>should his retort be "Oh, well you know, Qanon doesn't exist
That's why Ron is where he is while you're not in a position to run a state.
Optics matters.
Should Ron have said that…what do you think that would look like for those who have accused him of being Q?
He would play right into their hands.
Anons and Autists don't need to hear Ron fall into the fake news' dialectic.
He is smart to stay out of it, and implement much better code that what you're proposing.