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Wait. What? He publicly holds very polarizing (and ridiculous) views on issues that directly affect people’s day to day lives, but I’m not thinking straight be

Wait. What? He publicly holds very polarizing (and ridiculous) views on issues that directly affect people’s day to day lives, but I’m not thinking straight because I don’t immediately buy the idea that he’s _just_ being bullied for other reasons? Maybe folks that he victimized during his psychotic break could also hate him for his opinions, but that’s not really a possibility that he mentions. The tone of good article is such that he implies that the main thing that contributes to people not wanting to consume his writing is a singular event 4 years ago. People seem really averse to admitting that maybe, as a human being, he’s not only a victim of bullying from an old event, but also just experiencing the predictable professional fallout from having ghoulish ideals and peddling truly harmful nonsense. Or am I supposed to care more about the arbitrary, possibly imagined bullying than the plain-as-day “yeah I can see why folks would hate this guy” thought that occurred to me as soon as I read his stuff? This whole blog post is a petulant child stamping his feet and crying out that it’s unfair that he’s not as well liked as he feels entitled to be. Sorry if that’s not something that I feel overwhelmed with the urge to capitulate to.

shkkmo 5y ago
> This whole blog post is a petulant child stamping his feet and crying out that it’s unfair that he’s not as well liked as he feels entitled to be. Did we read the same post? I see someone acknowledging that there are real and valid reasons to dislike him. The main thrust is a request for accuracy when spreading information about those reasons.
- newbie789 5y ago
  Ah yes, the hallmark of somebody acknowledging wrongdoing: saying that criticism of him is “unambiguous lies”
lazyasciiart 5y ago
No. It doesn't matter if you believe him or not. You're not thinking straight because you do immediately start selling the idea that anybody who believes it could be happening is probably an "enthusiastic lackey" for racism.
- newbie789 5y ago
  Oh shit, the fact that I got an overwhelming impression that he’s a douchebag and I expressed my opinion that means I’m not thinking clearly. Only folks that read his post and buy his opinion are thinking clearly. My bad! I didn’t know that I was criticizing the one and only arbiter of truth. Why wasn’t that fact included in the title?

shkkmo 5y ago

> This whole blog post is a petulant child stamping his feet and crying out that it’s unfair that he’s not as well liked as he feels entitled to be. Did we read the same post? I see someone acknowledging that there are real and valid reasons to dislike him. The main thrust is a request for accuracy when spreading information about those reasons.

newbie789 5y ago
Ah yes, the hallmark of somebody acknowledging wrongdoing: saying that criticism of him is “unambiguous lies”

lazyasciiart 5y ago

No. It doesn't matter if you believe him or not. You're not thinking straight because you do immediately start selling the idea that anybody who believes it could be happening is probably an "enthusiastic lackey" for racism.

newbie789 5y ago
Oh shit, the fact that I got an overwhelming impression that he’s a douchebag and I expressed my opinion that means I’m not thinking clearly. Only folks that read his post and buy his opinion are thinking clearly. My bad! I didn’t know that I was criticizing the one and only arbiter of truth. Why wasn’t that fact included in the title?