I am very interested in the psychology of people who present this odd mixture of abusiveness and pseudo-intellectualism. Their drive is clearly to cause upset at the same time as being recognised as intellectually superior. I don't understand it.
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I understand desperately wanting other people to think you are smart, obviously. That's often born of a simple insecurity. I don't understand wanting people to hate you at the same time. This suggests a very twisted psychology to me but it seems to be quite common.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I’m not trying to push religion on u when I promote the need for an external ethos. Hate religion, fine, but we seem to require a formulated set of rules to regulate our irrationality & hatefulness.
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Replying to @PastorPhilBCC
That's why we keep inventing them. Obviously, you will think your rules are external but I think they're just one set of guidelines made up by humans.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Perhaps a powerful ethos such as “Love your neighbor as yourself, “ would have been a better way for me to have said that, rather than, “rules.”
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Replying to @PastorPhilBCC
That's the golden rule which seems to come up in all cultures because reciprocity and empathy are innate to us.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
“Innate?” Do we need to be admonished toward behaviors that are innate?
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Yes, very often we do. We have other self-serving behaviours too. Morality is when we verbalise why we should prioritise the good ones.
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