When Professional Twitter Trolling Becomes a Halloween Costume
Ron Filipkowski, the lawyer-turned-professional-Twitter-troll who built an entire career around quote-tweeting conservatives, showed up to Halloween as a wizard, which is either deeply ironic or perfectly on-brand depending on your tolerance for online political discourse. The costume featured a pointed hat, a robe, and presumably a staff that shoots out snarky replies instead of magical spells.
For those unfamiliar, Filipkowski has made a name for himself by monitoring conservative social media and broadcasting it to his liberal followers, creating a perpetual outrage machine that runs on retweets and quote-dunks. It’s not quite journalism and not quite activismit’s something entirely new and possibly soul-destroying for everyone involved. Dressing as a wizard suggests he sees himself as some sort of mystical guardian of political discourse, which is certainly one way to interpret “spending 16 hours a day on Twitter.”
The wizard costume is actually perfect symbolism for online political commentary: pretending to have magical powers (influence) while actually just wearing a costume (performing for an audience) and waving around a stick (tweeting). It’s performance art masquerading as political engagement, and Filipkowski has turned it into a lucrative career.
Twitter responded predictably, with conservatives mocking the costume and liberals defending it as “actually pretty clever.” This divide perfectly encapsulates modern political discourse: your opinion on a Halloween costume depends entirely on which political team you’re on. We’re all very normal and definitely not in a cultural death spiral.
Political Twitter personalities have made Halloween costumes part of their brand, because of course they have. Everything must be content. Every moment must be monetized. You can’t just dress up for Halloween; you have to create an engagement opportunity that reinforces your online persona.
The wizard staff, according to sources definitely not making things up, was covered in printed-out tweets. It’s the 2025 equivalent of covering yourself in newspaper clippings, except somehow more narcissistic. “Look at all these things I said online” is a weird flex, but Filipkowski made it work through sheer commitment to the bit.
What’s particularly entertaining is watching someone cosplay as their own online persona. Filipkowski dressed as what he already isa person who spends all day casting spells (tweets) at people who will never be affected by them. It’s method acting for the extremely online, and honestly, we have to respect the dedication to brand consistency.
The rise of political social media personalities has created this bizarre ecosystem where people are famous for being mad online. Filipkowski is one of the most successful practitioners of this dark art, turning outrage into followers and followers into income. The wizard costume is less Halloween fun and more accurate job description.
Critics argue Filipkowski contributes nothing to political discourse except amplifying the worst takes for engagement. Supporters argue he’s “holding conservatives accountable,” which is Twitter-speak for “providing content my algorithm wants me to see.” Both are probably right, which tells you everything about the state of online political commentary.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/ron-filipkowski%c2%92s-troll-wizard/0
SOURCE: Sarah Pappalardo (https://bohiney.com/ron-filipkowski%c2%92s-troll-wizard/0)
