https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-flynn-recites-oath-of-office-using-slogan-associated-with-qanonQuote
During the evening of July 4, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn shared a video of himself leading five other people in a recitation of the oath of office traditionally given to federal elected officeholders, ending the oath with a slogan associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Flynn, the former national security adviser for President Trump who recently won a major court victory when an appeals court ordered a judge to grant the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss its case against him, posted the Independence Day video of himself on Twitter reading the oath of office off of a cellphone as three women and two men, some of whom were members of his family, repeated after him in front of a bonfire. The oath, which is taken by members of the House and Senate, includes the promise that one “will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Flynn and the others ended the short video by quoting a popular QAnon slogan — “Where we go one, we go all!” — after which they said, “God bless America.”
It's really not that much of a leap from the Fox News primetime lineup to QAnon conspiracies. The Trump-right in this country is so detached from reality already, but there's no telling how much crazier it could get. There's Qanon-supporting Republican candidates for Congress in safe districts who will get elected.
That's why the liberal/progressive excesses just don't matter to me much right now. We're on the verge of a significant portion of the country turning into complete and utter nutjobs. If there's no shared reality between us, I don't know how we can have a healthy democracy and society.
This post was edited by IceMage on Jul 6 2020 07:30pm