that when Trump finally collapses, and you know it's going to happen, they are going to start shooting at whatever it is they thought brought down their savior. Which means you and I are numbers 1 and 2 on their target lists.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
17. I live in a red county, but most of the people here are fairly sane.
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 07:20 PM
Jul 2019

Given that she sent NO ONE anywhere close to my county, Hillary didn't do too badly here.

We have some knuckleheads, but if they talk too much before acting, they will get turned into the police by people they trusted.

I actually have more fear of transient MAGATS passing through than I have of the people that live around me.

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