I will try to make this my last comment on the nonentity who was Robin Carlsen today, because there seems to be a lingering misconception on this forum about what his "teaching" and his cult were all about. I have my own opinion on the subject, and will state it -- as what it is: OPINION. I do so because I think that we can pin down the *essence* of who he was, and to do so helps to explain those who chose to raise him up on an unrealistic pedestal and continue to do so.
I think that the essence of Robin Carlsen's appeal can be stated in three words: Narcissistic Personality Disorder. In one word: Confrontation. The classic DSM-IV definition of NPD lists several traits, *all* of which Robin displayed both back in the day as a cult leader, and in his short drive-bys here on FFL. But one of them that seems to me to be most key to his (disordered) personality is "confrontation." The person with NPD tends to see things from a solipsistic point of view. These individuals are so locked into the supposed importance of self -- *their* self -- that they feel the compulsive need to "prove" that they're as important as they believe they are. It's "their way or the highway." You either do things their way -- according to their rules -- or they cease dealing with you. Nowhere is this to be seen more definitively than in his Last Tantrum, the 13,000+ word megalomaniacal post that he *demanded* everyone read to be worthy of interacting with him further. But it was what he was *after* in that Last Tantrum that is the subject of this rap. He wanted a *confrontation*. He *didn't like it* that Curtis didn't respond to the 12,000-word "four posts" in which he ranted obsessively about Curtis And Everything That Was Wrong With Him. He *didn't like it* that no one else seemed interested in his continuing diatribes against Curtis. What he wanted -- and stated clearly in the Last Tantrum -- was for someone (anyone) to respond to him and ARGUE WITH HIM. This is classic NPD because in these arguments the narcissist always "wins," at least in his or her own mind. The whole confrontation routine is TO PROVE THEIR SUPERIORITY, and how "in control" of the situation they are. Curtis didn't go for it, and neither did anyone else, so Robin ran off with his tail between his legs, running away *BECAUSE* he rightly perceived that he wasn't ever going to be able to draw anyone into his confrontation routines here again. Now let's look at his two cult followers. Do either of them tend to try (over and over and over and over and over and...) to suck people into Confrontations with them? Do they have a proven history of being able to turn almost everything into an affront of some kind, or a nitpicky point that simply MUST be debated? Duh. You all know who I'm talking about. And you all know their histories, and their samskaric tendencies. Their whole ACT is built around trying to provoke conflict, TO PROVE THEIR SUPERIORITY. *NO WONDER* they were impressed by Robin. *NO WONDER* they became his cult followers. He personified everything they wanted to be. Which is, of course, a Narcissistic Personality Disorder poster child. Both of these individuals have more than a touch of NPD going for them IMO, and so what they saw and appreciated in Robin was his ability to do *their* act, only better. He was *good* at starting arguments, and then *demanding* that people participate in them and get into a face-to-face confrontation with him until (presumably) he declared himself the "winner." Robin's act was their act, only magnified. Thus they projected charisma and greatness onto someone who had neither of those qualities, and they continue to do so. It's been OVER TEN MONTHS since Robin Carlsen posted here, and yet rarely a week goes by in which these two Squeaky Fromme wannabees don't find a way to bring up his name here so that they can "explain" What He Really Believed. That *alone* is cult behavior. But now add to it *how* they try to bring up his name and his "teachings" here. They do it by trying to provoke Confrontations. What they're looking for is for people to ARGUE WITH THEM, so they can PROVE THEIR SUPERIORITY, and of course in the process prove his. Confrontation. And an inability to interact with people in any other way, or at least in no other way that is satisfying and pleasing to them. In other words, behavior that is otherwise known as one of the primary indicators of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I think it's silly. Both in Robin Carlsem, and in his two followers. It's nothing but ego, blown up to unrealistic proportions by the bad brain chemicals that cause NPD. I post this as "brain food" for those who still fall for Robin's Confrontation act, now being performed *in his name* on FFL by his two cult followers. Don't. They're trying to suck you into their world, which is not really sane.
