Do I get a secret decoder ring now? I think IDW is a pretty weird name for a list of my favorite authors. But... My kind of people are quasi-autistic bibliophiles...many of whom became fed up with how similar modern Progressivism has become to the Religious Right we used to love to hate as tweens. Don't suppose there's anyone like that around here...
Don't be fooled by the Decoder Ring. It's not valid without the Secret Handshake. Also the Speaking In Tongues Decryption Algorithm is useful. It really works too. I used it on Robert Tilton and it deciphered his in tongues pentecostal plea... what he was really saying was, "Gimme Gimme Gimme."
Some people are always searching for a way to self-validate, not just to feel good about themselves but to feel superior to others. Some people used to do that through religion. It's easier to be holier than thou than to be smarter, better looking, or more successful than thou. But... for various reasons traditional organized religion is no longer en vogue. In fact bashing organized religion is all the rage of late.
So... a lot of people have replaced Holier Than Thou with More Compassionate Than Thou.
And Secular Virtue Signaling is much like the old ways, in that it's rife with hypocrisy.
The Intellectual part is plainly appropriate. At least we all aspire to a measure of intellect
The Dark Web are sites that aren't visible and it's hard to find because even Google doesn't know the addresses
On the Dark Web you can buy weapons, drugs, sex slaves, etc. Anything illegal you want
In a way this is like the Dark Web as we denizens are not popular out there in Internet land
You too are banned from Facebook?
I'm NOT a hacker, I just play one on TV...