It's not really unhinged but it's just more evidence of how Deuces approaches the world.

He doesn't need external validation because he really does believe that he's smarter than everyone else. His twisted logic and incorrect facts appear valid and true to him. So he obviously believes that his argument is successful.

If everyone that disagrees with him is an idiot than obviously only smart people agree with him.

problem, I've noticed that you basically meld your personality with that of the prevailing political regs. Your avatar is analogous to zikzaks. Your location is analogous to Tiens. You came in here from the get go in complete lockstop with like, the average opinion of the forum on every single issue, including obligatory irrational hatred for yours truly.

What are you? some super subtle troll who is lonely and therefore trying to make friends by being optimally agreeable with the most people on an internet forum? Honestly, (and I surprisingly don't think this about too many people here), you seem like a ****ing whackjob. Even the posters I don't like, most of them have some kind of personality, some individuality. I've never seen that from your posting and it's kinda creepy. Even DIB, who I consider a whackjob, has some individuality and owns his weirdness.

What is your deal?

He's a JTRIG agent, here to monitor and influence discussions.

That's my guess, at least.

How did jjshabbydo become a moderator in the first place?

I didn't think it was possible to replace spank with anyone worse, but then again, I used to have higher standards for 2p2, too.

Far better if he could gather some kids together, especially if he can get a few big kids.

That would be real validation

Far better to not try to make silly claims about how he destroyed everyone's arguments.

Although I think on a subject like how the towers fell on 9/11 (fairly fact/science based, little subjective opinion) I'd be pretty skeptical of anyone that couldn't convince the majority of posters here that their side was correct.

I have the one quality that a PU mod needs - I rarely let my personal opinions influence how I mod the forum.

Look at Spank and Deuces. I have little respect for them as posters but I don't think I've misused my mod power to punish either one of them.

Seems more like style than the more literal claim you take it to be but I don't know him that well.

Pretend his in the gang and 'you know what he means'.

Proph is legit stupid, I wouldn't worry about it. Because if jj has been infiltrated, then so has Mat and all the heads of two plus two.

Heck, this site is probably just run by the government in an attempt to gain private info about users.

Better stop posting proph, lest they label you an undesirable and decide to silence you!

This is your response to my attack on your claim to external validation or to my lack thereof? It didn't address any of the points I made but that's standard. It's normal in politics for people to put solid arguments against their position on ignore.

I don't believe I am smarter than everyone else. Furthermore I don't put much stock in intelligence as a stand alone benefit. I think if Einstein was born in 1980 in America he would most likely be an anonymous software engineer or possibly a religious nut if he happened to be born to the right family. I've been in classes with savant-like people who could wow you with their ability to attack a math problem but who you wouldn't trust to walk your dog. Intelligence, as usually measured, doesn't mean **** relative to perspective and precepts. I do believe I am more objective than most people, if you want an actual belief of mine to attack.

Lol at 'in the gang'. It's not hard to find a topic where I've argued with any particular person. So who exactly am I in this gang with?

Anyway, take it literally or as style and it's a ridiculous claim.

Deuces, there's nothing for me to attack. Your position and reasoning for how you 'spanked all comers' is laughable. Hence my lol. Engaging you further on that would be pointless since I don't believe you'll be convinced and I'm pretty sure an unbiased observer will agree your position is laughable. So why waste my time?

My apologies. Pretend you and him are in the gang and 'you know what he means'

I believe that developing objectivity is helpful to better understanding and developing knowledge. Also that intelligence contests are pointless exercises in hubris.

Well that would be consistent with that he seems always logged in lol.

I wish. While I 2+2 often at work so technically am getting paid to post here, it's not in my job description.

You know that I basically agree with you WRT Israel/Palestine right? The reason I don't frequent that thread anymore is you and Gamblor.

My political views tend toward the left, as do most of the regs. If you think I haven't argued with most people on here about something you must not be reading the threads you don't post in (and I avoid the thread you post in).

My avatar is because I like Roger Moore/James Bond (that's the screenname origin too). If you think it's some meta attempt to find in here your paranoia is reaching new levels.

I don't generally share my 'personality' on the politics subs, as they're not about that.

My access to the I/P thread is blocked, ostensibly because my making light of Gamblor's efforts to marginalize the actually prominent role of Jewish fundamentalism in Israeli politics was wookie-judged as antisemitism. So feel free to go back into the thread now that a person you agree with (??) can't post in it anymore?

Even let'sgambool, the biggest LINO and conformity troll in the forum, can't help but color outside the lines and, for example, endorse the corrupt FCC as they attempt to give more control of the internet infrastructure to private companies. I could definitely be off due to sample size, but I seem to have never read an post of yours which didn't seem meticulously vetted for acceptability by the prevailing opinions here. That doesn't preclude some quibbling about, say, exactly how bad some unpopular poster is or some other minor differences with the prevailing opinions.

It's not meticulously vetted, I'm just that good.

Sure there is. I gave reasons why your proposed standard for judging the debate is utter horse****. You countered with some jibberish about how I see the world lol.

Vetting is inveterate to you. Got it.

Is "good" code for empathy-free slime?

People might tgink youre less of a muppet if you did some.