Dogmaphobe
Diamond Member
I think a perfectly intelligent person can be overcome by partisan ideology. They're two parallel tracks. And part of being overcome by a partisan ideology is lying to yourself and others as naturally as you breathe. It's like an infection, an affliction.I don't think these traits are mutually exclusive. Jakey is certainly dishonest and cowardly, but a person cannot be intelligent when they live in such a childish, simple-minded world that they react to an action based upon no more complexity of thought than whether it is labeled right or left.The Regressive Left is not stupid. They're dishonest and cowardly..I am sorry you are stupid, Jake, I really am.You mean rabid neo-fascits alt right brownshirts. I am glad to fix it for you, so no need to thank me. The hard right antifas will never be allowed to end free speech.You want some real hate speech? Just mention the word Israel to the rabid leftist brownshirts who seek to prevent conservatives from speaking.
Somewhere, on some level, these people know what they're doing. But their affliction, maybe akin to alcoholism, makes them say things they know just aren't true.
My theory, anyway. This stuff is fascinating to me.
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Well, yes, it is fascinating to me as well. I read Eric Hoffer's "The true believer" back in the late sixties.
The driving force in left wing authoritarianism is a heightened sense of group identification and fear of ostracism, but that does not mean Jakey is also intelligent. His schtik is so childish as to be parody.