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QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends: 'We all got played'
ReplyDeleteBut while some QAnon disciples gave way to doubt, others doubled down on blind belief or strained to see new coded messages in the Inauguration Day's events. Some followers noted that 17 flags - Q being the 17th letter of the alphabet - flew on the stage as Trump delivered a farewell address.
"17 flags! come on now this is getting insane," said one post on a QAnon forum devoted to the "great awakening," the quasi-biblical name for QAnon's utopian end times. "I don't know how many signs has to be given to us before we 'trust the plan,'" one commenter said.
Over thousands of cryptic posts since 2017, Q, QAnon's unidentified online prophet, had promised that Trump was secretly spearheading a spiritual war against an elite cabal of child-eating Satanists who controlled Washington, Hollywood and the world.
Also, Nigella Lawson's recipe of the day...
ReplyDeleteNigella Lawson throws shade at outgoing US President Donald Trump as she shares a 'bitter orange tart' recipe in closing hours of his term
QAnon has a built-in expiry date. Convenient.
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