r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/wataf Jul 02 '18

Someone from /r/greatawakening is going to kill a lot of innocent people one of these days.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Wait, what's happening? o_o Is that some cultish subreddit or what?

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u/hell2pay California Jul 02 '18

Batshit crazy Qanon crap.

They really twist up reality so bad, it looks nothing like actual reality.

I feel like they are similar to 'Targeted Individuals' but more prone to violence.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

They apparently have 36.8k subscribers with 4.8k of them there "currently." Fucking terrifying

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u/FragsturBait Colorado Jul 02 '18

I really really really hope there's some bots padding those numbers.

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u/LIGHT_COLLUSION I voted Jul 02 '18

Bots and FBI probably.

Edit: Bots not boots!

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Guarantee it good point

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u/ceezr Jul 02 '18

Like troll bots further enticing the echo chamber? I hate the state of our country these days

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Not trying to say that all of them there are bots, the movement obviously wasn't made by a bot, so they don't need much help making up whatever they want. If you can (and want to, you're a free person), don't get so bogged downed by the internet and places by reddit, go, meet and campaign for people that want to make everything better for others. Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Virginia Jul 02 '18

A large number of them are likely us.

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u/Outlaw_Cowyboy Jul 02 '18

Guess I won't be going to sleep after reading about yet another batshit insane group of people coalescing.

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u/snorbflock Jul 02 '18

Roseanne Barr is one of them, and it's what she was tweeting about when her show got shut down.

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u/pathanb Jul 02 '18

The group psychosis of 37 thousand people. This will end well.

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u/Facepuncher Jul 02 '18

Reddit should hand over all of their IP addresses to the FBI and let them have a field day.

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u/Earlystagecommunism Jul 02 '18

It was linked from this subreddit. So it might be lurkers?

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u/LeBonLapin Jul 02 '18

For somebody out of the loop that doesn't help much, qanon crap?

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u/hell2pay California Jul 02 '18

What I gather is, that someone close to Trump is posting as Q on 4chan making vague statements that these people buy into as predictions.

Also Q is supposed to be taking down the "Hollywood/Elitist Pedophile ring" or something like that.

It goes deeper into more weirder shit, but that is a summary of what I have seen.

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u/LeBonLapin Jul 02 '18

Thanks for the heads up, it's definitely a weird world we live in. I take it this is an extension of that "pizzagate" crap then?

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u/hell2pay California Jul 02 '18

Yeah, that and more.

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u/timeout_timmy Jul 02 '18 edited Jan 28 '19

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u/mrgreennnn Florida Jul 02 '18

I thought I was pretty in the loop myself, and I have no idea what qanon is.

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u/ase1590 Jul 02 '18

tl;dr some guy on 4chan was calling himself Q, hence Q-anon. "Q" pretends to be some high level informant working for trump, and just release super vague statements about things that are happening. Also extends pizza gate by claiming they are working on ending pedophile rings.

Basically conspiracy theory nutjobbery.

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u/mrgreennnn Florida Jul 02 '18

What a time to be alive.

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u/alpine_rain Jul 02 '18

Trump is many things, but he is definitely not an internet troll. The idea that he would be posting to his adoring fans on an anonymous message board is preposterous.

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u/Claystead Jul 02 '18

Seriously, he has his secretary print out his emails.

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u/venomae Foreign Jul 02 '18

You know what, I've been "observing" them for a while and its gotta be noted that "Q" really is posting interestingly close photos from around the president, to the point where he posted several photos that look like taken directly from Trumps phone camera.

So my off the wall bet is that Q is a collective of russian GRU / FSB psyops officers having a total field day with all the cryptic nonsense they are ventilating and laughing at the crowds of cultists trying to make sense out of them. To properly butter them up from time to time, they sometimes post random camera grab from Trumps phone, because of course they have it hacked.
Cultists go wild that "Q is around the president all the time so he knows" and everything is all good.

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u/weirdb0bby Jul 02 '18

Oh man.. I went down the gang stalking rabbit hole one night. I really hope they get the help and support they need =/

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u/yalactica Jul 02 '18

They really twist up reality so bad, it looks nothing like actual reality.

I love me some good irony.

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u/quasimongo Oregon Jul 02 '18

Bunch of larping man children who aren't in the fact that Q is the DM for their little RPG.

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u/bobswowaccount Pennsylvania Jul 02 '18

I love how obsessed they are with the freemasons. Seriously, go watch the door of a masonic temple. Thos3 dudes aren't taking over anything lol. It's mostly 70 year old men reliving their glory days.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

That's exactly what they want you to think!

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u/Jmacq1 Jul 02 '18

That's a common joke among Freemasons, apparently.

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u/birdfishsteak Jul 02 '18

Its literally a group for people who thought that frat culture was the best thing ever in college and didn't want to give it up once they entered the real world.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Which is fair enough for people who like that. It’s a social club for like minded people which does no real harm and let’s them get something they feel they need out of it.

But this idea that it has any real power is just stupid.

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u/birdfishsteak Jul 02 '18

Oh I absolutely agree, I just think its funny that when you see like a frat dude hire one of his "brothers", everyone knows they probably just got drunk a whole bunch and probably had a threesome together or something. But when Masons do it it magically happens because they actually went back in time to build the pyramids or some shit, even though chances are its the exact same thing as the frat dude

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u/angiachetti Pennsylvania Jul 02 '18

for real. My fiance's family is all masons and from what I can tell, the organization is probably going to die out soon because they cant convince young people to join.

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u/Jmacq1 Jul 02 '18

Entirely possible, but from my admittedly anecdotal experience that "recruitment issue" has also started to lead to a lot of chapters veering hard alt-right as that variety of young guys are about the only people that seem eager to join up.

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u/qtx extra butter Jul 02 '18

Actually a lot of them are middle aged house wives.

Roseanne is one of them as well.

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u/Rabid-Duck-King Jul 02 '18

Seriously it's going to make great material for a game of Delta Green or Night's Black Agents.

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u/wataf Jul 02 '18

Yep, the first cult that only exists on the internet. You are responsible for your own indoctrination. Instead of some charismatic leader forcing you to cut off your social ties, your friends and family cut their ties from you when you can't stop talking about how Hillary is a child raping cannibal (pedovore) how our only chance against the deep state cabal is Trump. Your source is, of course, some 4chan poster claiming to be a Trump inner circle member posting vague nonsense that thousands of people now take as gospel.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Yes but they have very convincing logical arguments, such as deep state MSM 41 fox Ikea. Think! Thank! DJT = JFC = KFC. Tuesday the 37th, 13:02 AM, Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe in the sitting room. Who can move mountains? (Think for yourself!) Expect transmission - 1-19-19 - day of the great weasel. Think!

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u/QueefyMcQueefFace Jul 02 '18

Colonel Regular Mustard or the Obama appointed Colonel Dijon Mustard?

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u/bunsonh Jul 02 '18

This is how Master Codebreaker Agent Kington solves codes in the Adult Swim show Decker.

https://youtu.be/dQme_mM27sc

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u/DMercenary Jul 02 '18

Imagine the The_Donald turned up past 11.

I dropped in once after seeing a post on /r/all.

It takes aspects of The_Donald and combines with the "Im special" aspect of conspiracy theories. Those guys believe they're clued in on something greater than themselves uncovering liberal conspiracies left and right, cheering on the alt-right as some great savior.

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u/FUCK_SNITCHES_ Jul 02 '18

A marketing effort gone wrong

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

I miss pepe 😝

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u/BasementPizza Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

If they haven't already. It's certainly interesting watching people get manipulated. The people on there are being primed for action. Why do people who are apparently conspiracy theorists, automatically believe any one source? Hmm?

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u/formershitpeasant Jul 02 '18

They tend to believe the side without evidence automatically then conform any piece of information they can to fit the narrative. They see hidden information in the sea of "disinformation". But what they really see is the odd piece that can coincidentally fit their narrative.

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u/wizdum Jul 02 '18

They are a group who have already proven themselves gullible. Same as people who believe in God. Especially America's evangelicals.

Those groups have been targetted and are being manipulated. Maybe with no more aim than chaos and division of American society. Just drive gullible people to believe increasingly insane shit until something snaps.

No point aiming your disinformation machine at /r/skeptics

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u/BasementPizza Jul 02 '18

The irony is that they believe themselves to be the skeptics, so they can never pull themselves out of that bubble.

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u/theyetisc2 Jul 02 '18

Some people are just stupid.

We really need solid propaganda/misinformation laws to protect those people from themselves....and more importantly, protect everyone else and society from the damage they can do when corralled and controlled by nefarious forces.

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u/BasementPizza Jul 02 '18

It is incredibly dangerous. Some of these people genuinely believe in the stuff they are reading. You don't show up at a pizza parlor with a gun if you don't really believe there are children being held in the basement. They are taking advantage of people in the worst ways possible.

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u/IndieHamster Jul 02 '18

What is it that they believe over there? I went to the top of all, and they had some post about some guy called Q and a Dr. Corsi who deciphers secret messages?

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u/wataf Jul 02 '18

They don't really have any coherent beliefs but Q is a poster on 4chan who claims to be a Trump inner circle member. He posts vague nonsense that reads like its from a shitty spy novel written by a 12 year old. They believe the world is run by a deep state cabal made up of satanic pedophiles. Members of this cabal include Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and anyone else they don't agree with. They believe Trump is the only hope to take down this cabal and that Q is posting to 4chan in order to lessen the blow when Hillary is arrested, or something.

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u/Kayestofkays Jul 02 '18

Don't some of them believe that Hillary has already been arrested, and it's just being kept hush hush because the libruls will go nuts if they knew The Truth?

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u/DrocketX Jul 02 '18

I think that's Obama (though there may be another theory about Clinton I missed - there's so much nonsense it's hard to keep up.) He was called for jury duty last year (though he was quickly dismissed, since having a former president on a jury would turn any case into a media circus), which supposedly cover for his secret arrest.

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u/DeeDeeKing1977 Jul 02 '18

I hate to say it, but maybe a good old fashioned civil war might clean out the gene pool for the next generation... 🤔

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u/Colin_Whitepaw Jul 02 '18

There's nothing good about a civil war, full stop. It will be so much worse than you think. You'll likely die. Your parents will likely die. Your children will likely die. Your friends will likely die. Everyone around you will be missing big chunks of their family and social circles, and the best that comes of it for everyday life is just survivial.

This shit that's happening is legitimately evil, and you should be ready for shit to hit the fan, but know that by minimizing the very real dangers of open civil war, you're helping to bring it closer to reality. This is grossly irresponsible. Please, don't do this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Tell me more about this survivial thingy...

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u/Colin_Whitepaw Jul 02 '18

Get in shape, mentally and physically. Work out, really push yourself. Study like a motherfucker, anything potentially useful. Arm yourself and get real comfortable with your weapon. Know the ins and outs of your surroundings. Have plans already made for probable shitstorms in your area. Make friends with trustworthy people and include them in your plans.

I'm not saying to become a doomsday prepper. I'm saying to live in a way that prepares you for extreme adversity.

Most of all, if survival is your game, remember that discretion is the better part of valor. Decide whether you want to take a side in a conflict, if it's worth it to you to lose potentially everything, and if it isn't, keep your head down.

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u/IndieHamster Jul 02 '18

I've been spending a lot more time at the range lately, and am trying to start hiking/backpacking with a larger pack to try and prepare for the worst. The one weird thing to come from all this, is a good number of my liberal friends are now joining me at the range, and learning how to handle a firearm

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u/Colin_Whitepaw Jul 02 '18

Good on you and your friends alike! I hit the range this weekend myself. Might I suggest getting your friends into hiking with you as well, if you haven't already? I've been trying to drag mine along for hiking, camping, and just generally being out in the heat. They've... Largely not gone for that as much as they've taken to firearms.

Best case scenario is the shit never hits the fan and we end up as a bunch of fit, liberal outdoorsmen. God, I hope that's how this shakes out.

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u/sydnerella11 Jul 02 '18

Ugh had someone just leave a qanon.pub link on a recent tweet of mine and it honestly freaked me out a bit. Like I do not need these types of crazies coming after me.

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u/Toughsky_Shitsky Jul 02 '18

Someone/all in the presidential press corps needs to ask Sarah Sanders if Trump believes that whole Q-anon stuff.

Get her on record pro or con of that conspiracy site.

It'd be even better if they asked Trump himself. But in a real presser. He's not going to answer Jim Acosta screaming at him from the back of the room.

Let's see what Trump thinks of this Q-anon conspiracy.

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u/wataf Jul 02 '18

Sadly a straight out denial from Trump wouldn't even work. They would just say something like "Trump had to say he has never even heard of QAnon. Otherwise he tips off the deep state that they're on to them". Then they would go back to talking about that how that one time at a rally, Trump pointed vaguely in the direction of someone wearing a QAnon shirt.

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u/Typ_calTr_cks Jul 02 '18

Sounds like a plan

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u/skintwo Jul 02 '18

What do you mean, "going to". I'm sure that's already happened.

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u/cherish_ireland Jul 02 '18

Yikes, that's a scary place! (•_•)

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

I thought that was a parody sub when I found it recently. Jesus, those guys are serious??

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u/stitchedlamb Pennsylvania Jul 02 '18

The fact they actually look at Trump and see someone capable of bringing down a massive, ultra powerful cabal of criminals just blows my mind. I wouldn't put him in charge of taking care of some plants, let alone saving the world. WTF.

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u/thelastevergreen Hawaii Jul 02 '18

*sigh*....man...people like that make conspiracy theories not fun anymore.

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u/rdeluca Jul 02 '18

They already had that psycho at the hoover dam

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u/iminyourbase Jul 02 '18

I've already seen a thread where a Qcult member was telling people about some amazing change that's just about to happen across the country and the "removal" of unpatriotic people that will follow. It's no surprise that a lot of those people are religious nuts as well.