12-24-2016, 04:25 PM
(12-24-2016, 01:16 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: This is a really, REALLY, great point.
Psuedo-intellectuals have driven partisan stakes in the ground ostensibly to self-affirm and validate themselves. In other words, they are arguing not for right or wrong but what makes them look smart. And they are easy to spot - all hat and no cattle, so to speak.
One of the downsides of the internet is it provides a forum for stupid people to actually be relevant, and be emboldened with rep points from other equally stupid people.
Being a pseudo-intellectual, I wanted to argue. But, alas, I cannot. I have fallen into this self-affirmation trap before (and probably will again in the future). That is why I don't mind be called out on it sometimes by people like you or SSF. The main point being that people of every political bent fall into this trap.