Learn Your History, Anons!!!!
He who forgets his past is liable to misunderstand the present and lose sight of the future!!!
The Turning Point
Pedes need to remember that before Q stepped in to emphasize the distinction between Q and the anons (Qdrop 4881, October 2020), 'qanon' was widely used by the anon community and in the Great Awakening.
As blackhats moved in to infiltrate and discredit / attack, it became important and necessary to draw the distinction between the propagandized narrative that the corporate and state-run media were creating around the label 'qanon' on one hand and the reality of Q and the anons on the other. Prior to that point, however, "qanon" was used in a totally legitimate way to describe the Q movement and the phenomena of the Q inspired community.
Origins of the expression: etymologically, "Qanon" came about because Q was "the Q anon". I first came to Q in December 2017 because someone asked or dropped something about "have you heard about this qanon?"
Now, many new pedes and also a few older ones have a powerful almost visceral reaction to 'qanon' label, but everyone should remember that it wasn't always this way.
A Bit Of History
Case in point (and evidence to the effect): https://qanon.pub
As far as I know, qanon.pub/ is the oldest, longest-standing qdrop aggregation website. (It's also still my primary go-to for checking my qdrops.)
In October of 2020, Q began emphasizing the distinction between Q and anons, and also the fake narratives the Deep State Propaganda were disseminating about Q and the Q movement. However, just 4 months prior, in June 2020, Q directly "Qed" a patriot on twitter June 2020. Notice the patriot's handle: "qanonwga"
https://archive.ph/20200625192402/https://twitter.com/QanonWga/status/1276229137603063809
Also in June, Q quotes (4514) an article from the Guardian from Feb 2019 about how much the expression "qanon" was being used globally:
The Guardian: "The scale this generates is disproportional enough to distort public perception: In 2018, ISD identified close to 30m uses of the word “QAnon” across Twitter, YouTube and forums such as Reddit and 4chan."
Q goes on to say "Numbers today dwarf past estimates. Handle w/ care. Q"
So, during 2018, at least 30 million instances of "qanon" arose on different social media and communication platforms. Who was doing that? NOT the deep state! No, it was us, the growing anon movement.
This alone proves the point that "qanon' is NOT originally a creation of the deep state, but is originally an expression that anons coined to identify ourselves, and our movement. It was synonymous with "the Great Awakening" in many ways. However, as the movement grew and the expression became too dangerous for the Deep State Cabal, they moved to hijack the expression and create all sorts of fake, phoney and false (h/t to Dave@X22) narratives around the movement using that term, in order to distort the original signal.
More Examples
Another anon on Twitter Q'ed by Q in 4478:
https://archive.ph/20200617232951/https://twitter.com/AskQanon/status/1273277453528641537
Handle = "Askqanon".
In April, Q Q'ed (3955) an anon with the handle @EverythingQAnon and who used the hashtags #QAnon and #WWG1WGA in their tweet!!!
https://archive.ph/20200418213428/https://twitter.com/EverythingQAnon/status/1250079186112446464
In December of 2019, Q+ even directly Q's a twitter anon called "Qanon Michelle", who tweets:
Michelle #QAnon dancing to a Q endorsed song!
https://archive.ph/20191219071917/https://twitter.com/QanonMichele/status/1207557095299567616
So, while the Deep State Propaganda has attempted to hijack the "qanon" label and craft narratives, the ONLY reason they did this in the first place was because the expression "qanon" was a core and integral part of the spread and growth of the Great Awakening worldwide!!!!
Take a wander through all the Q posts that mention "qanon". There are 64 in total, according to qanon.pub. https://qanon.pub/?q=qanon. Take note of just how many times the expression 'qanon' does NOT occur in the sense the deep state has come to use it, but how we used it, and Q used it.
We Knew
Anons KNEW the difference between Q and anons (der!) so we never had to worry about using "qanon" because "Qanon" meant Us; We, the Q movement; the Q patriots.
But because of the distortion the propaganda machine began to insert, Q needed to emphasize the distinction between Q (who makes drops) and anons (who report, comment, research, contribute, etc. on the basis of the leads indicated by Q drops).
Newcomers to the Great Awakening, particularly those post 11.3, simply did not have the life experience of using 'qanon' to grow and spread our movement and our work. Neither does the normie world know or understand the important difference between Q and the anons.
Speculation
It's interesting that Q emphasized this distinction between Q and anons at the very closing stages (??) of the Q drop operation. After 3 years of making Q drops, Q stepped in to emphasize the important distinction. Was this because they knew that they would not be making more drops after the 11.3 stage (meaning the period from 11.3 to 1.20)?
Was it necessary to draw that very important distinction at that point because Q themselves would not be around online to clarify and knock back the fake narratives being established by the DS Propaganda? Prior to that, we were all pretty much OK with using "Qanon", because we knew the distinction.
Why The Distinction?
Why did it became necessary to draw and clarify the distinction between Q and anons on one hand, and the broader Q movement on the other? One reason was that the movement grew centering on 'anons' at 8-chan, etc, and so deepstate agents could ALSO insert themselves as anons and spread distortions, giving rise to distorted Q narratives. Another reason is that some anons are less discerning and use best practice less than others. Because the qanon movement grew on the back of free-thinking, free-researching anons and patriots, it meant that some anons also get sidetracked into fake, flakey or unrelated narratives, ideas and theories that are NOT actually Q-derived.
Examples of such distortions of the Q signal include: "adrenochrome", which has never been directly referenced by Q at all. Another one is the "JFK Junior is Alive" narrative.
I remember when there was some construction work being done around Oprah Winfrey's house somewhere and anons spotted different accoutrements of construction work, including bright orange tape, in photos of her residence. Hot speculation went out that "Oprah's house is being raided and she's being arrested!!!"
Subsequently, this particular narrative was broadly disputed by other anons, but differences of opinion still exist, and you can be sure that somewhere out there, there are anons (not me, personally) who are convinced and believe wholeheartedly that Oprah was arrested, dragged away and replaced by a double.
Preserving the Signal, not the Noise
So, Oprah arrested? JFK alive? True? Not True? How the heck do I know? But the point is, such narratives are NOT Q-sourced. They are anon-sourced, and although many anon-sourced narratives are aligned with Q, many are also not. Those that are not Q-sourced are vulnerable to becoming excellent fodder for the DS Propaganda machine to create and promote distortions that can push people away from learning the truth about Q.
For the Q operation to remain effective, the signal of Q needs to be preserved as much as possible. It needs to be kept free as much as possible from distortions and noise. Noise is fine - we generate noise in broadcasting the signal. But to preserve signal integrity, we need to draw a clear distinction between the actual Q drops on one hand and the ideas, theories, conclusion, narratives and efforts of anons on the other.
But we should always remember that it was We, the Anons and Q patriots, who coined and then used "qanon" to spread the word. Not the Deep State.
This fact then raises an interesting question: Should we simply let the Deep State Propaganda claim our creation, and use it as their own thing to generate false narratives and mislead the people?
isn't this always what Evil does? Remember when "gay" meant happy, delighted, carefree? Remember when "patriotic" meant "God, country, honor", not "extremist" or "racist"?
Never forget that WE created the expression 'qanon' and that they hijacked it, stole it with their propaganda!!!
But because the battlefield has shifted from those days of 2017, 2018, and 2019, it is now important, if not critical, that we clarify as much as possible the distinction to as many people as we can:
"Q is one thing, anons are another, and anons do not always represent the message of Q."
"So always go to source and make source (aka Q) the defining factor. Study or read the Q drops for yourself. Listen to what anons say, but do not make the mistake of taking them all as gospel. Do due diligence, using your own thinking, and draw your own conclusions about what the qdrops mean, and which anons are on point and which are not."
This I believe is the primary reason why Q drew the line in the sand and stated, unequivocally:
There is 'Q'. 1
There are 'Anons'. 2
There is no 'Qanon'. 3
Media labeling as 'Qanon' is a method [deliberate] to combine [attach] 'Q' to comments _theories _suggestions _statements [and ACTIONS] made by 2.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CANNOT ATTACK THE INFORMATION [primary source 1]?
DO YOU ATTACK [& TYPECAST] THROUGH USE OF OTHERS?
Not all 'Anons' are authentic [injected].
Conclusions
We need to remember, or learn, or learn again, our history. Many who come on board from this day forward will rely on us to learn the truth of our history. Getting the truth helps them to find the right jumping-off points for understanding who Q is and how the movement got here.
"Handle with care" We are custodians of the signal. Let's preserve it.
So in response to the Question: "what is qanon?", do not answer that "qanon is a creation of the deep state". It's not true.
When you see "qanon" printed somewhere, or mentioned in a post, don't just rattle off: "What is this qanon?" "There is no Qanon!!"
Rather, remember that what was once ours was stolen and made into something it isn't. Tell people and each other:
"Qanon" is what we called ourselves and the Q movement in the early days, but the term has been hijacked by the Media and the Deep State players, and it now means something else, something that has been distorted by the Media.
So there is Q and there are anons. "Qanon" once was, but is no more. Now we simply call it: The Great Awakening.
(Edit: Please be sure to read @GQD_'s most excellent comment)
Addendum
On beliefs:
Naturally, different anons believe different things. That's the natural and important outcome of freedom of thought. But belief is also one of those elements that Q emphasized we need to be careful with. See the "Freedom of Thought" drops regarding that point.
On the Hijack model:
The hijacking model is rooted deep in our human history. According to scripture, in Lucifer hijacked humanity, God's creation, and has been living off of us vampire-like, feeding on our fear, pain, despair and sin ever since.
Christ used St. Peter and St. Paul to establish his church in order to spread the truth and the words of salvation, but Satan infiltrated and hijacked that work to produce the Vatican.
Tolkien described the hijack phenomenon when he wrote in his works how Melkor and Sauron took the Elves created by Iluvatar and distorted them to produce orcs and demons.
A good man or woman will always seek to preserve and protect the original purpose for which a good thing is created!!!
Correct!