An interesting take on the CBD in action:

[Moonbeam]

http://theweek.com/articles/534756/republicans-might-makes-right-back-fashion

Conservative conviction that they are morally superior and morally right leads to the conviction of ego certainty, which leads to the justification that might makes right. And all this because the conservative brain is fueled by fear. When you have been make to feel weak your ego will create a defense that projects strength, but it's phony strength, not inner strength.

This delusional psychosis leads to war and the destruction of the human race now that we need to become one tribe to successfully live on this small planet. Do what you can to cure your brain defect for the sake of the world.

You are only as good, in reality, as you treat well the weakest among you. Empathy, not distain and bluster, is the medicine for today. Try to see you've been lead down the psycho path by phonies.

 

[Matt1970]

Why is this trolling bullshit allowed?

 

[TreVader]

Posting in a moonbeam thread

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

http://theweek.com/articles/534756/republicans-might-makes-right-back-fashion

Conservative conviction that they are morally superior and morally right leads to the conviction of ego certainty, which leads to the justification that might makes right. And all this because the conservative brain is fueled by fear. When you have been make to feel weak your ego will create a defense that projects strength, but it's phony strength, not inner strength.

This delusional psychosis leads to war and the destruction of the human race now that we need to become one tribe to successfully live on this small planet. Do what you can to cure your brain defect for the sake of the world.

You are only as good, in reality, as you treat well the weakest among you. Empathy, not distain and bluster, is the medicine for today. Try to see you've been lead down the psycho path by phonies.

I have some convictions. War and destruction of humanity (not just the species) is not what we should seek to do. I do believe that we have moral axioms, or at least I do, that I adhere to. It saddens me is that when it comes to what we'll sell that part of our souls for turns out to be very little for a great many people. Either warlike views are approved or the objection to them is so little as that it turns out to be window dressing. Note the justice being meted out over Iraq by those in our nation. There's none.

 

[Atreus21]

http://theweek.com/articles/534756/republicans-might-makes-right-back-fashion

Conservative conviction that they are morally superior and morally right leads to the conviction of ego certainty.

And you don't think liberals have this conviction?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

And you don't think liberals have this conviction?

Everyone knows liberals lack all conviction.

 

[Atreus21]

Everyone knows liberals lack all conviction.

Bill Clinton certainly wasn't convicted.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

And you don't think liberals have this conviction?

Moonbeam most certainly has the conviction of certainty as illustrated by his numerous emphatic posts on this subject...but his ego has nothing to do with it (apparently only conservatives are motivated by their egos it seems)...that's his story and he's sticking to it!

 

[trenchfoot]

Well, if defending one's beliefs is done by attacking the persona of an opponent rather than espousing the many merits of said beliefs, then I believe Moonbeam's got a point.

Just say'in.

 

[Atreus21]

Well, if defending one's beliefs is done by attacking the persona of an opponent rather than espousing the many merits of said beliefs, then I believe Moonbeam's got a point.

Just say'in.

Well yeah, he's got a point, insofar as he's being honest. But he's not. Does anyone honestly believe that only conservatives resort to cheap tactics when they feel their beliefs are threatened?

This whole CBD theme of his is exactly such a practice, for Christ's sake. Unwilling to bear the tedium of arguing on the merits, he has resorting to impugning what he believes are our motives. Conservatives do this too. It's much easier (and more fun) than addressing arguments honestly and showing your opponent some respect.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Well yeah, he's got a point, insofar as he's being honest. But he's not. Does anyone honestly believe that only conservatives resort to cheap tactics when they feel their beliefs are threatened?

This whole CBD theme of his is exactly such a practice, for Christ's sake.

It's my opinion that he appears to be unable or unwilling to understand the "nuances" of human propensities. He prefers instead to exaggerate and polarize his stereotypes as a means to "rationally" demonize his perceived ideological enemies.

 

[Greenman]

Do you fellows know what the deference between buggers and broccoli is?


Kids won't eat broccoli.

 

[alcoholbob]

Typical day of moonbeam posting on Anandtech: CBD CBD CBD CBD CBD.

 

[1prophet]

One man's criticism is another man's blasphemy,

a true liberal will defend the right to criticism while not defending or apologizing for those that consider it blasphemy,

to bad such liberals are going the way of the dodo bird.

 

[OverVolt]

http://theweek.com/articles/534756/republicans-might-makes-right-back-fashion

Conservative conviction that they are morally superior and morally right leads to the conviction of ego certainty, which leads to the justification that might makes right. And all this because the conservative brain is fueled by fear. When you have been make to feel weak your ego will create a defense that projects strength, but it's phony strength, not inner strength.

This delusional psychosis leads to war and the destruction of the human race now that we need to become one tribe to successfully live on this small planet. Do what you can to cure your brain defect for the sake of the world.

You are only as good, in reality, as you treat well the weakest among you. Empathy, not distain and bluster, is the medicine for today. Try to see you've been lead down the psycho path by phonies.

Hey man fake it till ya make it. Its a TED life hack.

 

[OverVolt]

Bill Clinton certainly wasn't convicted.

 

[Greenman]

Typical day of moonbeam posting on Anandtech: CBD CBD CBD CBD CBD.

At least he moved on from self hate, that one was about as stale as a routine can get. CBD is doing better in that he managed to get a follower. Granted it's a junkie that might well have brain damage, but it's still a follower.

 

[TreVader]

I just wish every single post wasn't the most meta post he has ever made.

Self referentialism is great in works of fiction and myth. Not so much posts on a tech forum.

 

[OverVolt]

He actually reminds me of Thoreau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau#Early_life_and_education.2C_1817.E2.80.931836

Thoreau needed to concentrate and get himself working more on his writing. In March 1845, Ellery Channing told Thoreau, "Go out upon that, build yourself a hut, & there begin the grand process of devouring yourself alive. I see no other alternative, no other hope for you."[35] Two months later, Thoreau embarked on a two-year experiment in simple living on July 4, 1845, when he moved to a small, self-built house on land owned by Emerson in a second-growth forest around the shores of Walden Pond. The house was in "a pretty pasture and woodlot" of 14 acres (57,000 m2) that Emerson had bought,[36] 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from his family home.[37]


Original title page of Walden featuring a picture drawn by Thoreau's sister Sophia
On July 24 or July 25, 1846, Thoreau ran into the local tax collector, Sam Staples, who asked him to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. Thoreau refused because of his opposition to the Mexican-American War and slavery, and he spent a night in jail because of this refusal. The next day Thoreau was freed when someone, likely his aunt, paid the tax against his wishes.[38] The experience had a strong impact on Thoreau. In January and February 1848, he delivered lectures on "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in relation to Government"[39] explaining his tax resistance at the Concord Lyceum. Bronson Alcott attended the lecture, writing in his journal on January 26:

Sounds about right. You should write a CBD book OP.

 

[Moonbeam]

I have some convictions. War and destruction of humanity (not just the species) is not what we should seek to do. I do believe that we have moral axioms, or at least I do, that I adhere to. It saddens me is that when it comes to what we'll sell that part of our souls for turns out to be very little for a great many people. Either warlike views are approved or the objection to them is so little as that it turns out to be window dressing. Note the justice being meted out over Iraq by those in our nation. There's none.

You are trapped in a logical paradox that can resolve only at a higher level of understanding, I think. You have the one and only safe conviction, that no matter your other convictions, you eschew the path of the one ring of power to achieveyourmoral ends. I don't call that a conviction. I call it deep wisdom. Your conviction springs from the God within you, not from your ego.

 

[Moonbeam]

I guess it's inevitable that CBDs would be unable to process ideas related to their dangerous need to tie might with right. Ego is more important than human survival. Show a brain defective a mirror and he will be certain he's looking at you.