{"id":77894,"date":"2020-09-29T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-qanon-beliefs-help-normalize-fascism\/"},"modified":"2020-09-29T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T12:00:00","slug":"how-qanon-beliefs-help-normalize-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-qanon-beliefs-help-normalize-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"#How QAnon beliefs help normalize fascism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af70c9677280\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af70c9677280\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-qanon-beliefs-help-normalize-fascism\/#Its_vital_to_remember_that_at_heart_QAnon_is_about_Trump_seizing_total_control_of_the_government_to_crush_his_enemies\" >It\u2019s vital to remember that at heart, QAnon is about Trump seizing total control of the government to crush his enemies.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-qanon-beliefs-help-normalize-fascism\/#Read_more_about_QAnon\" >Read more about QAnon<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How QAnon beliefs help normalize fascism<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-head\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_vital_to_remember_that_at_heart_QAnon_is_about_Trump_seizing_total_control_of_the_government_to_crush_his_enemies\"><\/span>It\u2019s vital to remember that at heart, QAnon is about Trump seizing total control of the government to crush his enemies. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<p>Earlier this month, one of the most prolific promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, David \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dailydot.com\/debug\/praying-medic-maga-coalition-qanon\/\">Praying Medic<\/a>\u201d Hayes, shared a sentiment that President Donald Trump himself has expressed many times: that Trump should, through some unknown legal process, be \u201cgiven\u201d additional time in office.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/515800-cohen-trump-is-serious-when-he-mentions-staying-for-more-than-two\">story<\/a> from the Hill quoting Michael Cohen that Trump wants to \u201cchange the Constitution\u201d to serve 12 more years, Hayes wrote simply \u201cwe can only hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hayes isn\u2019t even the only major voice in the Q world to endorse the \u201cextra term\u201d idea. Both <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rothschildmd\/status\/1274423817197072384?s=20\">Joe M.<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerPolitics\/status\/1221105752774971392?s=20\">Inevitable ET<\/a>\u2014Q promoters with major influence in the movement\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to have given at least some credence to Trump awarding himself extra terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extra T. T stands for Trump and Term. Third term for Trump confirmed! I am the best decoder! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QAnon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#QAnon<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DlCry30cEp\">pic.twitter.com\/DlCry30cEp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokerPolitics\/status\/1221105752774971392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will repeal the 22nd Amendment and Donald Trump will be President forever. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2JV1WZ8yqt\">https:\/\/t.co\/2JV1WZ8yqt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shem Horne (@Shem_Infinite) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shem_Infinite\/status\/1303534633016070145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Q movement is not just a kooky internet thing, or even a \u201ccollective delusion.\u201d It\u2019s an inherently proto-fascist cult that holds Trump up as a divinely chosen figure picked out to usher in a violent purge of America\u2019s enemies. With that in mind, it\u2019s not surprising that Q promoters support Trump tossing out part of the Constitution, or the election results, or the basic laws of due process simply because he wants to. This is what Q\u2019s followers <em>want<\/em> Trump\u2019s America to look like, because they believe America\u2019s enemies, who are also citizens of this country, have done terrible things and deserve to be punished for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the conspiracy theory\u2019s massive growth in wellness and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> influencer circles related to saving children from mythical trafficking rings, it\u2019s vital to remember that at its heart, Q is about Trump seizing total control of the government to crush his enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Q\u2019s mythology centers around a massive sweeping up of a vast cabal of supposed socialist saboteurs, pedophiles, traitors, and enemies of the Republic done either illegally or under rules designed specifically <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/qanon-conspiracy-posts-trump-news-d5-december-5-george-bush-storm-great-1245823\">for military tribunals<\/a>. The disappearing and secret trial of the leader\u2019s enemies is a hallmark of fascism, and it\u2019s critical to understand that this is what Q is about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And it has been from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>The very first Q posts told a fantastical story about Hillary Clinton and her allies being swept up, the National Guard deployed, and the president sequestered during this massive crackdown\u2014an event that early Q devotees referred to as \u201cthe storm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That name comes from when Trump used the phrase \u201cthe calm before the storm\u201d when flanked by rows of high-ranking military officers. So if, as QAnon believers desperately want, Trump is going to violate federal law to use \u201chis <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>s\u201d to command a domestic police force that will arrest and execute his enemies without due process, why wouldn\u2019t he go the extra mile and ensure that he\u2019s in power until he chooses not to be?<\/p>\n<p>Major figures who have expressed favorable opinions about QAnon are using rhetoric that longs for America to embrace a violent dictatorship and a president taking unconstitutional steps. These aren\u2019t fringe social media characters with little following or Russian bots, but highly connected mainstream conservative figures that President Trump listens to. And they\u2019re increasingly talking about Trump brutally grabbing more power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2010 Infowars: Obama wants to do martial law.<\/p>\n<p>2020 Infowars: Trump should do martial law. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZHLVRtRUR\">https:\/\/t.co\/IZHLVRtRUR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles \u042f. Davis (@charliearchy) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliearchy\/status\/1304843192848670720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Last week, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/michael-scheuer-hunted-bin-laden-for-cia-now-he-wants-americans-dead\">news broke<\/a> that the former head of the CIA\u2019s efforts to find Osama Bin Laden, Michael Scheuer, is a major QAnon believer who has routinely spoken of \u201cloyal Americans\u201d eliminating their domestic enemies and of being upset if an oncoming second American Civil War didn\u2019t end up with a high enough Democratic body count.<\/p>\n<p>While those not used to the rhetoric of Q believers might have been shocked, such open talk of killing Trump\u2019s enemies is common in the movement. And Scheuer isn\u2019t the only one. Roger Stone, the longtime political operative whose indictment was commuted by Trump, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/roger-stone\/roger-stone-calls-trump-seize-total-power-if-he-loses-election\">urged the president<\/a> to exercise dictatorial and non-existent presidential power to ensure his re-election by declaring martial law and seizing total power.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on InfoWars, Stone demanded that Trump send federal marshals to seize ballots in Las Vegas and invalidate the entire electoral slate of Nevada if the president loses, while arresting the heads of major social media companies, along with the Clintons, other prominent Democrats, and media figures. Trump\u2019s commutation of Stone\u2019s seven felony convictions for witness tampering and lying to Congress already has the hallmarks of a dictatorship, with the loyalty of a leader\u2019s crony being put above the sanctity of the criminal justice system. So if Trump can wave off one of his people lying to the body that traditionally acts as a check on the presidency, what else might he be willing to discard for his own aims?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like Scheuer, Stone has publicly endorsed QAnon. In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/former-trump-adviser-roger-stone-says-he-hopes-qanon-source-real-1515197\">July interview<\/a> with prominent Q promoter InTheMatrixxx, Stone said only, \u201cI certainly hope Q is real and there [are] a number of indications that the information that is being disseminated has been of enormous value in this fight for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, Trump\u2019s appointed Director of National Intelligence, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/john-ratcliffe-trump-s-dni-nominee-follows-qanon-twitter-s-ncna1200726\">John Ratcliffe<\/a>, follows a number of QAnon accounts on social media, and QAnon reveres Michael Flynn, the former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official who was National Security Adviser for three weeks. Flynn, in turn, routinely tweets and speaks favorably about Q\u2014to the point where in July, Flynn took an oath to become a \u201cdigital soldier,\u201d fighting against the forces of evil using memes and trolling.<\/p>\n<p>All of these are critical figures in Trump\u2019s orbit, who have held or still hold high-ranking positions of power. Roger Stone has been a campaign consultant for Republicans for four decades and holds enormous influence with the far-right. Scheuer had the highest level security clearance and ran a critical operation for the CIA. As DNI and former National Security Adviser, Ratcliffe and Flynn were some of the highest-placed officers in the entire military apparatus. And all have vocally endorsed or given credence to QAnon\u2014a theory built around the president using power he doesn\u2019t have to make himself a kind of American dictator. Even though Stone, Flynn, and the others haven\u2019t expressly endorsed Trump violating the 22nd Amendment, what QAnon entails is much the same thing: power beyond the bounds of the president\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The link between Trump seizing power and belief in QAnon isn\u2019t limited to well-known figures in his orbit, either. Lauren Witzke, who won the Republican Senate primary for Delaware despite promoting QAnon, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/post\/gop-senate-hopeful-employs-monarchist-and-anti-semite-to-manage-campaign\/\">recently declared<\/a> that she could \u201cget behind\u201d a \u201clifelong term\u201d for Trump, answering a podcast host who asked her if she \u201cwould like to see Trump as king of the United States.\u201d Witzke is unlikely to win her election, but even just to hear a candidate endorsed by the Republican Party make references to the president holding office for life is jarring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president ordering a massive military operation to arrest people under secret indictment and execute them after a cursory trial is not legal. Nor is the president awarding himself more time in office than the voters give him. Yet, this is what self-declared patriots in the QAnon movement want: a president who takes total power and uses it for his own ends. This ideation should be taken seriously, because serious people with major followings have endorsed it. <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the final outcome of the story that Q has been spinning is a massive power grab by the president, used to violently crack down on people who have stood in his way, or simply irritated him in some way. And it\u2019s a story that an increasingly large number of people have endorsed.<\/p>\n<p>So if fascism really comes to America, hundreds of thousands of people will be cheering it on. Because QAnon created a ferverent fanbase for it. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_more_about_QAnon\"><\/span>Read more about QAnon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Did an IP address accidentally reveal QAnon\u2019s identity?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Right-wing militias have adopted QAnon with frightening ease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>We asked AOC for her thoughts on QAnon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>QAnon isn\u2019t newly anti-Semitic\u2014it\u2019s always been that way<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit\">\n<p>                                                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/phoenix-arizona-usa-feb-19-2020-1652263195\">YASAMIN JAFARI TEHRANI\/Shutterstock<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                                            <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\">(Licensed)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/debug\/qanon-fascism-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#How QAnon beliefs help normalize fascism &#8221; It\u2019s vital to remember that at heart, QAnon is about Trump seizing total control of the government to crush his enemies. Earlier this month, one of the most prolific promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, David \u201cPraying Medic\u201d Hayes, shared a sentiment that President Donald Trump himself has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/trump-rally.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}