The Ever Given cargo ship is blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes, and conspiracy theorists have a lot of thoughts. Within minutes of the Ever Given ship getting stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday, an incident that’s created chaos in global supply chains, QAnon supporters were spreading wild conspiracies that the ship was operated by Hillary Clinton and carrying a cargo of child sex slaves. The claims were based on the fact that the Taiwanese shipping company that operates the ship is called Evergreen, which was Clinton’s secret service name when she was first lady. The baseless theory was given further credence — in the minds of QAnon followers at least — when it emerged that the ship’s call sign was “H3RC” which is close enough to Clinton’s own initials (HRC) for QAnon followers to make the link. The theory quickly spread on Telegram and Gab, the platforms QAnon followers have fled to in the wake of a purge by mainstream social networks in recent months. But the claims also made their way to Twitter and Facebook, where fact-checking group PolitiFact flagged and debunked them. “There is no evidence that an Evergreen ship stuck in the Suez Canal is linked to a human trafficking operation run by Hillary Clinton. That claim has been pushed by supporters of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory,” (…) Another theory addresses the fact that before the ship entered the Suez Canal, it charted a course that looks like it was drawing a giant dick in the middle of the Red Sea. (…) According to one lengthy theory posted in a popular Telegram channel devoted to the QAnon theory and former President Donald Trump, the incident was the result of the ship’s computers being hacked by those friendly to the QAnon cause. “Those ships are on auto-pilot most of the time. The computers do the work. I am suggesting that the ship’s computers were hacked. My suspicions lean toward the White Hats. This was part of the plan,” reads one post that’s been viewed over 7,000 times. The theory goes on to compare the shipping canal to a birth canal, positing that the incident was a sign that new information about the unmasking of the deep state was about to come to light. “Using a canal is symbolic of a birthing canal. Things are about to happen worldwide. The birthing of the information coming from this mess will be the beginning of the end of the deep state.”
via vice: QAnon’s Suez Canal Dick Ship Conspiracies Are Getting Wilder and Wilder
siehe auch: Vor Havarie im Suezkanal – Crew der »Ever Given« malte einen Penis ins Meer. Der Containerfrachter »Ever Given« steckt im Suezkanal fest. Am Tag nach der Havarie macht er Schlagzeilen damit, was vor dem Einlaufen in den Kanal passierte: Das Schiff fuhr einen höchst ungewöhnlichen Kurs. Das Schiff steckt noch immer fest und bewegt sich keinen Zentimeter. Am Dienstagmorgen ist die »Ever Given«, ein unter der Flagge Panamas fahrender Riesen-Containerfrachter, von Süden kommend in den Suezkanal eingelaufen. Nach nur sechs Kilometern legte sich der Gigant plötzlich quer. Mit seinem Wulstbug bohrte sich das Schiff tief in das Ostufer des Kanals, das Heck blieb im Westufer hängen. Eine stürmische Bö, die ihn vom Kurs abbrachte? Schlechte Sicht wegen eines Sandsturms? Ein technisches Malheur? Oder menschliches Versagen? Bis jetzt gibt es keine offizielle Auskunft dazu. (…) Am Tag nach der Havarie macht der Frachter nun wieder Schlagzeilen – mit einem sonderbaren Video. Es zeigt die Bewegungen des Schiffs, die der elektronische Tracker aufgezeichnet hat, als der Kapitän auf das Signal zum Einlaufen in den Kanal wartete. Was anfangs wie sinnfreies Kritzeln wirkt, fügt sich im Zeitraffer des Videos zu einem deutlich erkennbarem Bild: Der Kapitän und seine Crew malten mit dem 400 Meter langen Schiff einen noch längeren Penis in das Meer.
