I think you don't understand Tim McVeigh.

The basic narrative of the radical right was accurate: Randy Weaver had been entrapped by federal agents, who then responded with overwhelming force. David Koresh had been entrapped by federal agents, who then responded with overwhelming force. The same team responded to both crises - The same asshole shot first at both sites. The spiritual successor to Tim McVeigh are the Bundys, not QAnon.

You could argue that the thriving right-wing militia movement is an outgrowth of the kid gloves they were treated with after the Oklahoma City Bombing, in which a Marines vet, partially radicalized by fiction and further radicalized by current events, committed a terrorist act against the government as reprisal for what he saw as overreach against American citizens. You cannot argue that Tim McVeigh was a lunatic.

QAnon requires lunacy.

The persistent belief that Hilary Clinton gets infusions of the blood of children and that President Trump is leading a secret crusade against the Deep State requires a credulity that hinders planning. Stephen Paddock? Yeah I could see that. Charles Whitman? These atrocities are within the reach of the QKluxKlan. But Dzokar Tsarniev demonstrated a greater ability to plan and execute than QAnon calls for: remember, they've got a leader doing shit in secret and they hang on his every word. It's a passive cult, not an active one. It argues for accepting fascism and cheering it on, not striking out on your own. Even within Pizzagate there was no "zomg go rescue the children" call to action; Idiot with the assault rifle was literally spoiling the fun by "investigating" the craziness.