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hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:03 PM Mar 2022

QAnon on Facebook this morning...



“All of DC is now under Marshall law.”

Where do they get this stuff??? Do they honestly not think that news media would be reporting on this? That with all of the cell phones in DC that SOMEONE would be taking video.

I realize this is sheer stupidity. But these people are dangerous. They are brainwashed to the point that they cannot understand basic logic. And they vote.
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QAnon on Facebook this morning... (Original Post) hamsterjill Mar 2022 OP
That 1st Amendment Can Be Sticky Business. nt SoCalDavidS Mar 2022 #1
Seriously!!! hamsterjill Mar 2022 #6
Uh, Marshall amps in DC are all turned up to 10? blm Mar 2022 #2
Could be? hamsterjill Mar 2022 #8
11. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #25
Maybe even 11 TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #32
Which Knob? ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #41
LOL geardaddy Mar 2022 #45
11, actually. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2022 #53
😁 blm Mar 2022 #69
Marshall Law? Is that a comedian or a sports figure? haele Mar 2022 #3
Probably Marshall Dillon! hamsterjill Mar 2022 #19
My favorite southern rock band griffi94 Mar 2022 #44
LOL hamsterjill Mar 2022 #63
Marshall Mathers must be giving a concert in DC. Chipper Chat Mar 2022 #4
Marshall Law is how parade marshalls are regulated. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #5
Sadly, the insane are allowed to vote unless declared incompetent by a probate court. sop Mar 2022 #7
Yep. That's how you get politicians like MTG. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #9
Hmm. Is that how to get rid of her? wnylib Mar 2022 #48
i see facebook doing it's usual promoting of the bullshit. nt Javaman Mar 2022 #10
This particular post is a former high school classmate. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #12
Because Jerry2144 Mar 2022 #11
I suppose it depends on who Marshall is and what his law says? localroger Mar 2022 #13
Who's this Marshall guy? relayerbob Mar 2022 #14
I think he was involved in the capture of George W. Bush, right? hamsterjill Mar 2022 #20
Ah, reptilian shape-shifter. Makes perfect sense now relayerbob Mar 2022 #39
What the hell is 'Marshall' law?? peggysue2 Mar 2022 #15
Maybe it's like a "Moran"??? hamsterjill Mar 2022 #21
LOL!! peggysue2 Mar 2022 #34
Well, if they are going to post lies, at least learn how to spell. Frustratedlady Mar 2022 #16
Of course!!! hamsterjill Mar 2022 #18
Oh no, the news media PatSeg Mar 2022 #17
It gets scary to me hamsterjill Mar 2022 #22
Yes, the sheer number of them is horrifying PatSeg Mar 2022 #23
It really is. The number of them. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #26
Yes, I agree PatSeg Mar 2022 #28
Because it is an Emotional process, not a logical one. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #31
The Q boards are really insane. Woodwizard Mar 2022 #24
CodemonkeyZ hamsterjill Mar 2022 #27
Nuts is right. Woodwizard Mar 2022 #49
What amazes me hamsterjill Mar 2022 #64
Self perpetuating at this point. Woodwizard Mar 2022 #67
No doubt about that. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #68
Marshall Law was the real name of Ken Curtis... LuckyCharms Mar 2022 #29
And I will betcha that... hamsterjill Mar 2022 #30
No lie here... LuckyCharms Mar 2022 #33
Totally agree. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #35
These fucking idjits don't even know the proper spelling of Martial. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #36
They are morans!!!! hamsterjill Mar 2022 #37
QAnon has an actual FB page? nolabear Mar 2022 #38
No. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #40
More of a Hiwatt man myself. johnp3907 Mar 2022 #42
I named my son Marshall Law! Ilsa Mar 2022 #43
Marshall will buoy, but Fender control... Harker Mar 2022 #46
So, the only place you can now shop at in DC is geardaddy Mar 2022 #47
If QAnon is on fakebook KS Toronado Mar 2022 #50
The wrong word usage suggests The Wizard Mar 2022 #51
Nope. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #65
And just think Traildogbob Mar 2022 #52
Must be double secret Martial law R Merm Mar 2022 #54
Come on guys. Is it Marshall, martial, marital or sharia? jaxexpat Mar 2022 #55
If only there was one reporter to ask GOP'rs who went to Russia for the Fourth of JUly flying_wahini Mar 2022 #56
marital, martial, marshall who cares? kiri Mar 2022 #57
I hope you were lumping anti-vax with "homeopathy and astrology and psychics"... Silent3 Mar 2022 #58
indeedy pro-vaccine kiri Mar 2022 #60
They believe reality is wrong and their beliefs real. sakabatou Mar 2022 #59
So the real Slim Shady finally stood up, huh? tishaLA Mar 2022 #61
Facebookk is not first amendment, and has an alert function. mackdaddy Mar 2022 #62
I alert on her regularly. hamsterjill Mar 2022 #66

ProfessorGAC

(65,010 posts)
41. Which Knob?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:08 PM
Mar 2022

These idiots would turn the gain to 10, forget to get master volume off zero, and wonder why they don't hear anything.
I'm still convinced that many of these proclamations are epic trolling to see how many idiots get fished in.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
53. 11, actually.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:42 PM
Mar 2022

And Madison Cawthorne has introduced a bill that would require them to be capable of being turned up to 12.

haele

(12,650 posts)
3. Marshall Law? Is that a comedian or a sports figure?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:06 PM
Mar 2022

Like doing a type of "mayor for a day" or Lord of misrule gig?

Silly people.

Haele

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
12. This particular post is a former high school classmate.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:17 PM
Mar 2022

I follow her for sheer entertainment as to what QAnon says is happening. Body doubles, aliens, fake head masks, Putin is a savior, etc.

Sometimes it’s not so funny though when I see how many others reply to her and think the same way. That part scares me.

localroger

(3,626 posts)
13. I suppose it depends on who Marshall is and what his law says?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:20 PM
Mar 2022

On the other hand if they meant martial law then that's really credible reporting there.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
20. I think he was involved in the capture of George W. Bush, right?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:27 PM
Mar 2022

When he was tried by a military tribunal and replaced by a body double? Or maybe it’s another code name for JFKJr???

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
15. What the hell is 'Marshall' law??
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:22 PM
Mar 2022

Would be nice if these people were literate. Or maybe they're following Trump's lead: misspell everything, all the time.

How cute. The other thought is maybe English isn't their first language.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
17. Oh no, the news media
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:23 PM
Mar 2022

is part of the whole conspiracy!!! It would be hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous and disturbing.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
22. It gets scary to me
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:31 PM
Mar 2022

Because of the sheer number of people who actually believe this stuff. The one who posted this is an educated woman and runs a successful business. But yet she believes all of this? How does that ever get started? Is it just a need to hate the other side so badly that they concoct stories and they get more outrageous over time? But MTG is in Congress. That makes me worry.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
23. Yes, the sheer number of them is horrifying
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:48 PM
Mar 2022

This is the other pandemic and it could be even more destructive than the coronavirus and harder to eradicate. How do you effectively deprogram that many people?

I agree, it is really disturbing when we see well educated, seemingly intelligent people buy into this bizarre crap. It is quite unlike anything I've ever seen before. It wouldn't even make for plausible science fiction. It will be interesting to see how history records this chapter in our story.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
26. It really is. The number of them.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:00 PM
Mar 2022

It is THAT part that I don’t think the rest of us take seriously enough. I mean, they created an insurrection! What other crazy stuff do they have in their minds that is not only ludicrous, but something they are willing to act upon. I’m not suggesting a panic over them, but to totally dismiss them, is a mistake IMHO. They are not rational yet they are in communication in a wide network and they have guns.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
28. Yes, I agree
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:09 PM
Mar 2022

We've always had an extreme fringe in this country, but they never amounted to enough people to be a serious threat. This group is far greater in numbers than I could have ever imagined, plus many of them are heavily armed and very angry. We've seen in the past what a handful of dangerous extremists can do. I hate to think of what they could do in large numbers.

Caliman73

(11,736 posts)
31. Because it is an Emotional process, not a logical one.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:26 PM
Mar 2022

All of us, every single one of us can fall victim to emotional overactivation. The point at which you are so activated emotionally that the logic centers of your brain are shut down or shut out.

If you think about it, the emotional centers of your brain develop earlier than the areas used for reasoning and logic. Small children, while they develop some sort of problem solving early on, are typically reacting emotionally until they are older. So you have these very powerful chemically induced states of mind versus the calm, logical, and dispassionate state you should be in when making a choice, especially one of significance.

You become emotionally invested in the process, kind of like a person in an abusive relationship that refuses to leave because they "love" the abuser. There is some understanding that the situation is not tenable, but the emotional involvement overwhelms the part of the brain that would make the rational decision to terminate the relationship.

This is why when you have abusers, grifters, and con artists, you see the same pattern and approach. They challenge your sense of power, they tell you how special you are, and how the other "sheep" are blah blah blah. It is a script meant to arouse the person's emotions.

Woodwizard

(842 posts)
24. The Q boards are really insane.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 12:56 PM
Mar 2022

Greatawakening or patriot dot win will leave you amazed at the smug stupidity.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
27. CodemonkeyZ
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:03 PM
Mar 2022

Ron Watkins. He is the one that this person typically regurgitates. And he’s pretty much been outed as a crazy nutcase yet the other nuts don’t care.

Woodwizard

(842 posts)
49. Nuts is right.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:30 PM
Mar 2022

I used to go on and troll them but it goes right over their heads. After Trump said get the vaccine I said I got it because trump told me.

I was banned in less than 15 minutes.

Now with the war and the pro Russian crazy posts how Putin and Trump saving children and going after bio labs in Ukraine. There is a segment of this countries population that is divorced from reality and not coming back.

There have been several good podcasts about Ron Watkins, reply all had one and I think there is a follow up I lose track of all the different ones https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
64. What amazes me
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 04:12 PM
Mar 2022

Is that a roughly 35-year old, uneducated idiot has managed to create all of this. And yes, I realize he had help at the beginning. But that it continues in this absurdity mass is just bewildering!

Woodwizard

(842 posts)
67. Self perpetuating at this point.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 04:47 PM
Mar 2022

Someone will post an absurdity and more will pile on. "My cousin got the vaccine and glows walking by the microwave" and 20 other yahoos will start posting their made up situations to out stupid each other. I am guessing there are 20 percent or so trolls just feeding these idiots to see how far they run with it.

Nothing is off the table besides criticizing Trump or questioning the "plan"

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
29. Marshall Law was the real name of Ken Curtis...
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:20 PM
Mar 2022

The gentleman who played "Festus" in Gunsmoke.

Mr. Curtis auditioned for the role of "Matt Dillon", but he was just barely beat out by James Arness for the part.

The character played by Mr. Arness was originally to be named "Bob Dylan" instead of Matt Dillon, but they thought that "Bob Dylan" sounded too musical for the role of a Marshall.

Coincidently, during the filming of Gunsmoke, Bob Dylan the musician was photographed in the a room on the second floor of the saloon on the Gunsmoke set, while giving Miss Kitty a right proper screwin'.

Dylan pain the photographer $300,000 to have the photo and negative destroyed.

I learned all of this from QAnon.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
30. And I will betcha that...
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:25 PM
Mar 2022

There are secret tunnels underneath Miss Kitty's saloon where children are trafficked, right? QAnon is actively working via Michael Flynn, of course, to get them all to safety.

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
33. No lie here...
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:30 PM
Mar 2022

I lurk on this guy's FB page who is a Q guy. I don't have a FB account...someone else lets me use their account for various reasons (mainly so I can read a furniture refinishing group).

The latest thing these Q people are saying is that Ukraine is the "child trafficking hub" of the world, and that is why Putin is waging war on Ukraine.

These lost souls cannot be saved, they are too far gone.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
35. Totally agree.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:44 PM
Mar 2022

I have a Facebook account because I am in animal rescue and that is the main path for communication via rescue groups. I lurk on the page of this former high school classmate (see upthread). The extremes that they go to are just amazing.

What I can’t figure out is - if the cabal does all of this terrible stuff because the motivator is money and power, how do they rationalize that no one else (like a journalist) would want money and power by exposing the cabal? Their logic is flawed, obviously, yet they certainly don’t see that.

I marvel at the stories. They make up shit and then it gets passed around so many times that they start to believe it. It is believed that CodeMonkeyZ (Ron Watkins) is the instigator.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
40. No.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:08 PM
Mar 2022

This is from a person’s page who I follow for entertainment. Former high school classmate who has gone over the edge.

KS Toronado

(17,220 posts)
50. If QAnon is on fakebook
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:31 PM
Mar 2022

And did publish “All of DC is now under Marshall law.”, then everyone on Fakebook, Twitter, etc should spread
this "Breaking News" and encourage everyone to find out why. Let's help these idiot repugs understand
that Qa nonsense lies to them.

Traildogbob

(8,731 posts)
52. And just think
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:40 PM
Mar 2022

This is the level of intelligence BEFORE white wing Karen’s start deciding what’s allowed to be taught. The stupid virus will kill us all way before any Covid variant has a chance. And they are proud of it. Stable 🐏🐎 💩 geniuses all.

flying_wahini

(6,591 posts)
56. If only there was one reporter to ask GOP'rs who went to Russia for the Fourth of JUly
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:59 PM
Mar 2022

What they think of the bounty on Putin’s head? Or ANY thing besides what they are told?

kiri

(794 posts)
57. marital, martial, marshall who cares?
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 03:29 PM
Mar 2022

When did people ever back out from lunacy?

Millions still believe in homeopathy and astrology and psychics.

And vaccines.

Silent3

(15,210 posts)
58. I hope you were lumping anti-vax with "homeopathy and astrology and psychics"...
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 03:32 PM
Mar 2022

...not the pro-vaccine position.

kiri

(794 posts)
60. indeedy pro-vaccine
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 03:41 PM
Mar 2022

I hoped for a reaction.

I do get comfort that believers in irrational nonsense are dying of covid at 3-times faster/more than us democratic humanists.

mackdaddy

(1,527 posts)
62. Facebookk is not first amendment, and has an alert function.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 04:09 PM
Mar 2022

I only use it to keep track of grandkids and such postings.

But just click on those three little dots in the upper right corner of any post and you can alert on it.

Don't know how much good it does, but at least some human at FB may eventually look at it.

I never hesitate to alert on that kind of bs post.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
66. I alert on her regularly.
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 04:17 PM
Mar 2022

Last edited Wed Mar 2, 2022, 06:35 PM - Edit history (1)

As do several others. She gets put in Facebook jail for a few days and then is right back at it. Tells you a lot about Facebook really trying to keep misinformation from spreading.

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