More twists than M. Night Shyamalan

It all started with this reply on Twitter from Dean Browning, a former county commissioner from PA, Christian conservative Trumpet, and obviously not a black gay guy. Did he forget to switch to an alt account before tweeting?

The internet did its thing and made fun of him for it. Everything he tweets now is full of replies with the same screenshot of his now-deleted tweet.

Dean finally acknowledges it and says that it was a quote from a follower and he forgot to provide context. Suuuuure, Dean. We believe you.

Oh but hold on, what's this? Someone found this mysterious follower who happens to proclaim that he is a gay black guy. Seems a little fishy though...

Is this Dean's secret blackface account?

Oh the plot thickens! Dan Purdy makes a video proclaiming he is a real person, though honestly it sounds like he's reading a script. I wish I could link to the video but it's no longer available (because the entire account has been suspended!)

Wait, wait. Okay maybe Dan Purdy is a real person but something is still fishy here. The internet did some sleuthing and found Dan's name and profile picture had been used previously on another account called soulcookie322. This account has changed identities a few times, including a white guy named Pat Riarchy and, my favorite real person name, White Goodman.

WHITE. GOOD. MAN.

Oh, even more sleuthing! Turns out Dan Purdy is a real person after all! They found his FB page, under his real name, Byl (Bill/William) Holte. But...but hold on...that lady in the photos with him seems kinda...

HE. IS. PATTI. LABELLE'S. SON.

WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE IN??