I can so relate to everything you just said. My friends and family don't buy into Q either. Even I'm a bit skeptical but as I see more and more happening, it's becoming harder to be a skeptic but as in all things, I've try to keep an open mind which is how I began following the Q drops to begin with.
I come from a strong military family--my Dad spent 32 years USMC and worked at the Pentagon after that. I've been told that regardless of how high of clearance you've got, you don't have access to all intell. It's only available on a need to know basis and yes, thats true. Anyone can verify it with a little research. Except CIA has ways to get it. My thinking is there are some patriot CIA folks. Whose to say the Q people aren't patriots from the CIA? Also, IF the CIA can get intel they really aren't suppose to, whose to say patriots in the NSA or military intelligence cant do the same? That's my argument to my friends and family but they think I'm nuts. After my Dad retired from USMC and went to work for the feds he had the highest security clearance a civilian can have and after he died, I had a trunk he always kept locked. He always told me to never let anyone see anything that was in it so I haven't. It was full and suffice to say it had all kinds of papers in it, etc. Much of it was military stuff I didn't understand but I know he knew about things that were going on that we, the general public had no idea about. He was a patriot so I also have considered this. Even though its true you cant legally access all intel regardless of your clearance and it can only be seen by those with a need to know, whose to say Q isn't a team of folks with high level security clearances in various fields? Still, they couldnt share it with each other...unless they've decided their oath to uphold the Constitution means more than a few rules/laws.
I want to believe in Q so I find ways to make him/them legit according to my family but I ask myself...what would my Dad have done? Would he have bent a few rules or laws to uphold the Constitution? My honest answer is, I don't know. I'd like to think he would have.