Lot of folks asking me what to say to a friend or family member who has become a QAnon supporter recently.

Here's one way: Have them actually read what Q writes.

This is the first Q drop. Hillary extradited, arrested and National Guard activated on 10/30/2017.

Did that happen?

Of course, the posts get dumber and fuzzier over time, so that Q can claim victory for vague sentences and claim them as proofs.

But nobody can really answer for how blindingly stupid and extremely specific the genesis of the thing is.

The difference between QAnon and all of the other disinfo campaigns was infrastructure.

There was FBIAnon, HLIAnon, CIAAnon before it.

But Q worked because of a concerted effort from 4/8chan mods who became niche influencers on Twitter and YouTube. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531

Still, QAnon is an ever-growing political and religious sect in the United States based on violence and retribution that will evolve and persevere no matter what happens in November.

It has created a media ecosystem — really, an alternate reality — unto itself.

It's extremely easy to laugh Q off because of how ludicrous and easily disprovable it all is.

It's not about facts. It's about fear, white grievance, anger, loss of perceived power, bastardization of scripture, and revenge, abetted by exponential growth on social networks.