Comments on: Rating The Blog Scandals http://informedspeculation.com/2006/07/25/rating-the-blog-scandals/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/07/25/rating-the-blog-scandals/comment-page-1/#comment-70153 Fargus Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:43:20 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/07/25/rating-the-blog-scandals/#comment-70153 Because tossing out an ad hominem attack is <i>always</i> easier than actually responding to an argument. Good show, docweasel. You live up to your name. Because tossing out an ad hominem attack is always easier than actually responding to an argument. Good show, docweasel. You live up to your name.

]]> By: docweasel http://informedspeculation.com/2006/07/25/rating-the-blog-scandals/comment-page-1/#comment-70137 docweasel Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:13:44 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/07/25/rating-the-blog-scandals/#comment-70137 One point about this "scandal" is that Greenwald has been touted by Kos and others as some kind of super-intellectual, insightful and highly articulate star of the nutroots. Just a short perusal of http://www.dailykos.com/tag/Glenn%20Greenwald and you can see the approval and kudos heaped on this guy. This entire fake identity-to-pump-up-your-own-arguments thing is an old trope of internet forums, and from my experience the people who use them have not only psychological problems, but sociopathic leanings as well. It speaks of intense paranoia, alienation from actual real people and a desperate need of approval and hysterical reaction to criticism. And if nothing else, from now on everyone in the rightosphere can easily dismiss this nutbag by referring to him as "sockpuppetfarmer Glenn Greenwald" everytime they have to debunk his rantings. One point about this “scandal” is that Greenwald has been touted by Kos and others as some kind of super-intellectual, insightful and highly articulate star of the nutroots. Just a short perusal of
http://www.dailykos.com/tag/Glenn%20Greenwald
and you can see the approval and kudos heaped on this guy.

This entire fake identity-to-pump-up-your-own-arguments thing is an old trope of internet forums, and from my experience the people who use them have not only psychological problems, but sociopathic leanings as well. It speaks of intense paranoia, alienation from actual real people and a desperate need of approval and hysterical reaction to criticism.

And if nothing else, from now on everyone in the rightosphere can easily dismiss this nutbag by referring to him as “sockpuppetfarmer Glenn Greenwald” everytime they have to debunk his rantings.

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