Sean believes a mysterious informant hasn’t been given enough credit. Does QAnon know what’s going to happen before it happens? Or is it a totally baseless conspiracy theory? More importantly, is any of this cool? 

“Which keyword has been attacked by mainstream media, more than any other? It's QAnon. Would the mainstream media, really expend so much effort to discredit QAnon if it was a merely a self-evident conspiracy theory?” 

Listen to Sean’s submission featured in Episode 69 of How Cool Is This? and read a nice transcript of the full episode below:

Sean: When secret mass arrests were happening in Saudi Arabia, who was pointing there on an anonymous messaging board? It was QAnon. When every talking head was saying that Trump and his family were criminals working with Russia, who was saying they would be vindicated in the end? It was QAnon. Before COVID-19 originated near the only level four Biolab in China, who was talking about Corona? It was QAnon.

Before John Perry Barlow and John McCain died, who was pointing to their deaths? It was QAnon. Before the nationwide riots happened, who was saying there would be organized riots? It was QAnon. When the wildfires started on the West coast, who was pointing at the verifiable arson attacks? It was QAnon.

When Black Lives Matter was getting millions of donations from major corporations, who was pointing at the funding scheme that put that money into the democratic presidential candidates? It was QAnon. Which keyword has been attacked by mainstream media, more than any other? It's QAnon. 

Would the mainstream media really expend so much effort to discredit QAnon, if it was merely a self-evident conspiracy theory? Go to QanonFAQ.com to learn about this inside Intel source that not one news agency has covered with journalistic integrity.

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Brian: Nick? How cool is QAnonFAQ.com?

Nick: Are you asking me how cool is the website QAnonFAQ.com or QAnon in general?  I think I might have the same answer for both.

Brian: Not cool.

Nick: Yeah, just pretty unequivocally not cool.

Brian: It's tough when you say stuff like, “No one's covered this with journalistic integrity.” It doesn't allow anybody who does cover it with journalistic integrity to speak about it.

Nick: I think we're providing the appropriate context for QAnon, saying things like QAnon is not cool because most of it is false and it has ruined many lives. 

Brian: But, he did point out a few facts that were facts, I suppose. I think in general, the kind of adage is a broken clock is right twice a day.

I will say that Sean had a well-written submission. He had a confident voice, and he believed in what he was saying, it was clear, and all of those individually are cool outside of context

Nick: Sometimes it's just easier to listen to someone who has a nice quality audio recording, say that things are true, and then just agree with them.

It's easier than ever to spread misinformation, and part of me wonders if by putting QAnon-related ideas on our podcast, even when we provide context, are we contributing to that spread of misinformation?

Brian: It's possible that we're not cool, but it also feels disingenuous to not talk about it because it is a real part of our society at this point.

Nick: You could say you don't want to give them oxygen because when you do, that's when the fire really starts to grow.

QAnon has reached this point where the current president is actively welcoming QAnon supporters. I feel like not talking about it could help it fade into obscurity, but, ignoring it at this point, just seems ignorant, too. 

Brian: If this were an idea that didn't catch steam and rip families apart then it can be cool, but then when it suddenly affects reality, it really quickly becomes not cool. 

Nick: Right. Conspiracies in a vacuum, I think are incredibly fun. But when conspiracies start to have an impact on the real world is when they can be dangerous.

Brian: The QAnon community is primarily comprised of people who have felt left out from society. There is a larger context to why people are acting this uncoolly. It's because they don't feel like they have a choice

Nick: I do understand why more people than ever are choosing to align themselves with something that is giving them more power than they ever thought they had before. Does that mean that Q is cool? No, because at the end of the day, it's all based on complete and utter falsehoods.

Brian: Our show structure is set up to allow “de-platformed people,” to be part of the conversation in a way that I guess makes us the arbiters of, not truth, but cool, and we've long said that we don't think we're cool, but we know what it is. 

Nick: And you know, when you submit an idea to the, to this show, you set yourself up to be judged by those standards.

Brian: Which is that cool? We think so. 

Nick: But QAnon, not cool.

Brian: Unfortunately not. 

Nick: If you have any ideas, conspiracy related or not, feel free to leave us a voicemail at (848) 863-9917.

Brian: Even if you want to tell us that we weren't cool for this episode, that's your choice.

Nick: We're always happy to listen.

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