Here's Barry's problem with the quote from the post of the Mystery Cultist, and why he's doing this frantic little dance trying to talk *around* it:
Barry had insisted on Thursday that only a "diehard cultist" would attempt to excuse the "hitting" that Robin had owned up to in his Open Letter. None of Robin's supporters has done that. Robin himself didn't do that. But that's just what the Mystery Cultist *did* do. And that puts Barry in a very, very awkward spot, because the Mystery Cultist, as Barry has finally been forced to admit, was indeed Curtis, who hates Robin even more than Barry does. There's no "argument" involved here, inside my head or anywhere else. Nobody is suggesting that Curtis was *right* to excuse the hitting, contrary to what Barry pretends in this post. It's just great fun, as I knew it would be, to watch Barry wriggling and squirming in a futile attempt to avoid acknowledging yet *another* of his Big Booboos. Even more fun is the fact that if Barry weren't so agitated at having to confront his error, he could have explained why Curtis, Robin's most vehement critic, did his best to excuse the hitting in a post that was otherwise harshly condemnatory of Robin. I'll just leave Barry with that hint, see if he can get control of himself long enough to figure it out. In the meantime, my thanks to Barry for performing exactly as I expected, like a trained seal. I'm sure *his* supporters, Steve and Xeno, are proud of him. ;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > This is worth commenting on, if for no other reason > than it exemplifies another of the hallmark symptoms > of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. > > One of the things that NPD individuals are known for > is their competitiveness, and their *need* to "win," > at least in their own minds. So what they do is to > glom onto what they think is the "ultimate argument" > in favor of their all-important subjective view, and > then repeat it ad nauseum, *demanding* that people > respond to it. They're looking for the "win," and > can't *get past* this argument they think is so > devastating and convincing. > > In this case, how many times has Judy trotted out > this trollbait now -- six or seven times? She just > can't let it go. She's literally HAVING AN > ARGUMENT INSIDE HER OWN HEAD. No one else > has felt that it was worth their time dealing with > or respond to, especially the person she is still > up at 2:00 a.m. in the morning trying to "defeat." > > But to her -- lost in an NPD inner world inside > her mind -- it's a real argument. And she's "winning," > whether anyone ever responds to it or not. Classic > NPD. > > The thing is, it's even a *meaningless* argument. > WHAT DOES IT MATTER what someone else said > on this subject, or who said it? > > Like many NPD sufferers, Judy is big on trotting out > some supposed "expert witness" (usually herself, > and usually in cases where she has no direct exper- > ience with the subject she's declaring the "truth" > of), and feeling that this "settles things," and > is the Last Word on the subject. > > Who CARES who said this? It was probably Curtis, > because it's funny, and clearly partly tongue in > cheek. But if had been said by a Supreme Court > Justice in a legal ruling, it *still* wouldn't > have any bearing on how I or anyone else views > Robin Carlsen, and judges him either harshly or > compassionately. We're adults, and get to make up > our *own* minds about such things. > > Yet she'll keep harping on this "ultimate argument," > trying to get someone -- anyone -- to respond to > it so that she can DECLARE VICTORY. > > How sad for her. Now we know why she lives alone > in New Jersey and is up this late still trying > desperately to "win" an argument on the Internet. > As has been quipped, doing that is in itself a > lot like competing in the Special Olympics -- you > may win a medal, but you're still retarded. > > Judy will undoubtedly DECLARE VICTORY over this > imagined ultimate thrust in a swordfight that is > going on only in her own mind. Let us all hope > for her sake that her imagined "win" will allow > her to finally get some sleep. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > Barry has made it clear that he thinks anyone who > > didn't find Robin's having struck his students a > > Very Bad Thing was a "die-hard cultist," and he > > has claimed that Robin's supporters were such > > cultists because we had tried to defend Robin's > > hitting behavior. > > > > Contrary to Barry's claim, only one person on > > FFL, in fact, has done that. Now, who could > > that be? > > > > Here's what this Mystery Cultist said to Robin > > the morning after Robin posted his Open Letter > > in January 2012 (it's from the ninth paragraph > > of the post). I asked Barry whether he could > > identify the Cultist from the quote: > > > > "There is plenty of compassion here for weird shit we > > all did in our past and this doesn't sound like such a > > big deal. There were a whole bunch of weird psychological > > 'breakthrough' cults that seem to be far worse than what > > you were running back then. If you weren't banging your > > disciples ten deep in Elvis' Graceland white panty > > parties, you come off as better than most people in your > > position of power over the entranced." > > > > Barry hasn't said who he thinks the Mystery > > Cultist is. Either he really has no idea--which > > is strange, since he's so obsessed with the folks > > on FFL he thinks are cultists--or for some reason > > he's reluctant to say who it is. > > > > I suspect it's the latter, myself. > > > > Take a guess. Then check out this link to the post > > in question and see whether you agree with me that > > Barry would *really* prefer that the Mystery Cultist > > remain anonymous: > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/302457 > > > > When I first posted this quote Thursday evening, BTW, > > I predicted that we would hear no more fulminating > > from Barry about "cultists" doing any "justifying" in > > connection with Robin's Open Letter. > > > > I was right. > > > > I'm going to make one more post--a repost of Robin's > > Open Letter itself--then I think this particular > > kerfuffle will be all wrapped up, and Barry will have > > to think of a new one. > > >
