You're right, M. I've considered the possibility that he's enough of a critical thinker to accept Q as real, but dismisses Q for the sake of getting his message out to a wider audience. Q folks are critical thinkers and open minded, and they'll listen to a rational argument no matter where it comes from.

Those who dismiss Q tend to dismiss anyone that is publicly open to Q being real.

So it could just be a shrewd play on his part.