My impression was always that most of the assholes in question here are the same as the assholes of any other philosophy: they think they have the inside track

My impression was always that most of the assholes in question here are the same as the assholes of any other philosophy: they think they have the inside track and everyone else is just a bunch of ignorant idiots. The key difference is that these ones have a bigger target on their backs so cutting them down is easier. Even more so since a triple-A game was created that crucified the philosophy.