My Friend Just Told Me He Believes in Q
It scared me
Writing this on Saturday night, as the sun is setting on Portland, OR.
I tried to have lunch today with an old and influential friend. I haven’t seen him since shortly after Trump got elected. He used to be a big and unlimited thinker, but it was lurking in the back of my mind that he had told me he’d voted for Trump in 2016.
Our meeting was good at first. We talked about gaslighting, and how it’s absolutely everywhere (and always has been).
Then he told me that the Arizona election was stolen.* (I voted against Trump in Arizona, and the recount personally offends me. They’re trying to invalidate my vote.)
He tells me that Covid-19 was engineered as a power grab. He says Biden is in bed with China. These are lines of thought that I’m open to talking about, because there is likely some kernel of truth in them.**
I ask him about Trump being a foreign asset (which he clearly is). He says it’s hogwash.
I ask him about Trump University. He says he doesn’t know anything about it. Then he starts in on Critical Race Theory, and I really can’t believe my fucking ears. This is the same guy I spent hours talking about compassion and human potential with, spouting the most BASIC republican talking points.
