This was taken from the Original Seal Verification Project:
One of the more curious aspects of exposing impostors is not the reactions of the fakes themselves, but those of their "believers". Some fakes succeed in developing cult followers who, it often seems, would rather die than accept the fact that their "SEAL" hero is nothing more than a cheap imitation of the real thing. Even when confronted with irrefutable facts that blow big, ugly holes in the flimsy facade of their favored faker, they refuse to face the truth. They grasp at straws, convinced that we are in some way mistaken. They just KNOW that their "SEAL" buddy is the genuine article.
Reinforcing the lie is the impostor himself, usually cowering just behind the skirts of his flock, telling them that we are impostors conducting some sort of "smear" campaign or retribution at the behest of the many wicked enemies Mr. Phony SEAL amassed during the course of his distinguished and highly-classified career vanquishing dangerous No-goodniks the world over.
The more accomplished impostors are sometimes very good at planting an otherwise laughable forest of mirrors around their naive minions. Up is down, wrong is right, black is white ...
Interesting
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Joe
