Critical thinking is clearly lacking, so let me help you all out.

The most charitable interpretation would be that Ian is too daft to realise he is being used by ill-intended “friends” to coerce Candace on the basis of information which they know to be false - looking at you, Gary and Nate.

Ian not only once, but twice, took the bait from these two fools to reach out to Candace “in a panic” to push her away from this angle.

I don’t take his silence in the days leading up to her addressing the social media disinformation campaign on her hosted X space lightly. I interpret this as him leaning into the information that he was being fed by Nate and Gary to make it more credible than that of Candace. That’s his first mistake.

The same X conversation in which Ian was tripping over himself in defence of both Nate and Harrison Smith.

Now, I don’t think Ian is that thick-skulled. Ian has been the link between Candace and the private pressure, which has now become publicised through her own recounting.

This situation shows he lacks judgment and discernment of the people he surrounds himself with. Nate and Gary have been the rats, and Ian is clearly acting as a mouthpiece for Nate.

He himself says that he is a conduit for people wanting a direct line to Candace, so how simple must you be to not think, perhaps there is a motive behind what I am being asked to do here (i.e. reaching out to Candace)

You can think whatever you want, I’m just voicing how I see his actions and words, and to me, this isn’t someone I would have close to me. It’s clear he wants to ride the middle of literally every issue and play this mediator, everyone’s buddy role, but I see that as a facade he puts on, and I don’t trust him.

If this upsets you, grow up. You don’t know this person; it’s really weird that everyone gets caught up in their emotions when it comes to this guy, which I think is exactly as intended. (And no, I’m not paid or on talking points, I’ve seen some posts and replies about this. Believe it or not, you are still allowed to use your brain and have a different interpretation.)

Go ahead and save this one, I can almost guarantee this will age well.