QAnon Shaman is now the logo of Republican extremism

Opinion echo letter published in The Winchester Star, a newspaper published in Winchester, Virginia.

Maine Writer- In my opinion, this QAnon shamen is now the heinous animalistic logo of of the seditious Republican Party.

Jacob Chansley is the shape shifter symbol of Republican extremism.

'QAnon Shaman' turns on his cult idol: pleads guilty.

Jacob Chansley is the QAnon "shaman". He joined a seditious mob that stormed the US Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit and then pleaded guilty to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6

“Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.” — Gustave Flaubert

Recently, one of the most grotesquely colorful and idiotic thugs who attacked the Nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 pleaded guilty to various crimes and was sentenced to a stretch in federal prison. 

This is Jacob Chansley, the self-styled QAnon Shaman; he of the bare chest, red, white and blue face paint, and horns! It seems that out of a sense of self-survival he has forsworn QAnon and now prefers to be known simply as The Shaman. He has also, it seems, turned on his former idol, The Donald, and now reviles him. Expediency rules the day. This turnaround was no doubt motivated in part by his willingness to renounce Trump out of a sense of self-preservation, but also because he was miffed that Trump did not grant him a pardon while he still could.

As stupid as Chansley clearly is, it turns out that he is the genius of the family. His family was opposed to his pleading guilty to the charges he was convicted of, advising him to hold out until Trump is reinstated in the near future. At that time, their logic goes, Trump would grant him a pardon. This advice is bad on so many levels it simply defies belief anyone could be so stupid as to suggest this course of action. Stupid is as stupid does. Long live stupid on the right!

Michael Rea is a resident of Winchester, Virginia.