I just read the entirety of this thread and its really unfortunate that it got derailed by sealioning
But like, the act of naming things, people or groups can be done in two different manners:
1) Self-naming: which is completely subjective and can be completely foreign to reality... i could identify as the Princess of Norway and nobody could talk me out of my psychotic delirium.
2) Naming by others: can be completely subjective too and also foreign to reality (like some people calling me a terrorist dog in the 2000's because they thought i was arabian LOL) - but it usually entails describing based on some objective quality despite how flawed or innacurate it really is... to the person that called me "terrorist dog" in their ignorant perspective, i had certain arabesque features despite of the reality of not being at all.
So given this introduction, anyone can call themselves Discordian despite of the accuracy of the description, and nobody can stop them from doing it because theres no regulatory body to prevent it. But the "naming of others" if were trying to be accurate, should describe some of the real characteristics of what we perceive.
So like, me personally? Id call these people you refer to as "4chan discordians" or "MAGA discordians"... As simple as that, add the adjective before the tag discordian - the adjective would be realistically descriptive, while the "discordian" tag is purely subjective identification.
And finally one would have to ask themselves - Save discordia from what? and what does saving mean?
Does it mean running a PR campaing telling the world that Discordia should not be associated with racism and totalitarianism????
As an addendum, id like to say that in some cases, self proclaimed "discordians" i would more accurately describe them either as psychotic or degenerate trolls, but thats my personal right of interpretation/description and id never demand they stop calling themselves discordian.
