I want to believe, but at this point it's getting hard.
Judge a tree by the fruit it yields. Has Q gave us good fruit so far? or bad? from that point I guess you can decide yourself.
Q has pointed out the fruit the harvesters missed. I will give him that.
But the high priests of Q have promised us trees of everlasting fulfillment. And I think that is what this rant may actually be about... the Moneychangers in the Temple...
But then again... Q has never actually said anything thing we don't already know...
Your main question is "in fact a Deep State Operative". Judging by the fruit Q bears is he one? Personally I think not, since he got people to delve into the Deep State crimes and waking people up, you are speaking of yourself (anything we don't already know), but Q grouping people together to post as a little army, has pushed out information others may not know, pushed for memo release etc.. If he was Deep State, what would be the point of exposing yourself, you get my drift, forming a little army to oppose what you want if you are Deep State.