so let& #39;s get the story straight: apparently, I am a secret social democrat who for some reason decided to publicly masquerade as an anarchist, a member of a semi-criminalised political minority who most people believe are insane. 1/

at one point, I decided to reveal my true political views -that New Zealand should be put in charge of a world empire - but thought it would be a good idea to propose it in the form of a quiz, asking people "if you were forced to chose a global hegemon who might you choose?" 2/

since it never occurred to me that abandoning anarchism & promulgating NZ imperialism might evoke a negative reaction, I was startled, and covered up by falsely claiming that my original tweet was humorous in intent 3/

amazingly, there seem to be actual human beings out there who literally believe this. And then they wonder why the left isn& #39;& #39;t taken more seriously. 4/