Re: Are you egotistical about your intelligence?
Originally posted by The Ellimist
I've noticed that a lot of KMC members, particularly those who actively debate, are really enamored with their own intellects. I fall within that group, though I think I'm good at not showing it in socially inappropriate situations and mitigating any unjustified influence on my decision-making/moral judgments/etc.What are your thoughts? Do you get that vibe from yourself and/or others here? Do you think it's a good or bad thing under which contexts?
Most alt-right trolls are males under the age of 25, so what you’re seeing is a motley reenactment of what would’ve been the most achingly awkward fraternity at whatever college or university you attended. All of these sites are a compendium of stupid in-jokes, viral memes, multimedia from “nerd culture” — a shame, given how awesome that subculture is — and a persistent exploration of what young men can get away with online when they have the opportunity to act anonymously. So: you’ll see a lot of posts (and some images) that are misogynistic, homophobic, racist, anti-Semitic, and so on. The posters posting this content are in a few cases actually committed misogynists, homophobes, racists, and anti-Semites; much more commonly, they’re relatively unsophisticated “kids” — using that term here to denote emotional immaturity rather than chronological age — who are exploring complicated anxieties, angers, and associations they don’t really know how to process yet in any way but the anti-social.
Mind you, they don’t see themselves that way. You will stagger at the arrogance of all these young people who haven’t done anything yet.
Originally posted by Emperordmb
Arrogance is the most disgusting human trait which is the root of all evil, it arises when we fail to properly deal with our awareness of our own vulnerability.
Even worse to me is when it's unearned. More than one poster here posts with an arrogance that has not come close to being earned.
Stephen Hawking, don't know him. Can't say how he is. If he is an arrogant little f*cker it's wrong, but you can see where it comes from at least. You can see why.
Originally posted by SurturBut you know, they have a job and a family... So, they have done that.
Even worse to me is when it's unearned. More than one poster here posts with an arrogance that has not come close to being earned.Stephen Hawking, don't know him. Can't say how he is. If he is an arrogant little f*cker it's wrong, but you can see where it comes from at least. You can see why.