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I think he denies his own agency and is angry about it, but also he is angry that someone else tried to assign a particular agency to him. Fair enough. I revok
by xbar 5y ago
I think he denies his own agency and is angry about it, but also he is angry that someone else tried to assign a particular agency to him.
Fair enough. I revoke my opinion that he had any agency. Further, I revoke the my notion that at any moment he had agency over his actions, including the drafting of this particular article.
It is a horrible disease that takes away the I-ness of I. I am in relationships with the deeply mentally diseased. It takes all I have.
In the case of Mr. deBoer, the most energy I can muster henceforth is to actively ignore everything so that I do not have to unwind everything later. I will save my willingness to unwind my trust for the people in my life who truly need it from me. Mr. deBoer certainly has enough attention without mine.
- lliamander 5y agoHe is explicitly admiting that he has agency and culpability. How did you come to the exact opposite conclusion?
- hitekker 5y agoNope, he's admitting something in one sentence, denying it in another sentence, and using twisted wordplay to convey the impression of repentance without any of its substance. As the GP indicated and other commenters pointed out, he's trying to play on our sympathies for mental illness in an incoherent attempt at regaining social status. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29270427 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29270427