Some family traditions can be pretty cool and exciting: “We run the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho once every three years.” Some strong traditions are less cool, “We cook the living fck out of the turkey till it’s drier than bark every thanksgiving.” Some family traditions are pledges of loyalty to Qanon, on video, and may become a “once a month” tradition, as needed. As to the last example, whether it’s a tradition or not, it’s a problem.

Mike Flynn now says that the video that, curiously, appears to be the Q-Anon pledge is actually just the family motto, according to Vice News. We might be the first news site to point out that the two possibilities are not mutually exclusive and could actually be self-reinforcing.

As to the motto, according to Vice:

That is the claim being made by Flynn’s brother and sister-in-law, Jack Flynn and Leslie Flynn, in a new court filing related to the couple’s $75 million defamation lawsuit against CNN.

The lawsuit relates to a CNN report from Feb. 4 that features a two-second clip of a video posted to Twitter by Michael Flynn on July 4, 2020, showing him and his family all reciting an oath of allegiance that includes the phrase “Where we go one, we go all.” 

Right about here, one would note that it’s one creepy-ass family motto if it’s true. We assume they all went to separate houses. We could really take this eerie thing a long funny way, but we believe it’s best to skip for the time being.

Indeed the exact wording used in the oath taken by the Flynns came from a message posted by QAnon’s anonymous leader several weeks earlier—a message that also encouraged followers to take the oath.

Relatives of Mike Flynn say in a new court filing that video of them reciting the QAnon phrase "where we go one we go all" was "not an oath of allegiance to QAnon, or any kind of oath at all. It was a simple, family, July 4 statement of support for each other." pic.twitter.com/5sYu040ezI

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) July 7, 2021

Yet again, we argue that it can be both a Q-anon oath and a family tradition. We will leave it to CNN’s reporters to point it out.

I'm not a lawyer, but it’s bizarre to see anyone argue that the "Digital Soldier Oath" doesn't signify support for QAnon or isn't an oath.

The Flynn family's words from that July 4th 2020 video were taken from a Q drop posted a few weeks earlier which commanded "take the oath." https://t.co/8XlIsA8z86 pic.twitter.com/xDJc7vuzUK

— Travis View (@travis_view) July 7, 2021

Yeah, that’s true, too. I am a lawyer and there are all kinds of issues here. Let’s all back away slowly.

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