# What happens to the QAnon movement now-- do they mutate & move the goalposts, or die out? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211 "2021-01-22T13:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/281 "2021-04-07T19:59:00Z")
That was a very interesting article, thanks casdave. I have a lot of empathy for Vanderbilt; I give her credit for realizing that she was wrong and admitting that’s she’s still struggling with ideas and life. She’s trying to move forward and that’s important. I really feel for Mark, too. I can’t imagine how I’d react if a loved one went down that hole. The article mentions that there have been no Q drops since 2020. Is that true? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/282 "2021-04-07T20:40:03Z")
My wife’s cousin fell for Q nonsense. At no point did we feel like mocking him or being angry. He’s a good kid, who is unfortunately very vulnerable to suggestion. He has a drug history (not just doing drugs, but harming himself through addiction) because he couldn’t resist peer pressure. It’s sad to see. Not everyone in the movement is a lunatic, some are just gullible and being taken advantage of. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/283 "2021-04-13T13:08:53Z")
“Now that Biden is president, they’re not sure where to go from here.” Such folk need not worry about being rudderless. Clever conspiracy promoters are endlessly adaptable to changing scenarios, and fully capable of keeping their flocks in an endless dither\* for fun and profit. \*Once in awhile you’ll hear a plaintive comment from the sheeple about the futility of being lathered up about immensely powerful conspiracies that the common folk cannot hope to thwart. Few are willing to step off the merry-go-round and go on with their lives. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/284 "2021-04-13T17:08:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Such folk need not worry about being rudderless. [Lemonheads - Rudderless (Album version) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NofWFKSMiM4) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/285 "2021-04-20T15:09:47Z")
To answer the OP, the answer is mutate. The first unsuccessful attempt was to form an “America First” caucus. There will probably be many more until one of them sticks. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/286 "2021-04-21T10:29:19Z")
I wonder if they’ll think about this one > **[Report: China, Russia fueling QAnon conspiracy theories](https://news.yahoo.com/report-china-russia-fueling-q-anon-conspiracy-theories-090027767.html)** > > Foreign-based actors, principally in China and Russia, are helping fuel a movement that has become a mounting domestic terrorism threat, according to a report provided to Yahoo News. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/287 "2021-04-21T13:53:33Z")
The Missus loves Jim Caviezel. She’s not going to like this: > **['Passion of the Christ' Star Jim Caviezel Pushes Adrenochrome Conspiracy](https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/17/passion-of-the-christ-jim-caviezel-adrenochrome-conspiracy-tim-ballard/)** > > The 'Passion of the Christ' guy is embracing QAnon beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/288 "2021-04-21T21:35:26Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > I wonder if they’ll think Why start now? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211/289 "2021-05-02T22:48:02Z")
Just twenty days ago, a woman in Los Angeles murdered her three children under the age of four. Her husband’s cousin is pretty sure that it’s because of Q; the quote in the linked article about her motive does sound like it. > **[r/QAnonCasualties - My cousins wife killed their three kids....](https://old.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/comments/mpodn8/my_cousins_wife_killed_their_three_kids/)** > > 4,299 votes and 676 comments so far on Reddit [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-qanon-movement-now-do-they-mutate-move-the-goalposts-or-die-out/931211.md?page=14)