🧩 BND Motif Index · M863
The famous fan
A beloved star is said to adore the leader, in words of praise that pass from star to star: the same quote is Denzel's, then McConaughey's, then Jagger's.
🎭 Archetypes🗂️ Cult of personality
- 4claims filed under it
- 1left show it came up on
- 1fact-checker
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🪜 Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
↔️ answers and mirrors:
- 🧩 The famous foe the mirror: the revered figure against him, not for him
⏱️ answered 4 days after this was first told here (2026-10-10 → 2026-10-14)
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
🫏 left 1
⚖️ center 0
🦗 none of our center shows, so far
🐘 right 0
🦗 none of our right shows, so far
"Came up on" means one of its claims was heard on the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which. Show leans are our own grouping of the shows we transcribe.
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-26 “Tim Allen wrote a Facebook post criticizing Democrats, claiming they are one election away from open borders, socialism, gun confiscation, and full-term abortion.” 🔎 Snopes
- 2026-10-24 “Donald Trump is posting fake quotes from celebrities to endorse him.”
🎙️ The MeidasTouch Podcast - 2026-10-17 “Denzel Washington said he's 'never met anyone braver, smarter' than Trump.” 🔎 Snopes
- 2026-10-10 “Denzel Washington said, 'I've worked with a lot of people in my life, and I've never met anyone braver, smarter, or who cares more about America than Donald Trump. He's a great friend and an even better president. I'm proud to be a steadfast supporter, and I'll never apologize for it. God Bless America and our president.'” 🔎 Snopes
M863 · first seen 2026-10-11 · last 2026-10-17 · what this is · how the index works