CBS warns viewers words like ‘patriot’ and ‘thin blue line’ are secret extremist hate speech
July 21, 2021 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
CBS reporter Dan Patterson warned viewers that they should be on the lookout for online groups that use the word “patriot” and the phrase “thin blue line” because they are in reality keywords for “QAnon” extremist hate groups.
“So, the new rule of QAnon is that there is no QAnon, at least not anymore. There was a QAnon. But after the mysterious poster named ‘Q’ told them to drop the branding because it became toxic last fall, QAnon true believers started to move on and after the Jan. 6 insurrection, most really dropped the QAnon branding. Why? Because the conspiracies continued to metastasize on social media. Even in places like Facebook which require a real name, QAnon conspiracies have flourished since Jan. 6. Now, that’s just one example of in real life (IRL) QAnon true believer behavior. In the past year, especially just in the last 6 months, of course, they helped ferment the Jan. 6 insurrection, but they’ve also pushed the ‘big lie’ narrative across social media,” Patterson noted.
He went on to accuse these so-called extremists of being anti-vaxxers and of having questioned the voting results in Maricopa County, Arizona. He also says they attend “patriot” rallies. Patterson says they are planning conferences and events this fall and connected QAnon to anyone who refers to the “deep state,” “patriot,” or “thin blue line.” Democrats have disingenuously promoted the group as a driving force in right-wing politics while trying to connect anyone disagreeing with them to QAnon.
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