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It's been several months since I was the object of anyone's online hatred. I find it edifying; once it was the exclusive privilege of kings and nobles to be hated by a mob, but now even someone as common as I can experience it
Truly we are living in an age of luxury!
Truly we are living in an age of luxury!
I like to consider these things at the personal level. Someone sends out a tweet you dislike. What is the motivation of a person who quote retweets it out of anger? What causes that anger? https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1040236368692109312
Most recently I said, at length, "some people lack inner life". I didn't say they weren't worthy of moral consideration. I didn't say anyone, specifically, lacked inner life. And yet many people felt the need to hurl insults at me in response. I don't mind, they did not sting
Why would you attack a man who makes a general statement?
A man defends himself when he feels attacked;
A man feels attacked by general statement when it stings him;
it stings him because a voice was given to a fear that he has about himself
A man defends himself when he feels attacked;
A man feels attacked by general statement when it stings him;
it stings him because a voice was given to a fear that he has about himself
When you insult someone you project, it's instinctive, you accuse someone else of the thing that you would hate to be accused of. The weapon we use against others is the weapon we ourselves fear.
Thus when a man insults your maturity, condescending to you as if he is older and wiser, it is because he fears he is insufficiently adult-like. When you submit to the humiliations of liberal society in your mind, it's easy to rationalize this as "growing up"
If a man says to a woman, "you whore", it is because he detests the promiscuous desires in his own heart. We all remember Sara Jeong's barely disguised lust for white men that she so brazenly put on display in her twitter history
If a man insults your intelligence or rationality, you can be sure he considers himself a brain, and his deepest insecurity is that others will discover the failings of his intellect. If a man calls you a nerd, it's because he fears he is a nerd.
If someone acts indignant over your words, "everyone already knew that! what a waste of time and ink!" It's because you told him something he didn't know, and he's trying to save face.
People really aren't that complicated; they are dying to tell you all about themselves. So why are so many people offended by the NPC meme? When an accusation has no truth in it, we ignore it comfortably.
Postscript; if you think âfascistâ is a knock down insult itâs because you desire to control others and you feel guilty about it. Embrace your innate need for hierarchy, liberal, life with less cognitive dissonance is grand
