QAnon conspiracy theorists keeps getting their predictions wrong. So why do supporters still believe?

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The QAnon conspiracy movement is moving the goalposts on its bizarre predictions once again, promising Donald Trump will be inaugurated on March 4. Why do supporters stick with the conspiracy theory when the predictions keep on being wrong?

ListenThe idea has spread beyond American borders and there now are supporters all over the world.

Then, she revealed to Meagan that she believed in QAnon and believed that soon celebrities, business people and political leaders would be arrested by pro-Trump forces.Meagan told her friend that if Mr Trump was actually inaugurated as president on January 20, she would eat her hat. Her friend responded that she would do the same if Mr Biden became president.

"Studies show that when people are highly committed to this kind of belief system, they can continue to move the goalposts indefinitely." "If someone has sort of invested years of their life for QAnon, if someone has made personal sacrifices, such as separating themselves from their friends or their family, it would be very difficult to imagine what, if anything, would allow a QAnon believer to give all that up.

 

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We’re going to have to keep making fun of QAnon and bringing them down, to make the conspiracy theory groupies give up. Oh, the ignorance of some! 🤦🏼‍♀️😡🤪

All the Marxists are like

QAnon is such a dumb conspiracy 🙄 Now get back onto the real stories like Russia collusion 😱

I think they may not be very smart and just gravitating to something that supports their anti-civil rebelliousness.

Because they’re easily led idiots I would imagine.

Not sure whether it is a cult or a new religion, because the difference is only one of numbers, but the whole thing is as completely irrational as either! IAmHereAustralia

Sunk cost theory.

Because there are dumb Fucks 👍👍

Now if only you applied this perfectly reasonable question to climate 'science', over-population, the 'death' of religion, Covid death predictions and benefits of lockdowns etc we might see you as objective & take you seriously...

Probably because the media lies so much they don't know who to believe anymore.

There's rich resources out there to do a deeper dive on vulnerable people.

Qanon...

Trump is an archetypal child rapist Father. Some rape survivors are triggered by him, & others try to appease him mentally, by delusional beliefs, in an effort to ward off terror of further feared sexual abuse. You could look into why folks are so vulnerable. IAmHereAustralia

So do climate scientists but you keep believing them

Many Qanon folks have suffered a lot of trauma and that leaves them very open to manipulation. I feel for folks that have suffered so much that they grasp for meaning in this way. IAmHereAustralia

Never underestimate stupid.

I can't tell if the woman in the video is serious or not. She seems to be having trouble not collapsing into gales of laughter at the script she's reading. Which is understandable given what a load of ludicrous BS it is.

Ummm because they’re mental 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

ugh muppets!

It's a cult. End of story.

Idealogical beliefs are incredibly hard to shift and the drive towards confirmation bias is strong. Even when presented with evidence people still cling to their ideas. I hope these people can be supported to shift towards more positive ideals.amhereaustralia

I’ve been wondering what will happen to Q followers now that nothing Q predicted has happened. It seems some are clinging to their sense of superiority their secret knowledge provides. Others are seeing the light. I hope they find their way. IAmHereAustralia

I guess the irony of trump wanting to screw his own daughter and admissions of him walking in on young girls changing in the Miss America pageant isnt enough for him to qualify as an 'elite paedophile' is completely lost on the Q crowd. My own FIL is not too far behind.

on conspiracy theorists; human intelligence can be plotted on a Bell Curve. The vast majority comfortable well inside the curve. And to the extreme left we have the QAnon imbeciles, & on the right, those too intelligent for their own good. Voila! IAmHereAustralia

Anyone who follows a religion knows how strong “belief” can be. It can be unwavering. The same can be said for many cults, like QAnon. It’s hard to understand, but leaving is not so easy. I hope they find some light soon. iAmHereAustralia

“The date was the original date listed in the US constitution but it has not been used in almost 90 years.” Strange times we live in where Nostradamus type predictions have followers. IAmHereAustralia

'The behaviour of QAnon followers who have stuck with the movement is actually quite similar to the behaviour that has been observed among followers of cults' Sadly rationality disappears, personal values are overridden and people can do things they would normally find shocking

Interesting that there are people commenting who fundamentally misunderstand how knowledge evolves as scientific research progresses. It can't really be compared to basing info on ridiculous 'breadcrumbs' and then shifting the goalposts to save face IAmHereAustralia

The moonshine is a hell of a drink ..

Low IQ i suspect

Probably because the QAnon-ers main focus isn't so much 'predictions' as speculating on ignored connections in the recent past -- and where there's smoke there's sometimes fire. Blame yourself, it's an inevitable by-product of a corrupt media class which refuse to do their job.

'She was just absolutely convinced that it was fraudulent and that everything the mainstream media was telling us was was a lie.' Ummm... is this such a shocking position? Does anyone actually believe what the read in the news any more?

They learnt from climate scientists

Personal bias interfering with reason. Like the ABC’s mindless pursuit of Pell....

It's probably the best scam sham the Democrats have thought up🤔😊👍

Why do you care?

Something big is coming they keep telling us! Vaccine is going to be a mass murder they keep telling us! They are spreasing false fear more than the media! It's laughable.

Trailer park Scientology. These people get so close to understanding the truth, that a relatively small group of people really do control an unbelievable amount of the world’s resources and information, but then jump to the stupidest possible conclusion

There are a lot of brainwashed Trump supporters in America. They have to be deprogrammed before they will stop.

The same question applies to many ideas, not least of all theistic religions, anti vaxxer, and flat earthers. Indoctrination is incredibly powerful.

Climate change alarmists keep getting their predictions wrong. So why do supporters still believe?

QAnon is a pedo group - they persist out of necessity to mask their own transgressions through projection.

EndofUniversePickle. Same, same. SodomAndGommerah. Jehovuh took a cosmographic view of a cleansing advantage,MrKRudd. His Bronzeage alas didnt resolve AgesofPlumbism.Jezus accepted this contest and WON.Your perturbation aftermath,BarackObama VP BattleStars promulgated

Because you can’t fix stupid

cause

Because it’s entertaining to see the media panic and push their fake agenda of hate.

Weirdos

it really doesn't matter what they believe, the only thing that matters to them is that they belong!

Because they're idiots... Isn't it obvious?

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