Sir Arthur C.B.E. Wholeflaffers A.S.A.Debunkers are Delusional wrote:
> Debunkers are Delusional
> dicckk@prodigy.net wrote
>
> I've been observing debunkers on these NGs for at least two years now.
> They've always raised my curiosity, especially the more empty-headed
> variety who don't even make an attempt at doing less than name
> calling, throwing insults or making inappropriate responses to
> out-of-context, or snipped
> posts to make some questionable point.
>
> Summed up, debunkers are delusional.
>
> Most of them display characteristics of abused children. Abused
> children, once adults simply cannot stand being ignored. They will go
> to any length to get attention. No amount of verbal abuse will stop
> them, no sane
> or sensible argument, or even pleading will stop them, nothing can
> stop them from striking out, once they see you as reasonable bate,
> not even violence, the least of all violence, if you could exact it
> upon them. They derive
> great satisfaction in what they do. It's a need.
>
> The delusional aspect of debunkers is that they don't realize just how
> confusing most of us find them. They sincerely think they are ****ing
> others over, or ****ing up one's day, or winning somehow in a war of
> words---a war that is one-sided---their own. Words are not something
> they can manage to compose very well.
>
> They hang out in these NGs like a clique of imbeciles, joining forces,
> exchanging congratulations, and bragging about imaginary kills.
>
> Some are more dedicated than others, and go to extremes, especially if
> they are denied the idea that the person under attack, really doesn't
> give a damn. These types of debunkers are relentless and vigilant,
> spending much
> time in their effort to denigrate or chastise or name call and insult
> posters who they hit on as targets. Nothing is beyond contempt in the
> extent they are willing to go to hit on a prey. Debunkers have no
> morals, least of all a conscience.
>
> They are delusional, also, in that they think others see them as doing
> some kind of humane service, or see them as truth mongers, when the
> forces behind their acts are anything but truth. But, they sincerely
> believe they
> are doing good. Of course, what they are doing is misplacing their own
> personal hate of themselves and using it upon others. Possibly they
> are getting even for never having been accepted in a normal society.
> Or, as
> abused children, never found any kind of helpful therapy to get over
> it.
>
> Debunkers are the bane of NGs. They are delusional and misguided and
> obsessed with their need to attack others.
>
> To them, you care if you show no response, and you care if you do. As
> a
> victim of debunkers, it's very important that you care. They need to
> feel
> they are getting to you. They need to feel that they are upsetting
> you. If
> you disagree and say you don't care, or that they're not upsetting
> you, they will call you a liar, and work harder at it.
>
> Debunkers are a maniacal mix of misfits with about as much going for
> them as a castrated bull.
>
> Even the more intelligent ones, male or female, keep coming back to
> give
> more abuse. They scout what you post, and pounce. They work in packs
> and separately. They are having fun.
>
> Unfortunately, even the fun they have is delusional. Eventually, they
> become convinced of what becomes a mission, an agenda, to strike and
> kill anyone who posts something that is contrary to what they
> believe, or prefer
> to believe, or simply out of because of who said it, not what is said.
>
> They don't understand that the care most of us have, is the disruption
> they create in the NGs, not the personal, unwarranted, as well as
> ludicrous attacks. I mean you really can't be affronted by morons who
> make absolutely
> no sense in their response to your posts.
>
> You can't be offended when you realize you are dealing with someone
> suffering some kind of delusion, of some sort.
>
> Whether debunkers come in the guise of trolls, those who flame, or
> skeptics, the type described here is unsuccessful. In fact, if they
> had any brains, they'd be embarrassed.
>
> Ever notice how they think they are being funny, but the only people
> laughing are other debunkers? Ever notice how they think they've made
> some great point or charge of character, and the only ones agreeing
> are other debunkers?
>
> Art is right in wishing for better debunkers. But it's not going to
> happen. Debunkers are debunkers to be debunkers. They want to destroy
> any vestige of reasonable debate. Showing them that you care is best
> done by understanding these things about them.
>
> You can't win over them, because they have the delusion that they have
> won, even as they fail miserably. You can ignore them, but that's no
> guarantee that they will leave you alone, no more than a starving,
> carnivorous beast can avoid available flesh when hungry.
>
> They are animals. They have the instinct of animals. And, they have
> the delusion of thinking they qualify as humans.
>
> Sure they will try to make me pay for daring to write this post. And,
> no matter how I re-act, no matter what I say, or don't say, they will
> feel vindicated each and every time they attack in the false belief
> that I care,
> or that you care. They will go to extremes. They can't help it. They
> need to do it like a heron addict needs a fix. They are that
> delusional. Now, if
> only they could get my name right!
>
> If you haven't gotten the idea that this world is run by a criminal
> elite lacking the slightest concern for the welfare of mankind, then
> you haven't been paying attention. --Jim Kei

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