1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Q and On is now the most prolific online conspiracy 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: theory of the twenty one century. None of their predictions 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: came true. Q has vanished and the storm never came, 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: but Q and On is still alive. I'm Jake Hanrahan, 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: and this is series two of Q Clearance, a podcast 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: shedding light on the ongoing Q and on conspiracy theory. 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: This is a production of Kudatar Media and I Heart Radio. 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: Today is the final episode of Q Clearance, And with that, 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: I want to try and recap on everything we've learned 10 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: to better understand where Q and On might be headed now. 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: So first I want to focus on December of this year, 12 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: the upcoming December in a few months. If Q doesn't 13 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: return before then, that will be a full twelve months 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: without a Q drop. This is something I keep coming 15 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: back to because I think it's actually quite a big 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: signifier of how Q and On has mutated. They don't 17 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: even have a leader telling them what to do now, 18 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: but they're still moving forward now. One thing I was 19 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: quite wrong about in the last series was that I 20 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: suspected the Q and On movement would begin to crumble 21 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: rapidly once Q stopped posting the drops. I thought without 22 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: their leader, the followers would all start dropping like flights. 23 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: Whilst this was initially true to some degree at the beginning, 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: the collapse of the original Q and on routine has actually, 25 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: in the long term lead to a strengthened resurgence in 26 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: the movement and what I think can be best described 27 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: now as Q and on two point oh, that is 28 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: the new iteration of Q and on. Now, with this 29 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: new iteration, I think one thing is very clear after 30 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: looking into it for a while. Out of sight does 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: not mean out of mind when it comes to Q 32 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: and on. Just because the movement was chased off of 33 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: mainstream social media and because it vantaged from the news, 34 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: doesn't mean it's followers disappeared. Sure, plenty of them did 35 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: throw in the towel, and they eventually realized they've been tricked. However, 36 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: what remained was the most hardcore of the hardcore, and 37 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: if the telegram channels or anything to go by, it 38 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: is still talking hundreds of thousands of people. This, in 39 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: my opinion, is where Q and On truly becomes its 40 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: most dangerous, when it mutated from a ridiculous conspiracy based 41 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: internet movement to something more akin to a decentralized extremist cult. 42 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: That's how I would personally label Q and On two 43 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 1: point oh if I had to simplify it. Now, there 44 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: is a lot more to we know. We've explored this 45 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: with Q clearance, but again, to put a bow in it, 46 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: it is basically a gigantic conspiracy theory cult. Things have 47 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: gone a lot darker too. With the evolution of Q 48 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: and On two point oh has come a new accepted 49 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: extremism within the movement that was previously taboo to acknowledge 50 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: out loud within Q and On circles. Yes, many of 51 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: the theories Q and On is built upon borrow heavily 52 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: from anti Semitic conspiracies. Yes, there's deep undertones of racism 53 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: in the Q and On rehetoric at times, but the 54 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: original form of Q and On at least pretended to 55 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: shun racism and anti Semitism. I'm not saying that's a 56 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: good thing, it's just the way it was. Now though, 57 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: within Q and On two point oh there is a 58 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: split and within the factions that that has created. Racism 59 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: and outright neo Nazism is often accepted and even promoted. 60 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: It if you subscribe to the right Q and on 61 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: telegram channels you can basically view each Q and on 62 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: offshoot in real time. It's clear that whilst it's growing 63 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: stronger in some ways, the movement is shattered into different 64 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: webs of ideology, all under the same insane Q and 65 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: On umbrella. It seems that without Q, without Trump, where 66 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: we go, one we go? All is now just words. 67 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: There is no real unity amongst the Q and Ons. 68 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: Now there are different camps of thought within the movement. 69 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: You have Q and on is now who subscribe to 70 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: the ideas of ghost Ezra. He is a Q and 71 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: On neo Nazi that's been slowly playing his followers with Hitler. 72 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: Wasn't such a bad guy bullshit for a while now. 73 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: He's also on the wackiest end of the conspiracy spectrum, 74 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: floating ideas of reptilians and bodied bubbles. His channel has 75 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: over three hundred thousand subscribers. Then there's the q and 76 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: Ons who subscribe to the more conventional q and On 77 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: ideas of Praying medic. He's one of the original q 78 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: and On personalities. Him and his followers are still pushing 79 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: the idea that Trump is secretly in control. Praying Medic 80 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: thinks Q will come back and take over blah blah blah. 81 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: He's also trying his hardest to call out the racist 82 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: Nazi Q and on camps that have emerged. Ironically enough, 83 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,239 Speaker 1: this has him throwing war on some of the most 84 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 1: out there conspiracy theories that were actually once part of 85 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: the original user generated Q and on canon. Recently, for example, 86 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: he wrote the following, which looks to be a shot 87 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: taken at ghost Ezra's camp quote why do they push 88 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: fantastic claims? Certain accounts on social medi media share unbelievable 89 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: claims with their followers. There appears to be a single 90 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: overarching reason why they do it. These accounts often post 91 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: legitimate news and information on current events for a period 92 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: of time, but then they will suddenly share something out 93 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: of the norm, like the idea that Hitler wasn't really 94 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: such a bad guy, or that James Comey or Hillary 95 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: Clinton have been secretly executed. If I were to tell 96 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: you the moon was made of cheese, you may not 97 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: believe me, but I could respond prove that it isn't 98 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: made of cheese. To prove conclusively that the moon is 99 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: not made of cheese, we would have to go there 100 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: in person and inspect the surface of the moon. That 101 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: isn't possible right anyway, end quote. It goes on like that. 102 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: As you can see, their Praying Medic is basically calling 103 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: out other Q and on groups who are becoming more 104 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: extreme and spreading even more fantastic conspiracy theories. Imagine that 105 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: some of the Q and on conspiracy theories in the 106 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: new movement even too radical to out there for the 107 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: originators of Q and On, It's kind of ironic when 108 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: you think about it. Anyway, Praying Medic, despite being a 109 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: start up Q and On influencer from day one, actually 110 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: has less than half as many subscribers as ghost Ezra, 111 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: with just over one and ten thousand. Then moving on, 112 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: there's the q and On spirituality camp that believe the 113 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: half baked and completely failed predictions of Q are actually 114 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: some sort of prophecies from a different dimension. I swear 115 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: to God this is what they believe. These lot mostly 116 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: congregate on a channel called five D Full Disclosure. They 117 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: only have thirty subscribers, but what they lack in membership 118 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: they make up for in complete and total madness, trust me. 119 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: Then around all of this there's the more conventional hard 120 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: core conservative conspiracy apes that latch onto Mike Flynn and 121 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: lynn Wood, the ladder of which seems to be mostly 122 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: these days posting about God and how his Q and 123 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: on mania has wrecked his family. It's all quite pathetic, 124 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: to be honest. Still, Lynnwood has nearly nine hundred thousands subscribers, 125 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: clearly has a lot of cloud in the Q and 126 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: on community. Still there are other camps outside of these 127 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: as well, but generally they all have some variations of 128 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: these ideas. So now not only is Q and On 129 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: in some kind of shadow war against the deep State, 130 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: or at least they think they are, they're also at 131 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: war with each other. Whilst these varying degrees of delusion 132 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: sound funny to speak about, and I know I've been 133 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: kind of laughing whilst looking into it, we must always 134 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: remind ourselves that several people have already died as a 135 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: direct influence of the frenzied madness that is Q and 136 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: actually is not a game, and it's not funny. One 137 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: of the saddest examples of death by Q and On is, 138 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: of course, Ashley Babbitt. Actually bubb It was shot dead 139 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: during the January six Capital Building riot by a police 140 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: officer as she tried to climb a ledge whilst breaching, 141 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: smashed in the security door. Actually, Babbitt laid there, bleeding 142 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: on the ground, with a Make America Great Again flag 143 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: draped around her shoulders. Bwad is up to Congress to 144 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: confront dis egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, 145 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna walk down, and I'll be there with you. 146 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna walk down. We're gonna walk down to the capital, 147 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: and we're gonna cheer on our brave senators and congress 148 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: men and women. And we're probably not going to be 149 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: cheering so much for some of them, because you'll never 150 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, 151 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: and you have to be strong. Actually, bubb It later 152 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: died in hospital. She was just thirty five years old. 153 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: Babb It was a true believer in q and On. 154 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: Despite this, Whilst many initially saw her as a martyr, 155 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: her status was quickly cast down when Q and On's 156 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: claimed her death was in fact a false flag event 157 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: designed to make them look bad. Bubb It was an 158 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: Air Force veteran who served in Iraq. Q and Ons 159 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: took this and ran with it, deciding she was in 160 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: fact working for the kabal of pedophiles and deep state 161 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: actors that they believe they're fighting against ironic clear enough, 162 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: even after effectively dying for the cause of q and On, actually, 163 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: Babbitt was turned into parts of the evil conspiracy she 164 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: believed in. In total, five people lost their lives in 165 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: the midst of the January sixth Capital Building riot, which, 166 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: as we've already established, was massively connected to Q and On. 167 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: Brian sick Nick, a member of the Capitol Police Force, 168 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: died after being beaten by protesters and sprayed with mace. 169 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: He was forty two years old. Kevin Greson, a former 170 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: Obama support turned MAGA loyalist, died of a heart attack 171 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: as protesters became more rowdy. It's believed he was on 172 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: the phone to his wife as it happened. He was 173 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: fifty five. Rosanne Boiland, a hard core Q and On believer, 174 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: was crushed to death as other MAGA rioters tried to 175 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: fight through a police line. She was just thirty four 176 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: years old. Ben Phillips, a big time Trump loyalists who 177 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: believed in some of the conspiracy theories of Q and On, 178 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: died of a stroke after attending the riot. En route, 179 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: he told the media. He believed it was the first 180 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: day of the rest of our lives for the movement. 181 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: He was fifty. Now some people have pointed out that 182 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: the majority of people who lost their lives during the 183 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: January sixth Capital Building riot were Q and On or 184 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: MAGO loyalists, and that it doesn't matter. It does matter. 185 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: Forget your political affiliations and pearl clutching for a moment 186 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: and consider that these were all real people with lives, aspirations, 187 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: and families. Sadly, for whatever reasons, they weren't wise enough 188 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: to realize how unbelievably stupid Q and On his they 189 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: were manipulated, roped in, and tricked by a bunch of 190 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: sociopathic internet goons from h N online. Lots of people 191 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: still think that's funny, but ultimately people are now dead 192 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: due to a fake prediction that sprung up on an 193 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 1: image board in October. From that to this, Q and 194 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: On is not a partisan issue, as we've discussed, It's 195 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: mutated into something much more extreme that can affect everyone. 196 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: The wreckage it leaves in its wake is felt all 197 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: across the political spectrum. Now, I'm not saying Q and 198 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: On is the next terror movement. I don't think calling 199 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: January six rioters insurgents makes any sense, and I'm also 200 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: not saying more Q and on violence is a definite. However, 201 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: I do think that it's worth paying attention to the 202 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: way it's evolved, and it should most definitely not be 203 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: ignored just because it's no longer trending. So what can 204 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: you do to help stop people falling into the trap 205 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: of Q and on two point Oh? Honestly, I'm not 206 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: even sure anymore. I'm sorry I don't have a better 207 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: answer for you, but that's where it is. In the 208 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: last series, we asked this question when Q and on 209 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: was coming to the end of its first phase. Now, 210 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: though without its leader, it's built autonomous cells with different ideas, 211 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: that's much harder to tackle. All we can do is 212 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: focus on the biggest issue currently. I think that is 213 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: the fact fascist groups have purposely targeted Q and on 214 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: channels as a means to infiltrate and convert already wide 215 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: eyed conspiracy nuts that are there. It goes to Ezra's 216 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: Mountain support base is anything to go by, They're clearly 217 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: quite successful. Now I've seeing these Nazi supporters toying with 218 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: Q and On supporters in real time on telegram. They 219 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: don't steam him with swastickers and gas chambers at first. 220 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: What they're often doing is taking on the role of 221 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: a Q and On adherent and asking more and more 222 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: extreme questions, linking everything back to racist myths and anti Semitism. 223 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: They engage with the q and Ons and turn up 224 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: slow boil until Hitler was right becomes an accepted point 225 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: of view. Their methods are clever and very fucked up. 226 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: I don't know how to stop someone believing in hateful 227 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: political ideas, but I do know stopping those spreading them helps. 228 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: I would say at this point, if people really want 229 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: to help stop the spread of Q and On, they 230 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: need to get active. That doesn't mean publishing a fifty 231 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: tweet thread on why someone somewhere did something bad. It 232 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: doesn't mean laughing in the face of Q and On's. 233 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean showing at them, screaming at them. What 234 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: getting active could mean is participating in the many online 235 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: investigations currently taking place to unmask the neo Nazis infiltrating 236 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: Q and On circles. Perhaps, if you've got time, have 237 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: a listen back to the series, listen to the guests 238 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: and think, how could you help, Maybe reach out to 239 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: a few of them. I'm sure they'd appreciate the help. 240 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: As of now, Q and on remains a burning wildfire 241 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: of hate, conspiracy theory, and cult like manipulation. As it stands, 242 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: Q and on is yet to die out. Logic, common sense, 243 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: the fall of Trump and online the platform NG hasn't 244 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: killed it. Unfortunately. I think Q and on will be 245 00:16:55,520 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: around in some form for years to come. Week due 246 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: to convert it it stay one step ahead byre trying 247 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: to understand it. This has been QUE Clearance. Thank you 248 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: for listening. M m hm m hm. Q Clearance is 249 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: brought to you by I Heart Radio and cou Data Media. 250 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: I'm Jake Hanrahan. You can find me online at Jake 251 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: Underscore hand Rahan. That's h A N A h A N. 252 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: You can get Q Clearance merch at dark wash dot net. 253 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: This episode was produced by myself, with fact checking and 254 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: additional research by Sarah A. High Tower. The music is 255 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: by Sam Black and the sound was mixed by Thomas 256 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: Griffin at Splicing Block.