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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQAnon followers slapped by reality that Biden is president
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Axios
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Pro-Trump Telegram channels and other online forums were filled today with posts from users angry and disappointed that Trump did not black out U.S. communications networks and send in the military to arrest Biden and other Democrats and celebrities.
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QAnon followers slapped by reality that Biden is president
Believers could either retreat from conspiracy theories or become easy picking for extremists trawling the far-right web for radicalization targets.
axios.com
2:19 PM · Jan 20, 2021
Axios
@axios
Pro-Trump Telegram channels and other online forums were filled today with posts from users angry and disappointed that Trump did not black out U.S. communications networks and send in the military to arrest Biden and other Democrats and celebrities.
Illustration of Q surrounded by cursors
QAnon followers slapped by reality that Biden is president
Believers could either retreat from conspiracy theories or become easy picking for extremists trawling the far-right web for radicalization targets.
axios.com
2:19 PM · Jan 20, 2021
https://www.axios.com/qanon-biden-inauguration-d5329fde-ee80-4a25-915e-93a1742b57dc.html
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QAnon followers slapped by reality that Biden is president (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jan 2021
OP
These people believe that Democrat leaders are lizard people from outer space.
Chainfire
Jan 2021
#6
Chainfire
(17,636 posts)1. They will have an answer waiting in the wings
Trump is just pretending to be "retired" to Florida or some such silly notion. These folks are experts at mistaking fantasy for the real world.
central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)4. Exactly
Any mature conspiracy theory can twist like a pretzel and accommodate anything as validation.
Bluethroughu
(5,186 posts)2. Doesn't sound like fun.
Snap out of it and get happy!
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)3. Classic
Cognitive dissonance.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)5. They really have no clue how the USA works, do they?
Chainfire
(17,636 posts)6. These people believe that Democrat leaders are lizard people from outer space.
No, they haven't a clue....