Should we be asking politicians directly if they believe in and support QAnon?

The Republican party needs to be defunded ,and start from scratch conservative values are one thing but the majority (not all) have let themselves be turned into a cult, and it’s truly scary,and they are ready to defend their cult with whatever violence they deem necessary.
And sorry to answer your question yes you should but they are very good at lying.

@SQUEEKY2 ”
they are very good at lying.”
Damn, that is crazy

A majority (also) believes in God, but their actions don’t mirror that.
So it’s a non issue, in my view.
What does a yes or a no mean anyway, coming from a politician.

What will be their lie? That they support QAnon or that they don’t? My guess is they will try to not answer the question directly.

QAnon is an interesting case because I’m not entirely sure what the correct response to it should be. Not taking it seriously doesn’t seem to be working, because many people do take it seriously and those who scoff at it as “crazy conspiracy theories” will come off as condescending and snobbish, just as “coastal elites” are supposed to be. But taking it too seriously gives it much more power, and seems to confirm its validity, that there may be something to it that needs to be stopped. I don’t see an easy way to win. That is, of course, the problem with conspiracy theories: every attempt to oppose them just makes them more valid to those who believe.

The truth is extremism, corruption, and moral & intellectual rot in American politics has brought everything to a point where terrorism and insurrection aren’t just unitended consequences – they’re a chosen strategy.

Reactionary Republicans are only the most obvious example, but the far left fringe is just as dangerous. And hesiatancy to confront the people and thinking behind this attack on civil institutions and core democratic values only guarantees more damage.

So don’t ask politely. Demand immediate answers and real proof that elected officials & candidates aren’t part of the insanity. And if they are, use every means necessary to take away their power.

So there. I said what I actually think. But I don’t feel any better and I don’t expect to. I despise the arrogance and plain stupidity of our politics, along with everyone and everything drawn into it’s stinking suckhole over the last 20 years.

I’m going to spend the rest of the day wiping my brain off.

@JLoon It’s interesting because that is the approach that Japan is taking with the Moonies (a Korean church often considered to be a cult). In the wake of Shinzo Abe’s assassination (motivated apparently by Abe’s association with the church), the Japanese government is purging itself of association with the Moonies. The difference I guess is that the Moonies are not popular with the Japanese people as a whole, as QAnon is with Americans. But QAnon is creeping into the establishment and that is alarming.

A segment on Face The Nation yesterday, Sept 18, they gave some statistics on people willing to be violent to get Trump back into the President’s chair, and QAnon. You can probably see it on demand. It was a good episode overall. Good segment about immigration too.

What good would that do? How honest and answer would you expect to get?

@janbb: I would think that QAnon would want people who support them to be proud of it, and for the people who support them, they might think it’s something to be proud of, too.

Ask, Sure. Do we expect a truthful answer, Nope!

@janbb How will they answer? If they say yes they alienate the Republicans who think QAnon is crazy talk. If they say no they lose the QAnon’s. My guess is most of them won’t answer.

I figure Trump’s main goal right now is to benefit from the money QAnon-ites will send him. That’s why he’s ramping it up. That’s my guess.

@JLeslie I agree with you. I think they won’t answer, just like they’re being fairly mum on abortion.

Rep / Cons will ask what is Qanon and continue to lie.