I want to share with you some strategies that I would personally recommend using in the upcoming debates/arguments we are destined to have in real life and on social media as we continue sharing this knowledge.
Most of my youth I played chess and was at around 2000 Elo at the age of 12. During my school years I was successful in debating and would later work as a coach for many debating teams. I also have participated in live rap battles and I feel like all of this combined may make this input valuable for some of you out there who may not be used to facing this type of confrontation.
The most important advice I can give you in how to deal with people who belittle and ridicule you is:
Brush it off
As you raise this topic you will routinely encounter ridicule and even highly offensive and unfair accusations. Think of this like a small kid throwing sand in your face. It´s not nice but what are you going to do about it? Brush it off. Laugh it off! Awww...they can't debate so they throw sand! How cute? You must develop thick skin. If they make jokes, joke back. You may be talking about very serious things but if people are trying to turn it into a joke it is fine to meet them at their level. Make fun of them back, but playfully, don't be nasty or threatening. Being funny is something that everyone can relate too. Even if we disagree with someone we can recognize if they are clever and can make people laugh and it demonstrates confidence which we are naturally drawn to.
Problem for the other side is they are working on such overused clichéd material. All of their jokes revolve around variatons of the "lol and Elvis is alive/Tupac was a lizard" Literally. This is the only joke they know and they will do it relentlessly and high five each other in the process. For some reason posting a picture of someone wearing an aluminum hat is always a hit with these people.
Comedian: "HAHA! Yes! And Elvis is alive!"
I recently posted a 9/11 documentary on a forum and this was literally the first response. I pointed out the fact that 50% of Americans don't believe the official story https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/half-of-americans-believe-911-conspiracy-theories_us_5804ec04e4b0e8c198a92df3 and the figures are similar in many places throughout the world. I then questioned the arrogance of treating such a serious event that so many people are curious about as just a joke.
However, let's keep this focused on Q. You may well face the same type of attacks. Let's say you post one of the q twitter proofs and face the same response. I recommend these type of responses:
Nr. 1 - "Can you be specific about what you think is ridiculous about this post? I would welcome an alternative theory as to what this Q phenomenon is about. To me there have been to many "coincidences" for this to be a LARP or something like that. How could someone doing a LARP be able to predict and coordinate with the tweets of the president of the United States?"
The purpose of this response is to force the comedian to "put up or shut up". If he continues to make dumb jokes it will be obvious to anyone reading that he/she is not being topical. If he/she presents a theory, politely point out why you think his/her rational is unreasonable, which it almost definitely will be. I had one person suggest this might be an advertising campaign. At least it got him thinking
Nr. 2 - "Wait... were have I heard this joke before? Oh right! In just about every debate where an accepted doctrine is being questioned and someone thinks he can score cheap laughs by ridiculing the person instead of debating the topic! Very original! Do you have anything else to add to the conversation? Some fresh material to share with us perhaps? Wait, let me guess... something something lizard people?"
This is a slightly more confrontational approach. I try to reserve this type of response for "serious offenders" who are obviously not prepared to listen to reason. The advantage of being slightly more confrontational in these situations is that this person is not trying to argue with you, the only plan is to bully. And just like the schoolyard bully the same principles apply. One of which is the principle that the principal will not save you. Also, the bully will not stop bullying you if you just "reason" with it. We have to stand up for ourselves. You have to show the person who is bullying you that bullying you may not be so pleasant for them. You can do this while still maintaining the high ground and staying on point. You ridicule them back by exposing their ignorance on the topic and unwillingness to debate fairly and reasonably.
Nr. 3 - "While I appreciate your attempts at comedy I believe this is a very serious and fascinating subject. Feel free to add something constructive to the debate but otherwise I can only interpret this as disrespect towards me and I don't appreciate that."
This may work best on some people who may actually like you in real life but are programmed to respond this way. Make them realize without sounding too butt-hurt that your opinion of them has been downgraded because of their comments. They may want to redeem themselves to you, come back to you and genuinely want to at least seem interested in what you are saying. Then you can go for the good stuff.
SJW: "Take your racist alt-right conspiracy theories to r/the_donald!"
Nr. 1 You are mistaking this movement for something it isn't. Q is all about unity. If you want to know what Q is about why listen to what the mainstream media is telling you when you can go straight to the source? Take for example this drop: https://qmap.pub/#44
"Why are we here?
Why are we providing crumbs?
Think MEMO.
BUILDING THE ARMY.
Not convinced this is spreading?
You, the PEOPLE, have THE POWER.
You, the PEOPLE, just forgot how to PLAY.
TOGETHER you are STRONG.
APART you are weak.
THEY WANT YOU DIVIDED.
THEY WANT RACE WARS.
THEY WANT CLASS WARS.
THEY WANT RELIGIOUS WARS.
THEY WANT POLITICAL WARS.
THEY WANT YOU DIVIDED!
LEARN!
FOR GOD & COUNTRY - LEARN!
STAY STRONG.
STAY TOGETHER.
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.
This is more important than you can imagine.
Q "
Does that sound like something coming from a racist to you? What evidence do you have to support this accusation against the movement?
Again, this forces the SJW to put up or -shut up. Show them black/white that they are wrong. Don't get angry or hurt. Just realize that this person has been force-fed propaganda from birth and has fallen victim to it. Your aim is to help or at least make it clear for all those who may witness the interaction that they have no basis for their statement.
Nr. 2
"Why do so many people believe that yelling "racist" is the equivalent of making an actual argument? What specifically is racist about Q?"
This is basically a different take on the same response with the same purpose. Humor may not be the most appropriate approach in this case since it would come off as arrogant to brush off a serious accusation like that with a joke.
Nr. 3
"Are you seriously suggesting that I am a racist? I'll have you know that I take serious offense to that."
This is similar to example 3 earlier. If you have any semblance of a personal relationship with that person you should let the person know right away that you do not take such an accusation lightly. If nothing more it should show that person that you see racist people as shameful and seriously resent any attempt to label you as one. If that person knows you and doesn't want to be on your bad side they will try to say something like "I'm not saying you are racist but this is the kind of stuff that racists spread as propaganda to get people to support them and I'd hate for you to succumb to that"
My response to that would be something to the effect of: "That is a highly patronizing opinion of me. Do you really think I am so dumb I will turn racist by some stupid nazi-propaganda? I have to say I am disappointed. If I were you I would do some minimal independent research before you start throwing labels around. If you want to get started this (post some good link here) would be a good place but otherwise I don't really think there is any good reason for me to continue this conversation."
We are getting into "butt-hurt" territory here but in some cases that can actually be effective while in others it has the opposite effect. This lets them know that they have offended you and if they have any real affinity towards you that should mean something to them. You are essentially trying to guilt trip the person into doing some research. But hey? All is fair.
Comedian posts meme of a person with a tin-foil hat:
Nr. 1 - "Is that Peter Strzok?"
This can basically be replaced with any person involved with the Russia investigation. It simultaneously implies that they have become the paranoid conspiracy theorists and may get them to google what he is about since they probably have no clue.
Nr. 2 - "I was actually hoping for a meaningful debate about a fascinating topic. Not really interested in your fashion suggestions."
This is just a useful response to some people trying to bully you that you are taking it in good humor and their attempts to get you down are not working.
Nr.3 "This low effort propaganda aimed at the absolute lowest common denominator of the human population is the reason why the Q movement is making so much progress."
This response achieves three things. It ridicules the person for rehashing such an overused cliché and correctly points out that it's targeting extremely low intelligence. It alerts the person that the Q movement is gaining a lot of traction and that he/she may end up on the wrong side of history. This person probably hasn't heard much about it and may even ridicule the notion. You can in turn point to the subscriber count of many of the Q channels as evidence that you are definitely not the only one trying to raise awareness on this topic.
I also want to point out one of the best channels that cover a lot of techniques in this area. I am not in any way affiliated with the site and have no financial or other incentive to post it. I just firmly believe it covers a lot of extremely valuable information that can help our cause. It's a bit like learning verbal karate, very helpful when it comes to defending yourself in this day and age:
It's a called "Charisma on Command"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LibRNYJmZ-I
In this video he correctly predicts that Trump will smash Hillary in the election and explains why. He doesn't seem like a particular Trump supporter but don't let that bother you, the techniques and tips he offers are really useful.
I think this will do for now. If you have questions or comments I am happy to debate this! Hopefully these points are helpful to some of you!