As QAnon comes home to roost, “the Left” downplay it
QAnon’s faithful posit that a phantom cabal of satanic cannibals have infiltrated society’s institutions, including The Vatican, Disney, Hollywood, the CIA, and the FBI, to kidnap and molest children — while Donald Trump works behind the scenes to stop it.
In late May, the FBI released documents identifying QAnon as a terror threat — adherents of the pro-Trump conspiracy claimed it to be proof of a deep state plot — ignoring that the predictions never occurred.
QAnon is a fascist ideology linked to a slew of murders, but that hasn’t deterred Dumdumleft media from working symbiotically with right-wing media to downplay the mental anguish and violence the conspiracy is inflicting upon innumerable families.
The Intercept’s Lee Fang wrote superfluously on Twitter that white supremacy and QAnon is a hoax: “What motivates the ruling class is a routine desire for maintaining power & self interest. But political storytellers need lurid emotionally driven narratives, so the far left invents a white supremacist elite in charge of the country, just as the far right imagines a pedo cabal.”
The Convo Couch’s Fiorella Isabel lent credence to Wayfair, a debunked human-trafficking conspiracy — linked to QAnon — that was initially traced to the “conspiracy” section of Reddit.
“Everybody: This #Wayfair stuff tho? At the very least worrisome, at worst beyond scary,” She wrote on social media.
Hill TV broadcaster Krystal Ball used a “both-sides” tactic to soften the image of QAnon:
On the July 25, 2020 edition of Secular Talk, Kyle Kulinski minimized the harm of the QAnon conspiracy theory, falsely labeling 9/11 trutherism as a left-wing conspiracy: “Should you pull down the 9/11 truthers?”
On the same broadcast, the free speech absolutist criticized Twitter for enforcing their policy against violence-inciting content, saying, “Often times conspiracies are real,” and declared that “it won’t stop here!”
Kulinski exposed that he hasn’t followed the conspiracy theory at all, as he voiced support for banning content that directly incites violence…
Since Twitter has taken more active measures in banning QAnon content, NBC News reported it has severely limited the reach of the conspiracy.
In response, QAnon leaders instructed followers to discard the “Qanon” label.
On September 13, 2020, Dore compared QAnon to Russiagate, and defended Alex Jones, unprompted: “At least Alex Jones tells conspiracies that are supposed to be anti-establishment.”
The next day, Dore again compared QAnon to Russiagate, stating mockingly: “I know QAnon’s a bad conspiracy theory because I heard it on NPR. You fucking chumps.”
Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman:
Genocide denier Aaron Maté:
Tucker Carlson ally Glenn Greenwald: