To play devils advocate here I don’t think your question(s) are fair. Regardless of fame, if someone came out and proved they were Q and it was all a troll, they would undoubtedly be targeted and harassed by the most extreme followers. Look at election workers, they are getting nasty death threats so there’s no basis to say in this scenario whoever was behind Q wouldn’t. I think it’s fair to say they would have legitimate concerns for their safety.

Secondly, it may not be a liberal. I think it’s equally as possible it was a troll by a conservative that grew beyond their wildest dreams. Before this Q 4chan had an FBIanon and CIAanon that never took off just to name a few. Any ways I think it’s possible who ever started it figured it would fizzle out quickly like past anons but were shocked when it didn’t. A week turned into a month, which turned into a year, so on and so fourth. Sometimes things get away from you in life. Trump “losing” the election would have gave them a perfect out where they could disappeared into the darkness and move on with their life without ever facing and consequences.

Personally I don’t believe either of the above are accurate, im just brainstorming ideas. My personal belief (and I’ll catch heat for this) is Q was 100% legit up to the move to Watkins platform, 8kun. I think at that point Ron took over and the rest was bullshit. I though HBO was taking me for a ride but there really was an instant and definitive 180 in both writing style and complexity of posts the second Q moved over. So while I don’t believe Ron is the real Q, I do somewhat believe he stole Q to drive business to his site and drive tenure to him and his weird dad. As a result I keep my Q studies largely to pre-8kun days