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Thursday, September 04, 2014

R.I.P-Brave Sir Marxy

Without a doubt, the most hilarious thing that conservatives do is accuse liberals of doing the very thing that they, in fact, are doing. This is more commonly known as 'The Rove," named after Karl Rove who consistently used the tactic of attacking an enemy with what was most clearly the attackers greatest weakness.

They say liberals aren't logical yet their entire ideology is based on appeal to fear and misleading vividness. They say liberals are too emotional yet they behave like adolescents given to fits of irrational outbursts. They say liberals are weak on national security yet they allowed the worst attack on US soil in history and failed to capture or kill the person behind it. They say everything they believe in is based in facts yet they believe they are entitled to their own facts (Benghazi, climate change, racism, evolution etc). The list goes on and on.

In short, they excel at Projection/Flipping. This simple truth becomes crystal clear when one is engaged in the comments section of web site or blog. My interactions with conservatives here, on The Smallest Minority and now on Quora illustrate that they project/flip consistently and it really cracks me up. They are just that fucking insecure.

My favorite project/flip of all time has to be the accusation that I was a coward, running away from discussions when they didn't go my way. They called me, in all too typical adolescent bully-ese, "Brave Sir Marxy" (after Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python's Holy Grail). It was truly a classic because I wasn't so much running away as calling them on their bullshit way of framing questions to "win." Man, did that really piss them off!

Even with all of their childish whining about it, the forum at The Smallest Minority still voted me off their island. This happened right around the time I made Unix Jedi my son in a very long economics discussion. It was also after I invited any takers to debate me in an open and unbiased forum. No one has, as of today, accepted my challenge.

My regular commenters on this site (a few TSM holdovers) have also not accepted the same challenge. In fact, they have not come forward to reveal who they are on Quora although I do have my suspicions. They prefer to throw snipes at me here, where the readership is far less than Quora, and where their comments go unchallenged from those pesky facts (largely because the same seven people read comments...me, Nikto and the five of them).

And just last week, the head cheerleader of the "Brave Sir Robin" crowd, Kevin Baker, blocked me on Quora. Someone who prides himself on being a courageous, critical thinker, completely unable to handle the reality that is slowly shrinking his bubble...stunning. I've had about a half a dozen people block me on Quora and they are all the same personality...conservative, childish, insecure, clear inferiority complex, angry, filled with hate, and afraid. Not surprisingly as well, Kevin and these others that have blocked me don't really offer much on their own on Quora. It's upvotes and a few comments but never any questions and rarely answers.

I don't block anyone there. People can comment as freely as they like on my questions, answers, and comments. With such high traffic at Quora, it's a much more interesting forum with all of the diversity of thought. I've got over 100 followers now and have posted around the same number of questions and answers. I've also been asked, via message, some changes I'd like to see to the site. Pretty cool!

So, with Kevin blocking me and Guard Duck, juris, Larry, and 6Kings completely failing to come forward on Quora, the "brave Sir Marxy" meme is officially torpedoed and the true cowards are revealed for who they are. Of course, this could change if anyone decides they want to see how they fair on Quora or any other larger forum.

The challenge is always extended and I hope that someday it's accepted.

8 comments:

juris imprudent said...

You once were capable of more than these childish outbursts. It is sad to watch.

I guess it is all you have, and that too is very sad.

juris imprudent said...

BTW, you'll also note that I don't invest much effort on you any more either. Since you got so lazy with what you post - all meme, no thought (and this isn't an exception) - you really aren't worth it. Sorry if that stings, but I will remind you that at one point (around the time we talked about Manzi) you were - or at least I thought you were. You must be so happy to have me admit that I was wrong.

Mark Ward said...

I think you should answer this question, juris.

http://www.quora.com/For-all-of-you-liberals-out-there-how-often-are-you-characterized-by-a-conservative-of-doing-the-very-thing-they-in-fact-are-doing

Further, it would be most welcome to test your assertion. Let me know who you are on Quora and we can see if I'm worth it or not:)

juris imprudent said...

You do everything you accuse conservatives of doing. I'm not saying every liberal does this - but you most absolutely do, repeatedly.

You have all the self awareness of a brick wall. You can't even acknowledge the difference in what you post now versus what you posted around the time of our Manzi discussion. [Hint: go back and re-read then against now.] You actually are capable of reasonable discussion - you just don't choose to do so. You are much more comfortable (or you find it more enjoyable) engaging in infantile shit sculpting. Exactly as you accuse conservatives of doing.

Mark Ward said...

So, that's a no on Quora then, juris?

juris imprudent said...

Quora, debate.org - it doesn't matter. You won't be honest about yourself anywhere. Not even in your own parlor.

Larry said...

FWIW, I've never posted anything on Quora. Not under my name nor any other name. And like juris, I grow increasingly weary of your antics. And Nikto's way out there on another far fringe. I'm tempted to just say, "Fuck it. Markadelphia's blog isn't my circus, and the two performers on the masthead aren't my monkeys, though surely they monkeys be."

juris imprudent said...

So, for shits and grins I'm available over on Quora. Let me know when you'd like my opinion there.