This may be a bit memey, but it seems to me that the biggest weakness of q followers is so many of them think the "white hats"are some secret canal of patriots working from the inside to bring down the governmeant corruption, so all patriots have to do is sit back and let the "white hats" do all the work...
Besides being backward as all hell, this idea is antithetical to American values and First Principles. Simply put, the founders didn't sir around waiting for someone else to save then from British tyranny, they took up arms and secured their own freedom.
And that's what patriots across the loose coalition misidentified as "the right" are doing, securing elections, running for office, primarying weak, RINO candidates, getting the real news out there on sites like this, etc.
So you wanna meet a white hat for real? Go look in the mirror.
I know, I know, "maybe the real Q was inside us all along," meme goes here, but think about it a minute and tell me it doesn't make a little bit of sense.
Or maybe I'm contradicting the holy scriptures of your Lord and savior Q somehow, I dunno, lol. (Poking fun, not being malicious)
Gatekeeper or another mechanism of control?
Q called out AJ & Corsi for a reason. Good on you for calling out COINTELPRO when you see it. Any anon who has "nostalgic" feelings towards AJ either wasn't there in real time when they got busted subverting the research community or they fail to understand the valid point you just made.
Its the same logic as these normies who still support Disney, or some spirit cooking pedovore celebrity. "oh well, I know they are a bad company but I will still continue giving them money because I love muh Marvel & Star Wars IP's"
I mean, I can only speak for myself, but that dude never controlled me. I don't watch him anymore, but I still think he served a useful purpose in my search.
AJ and by extension others like Shapiro are gatekeepers but they are easy to get past if you have any desire for the truth. They are not blockades. They can however be the "gateway drug" for many.
You said it better than me.