--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > <snip> > Hmmm. Not only does Judy identify with these women, > and *clearly* look upon them as women who have an > incredible amount of power, she sees them as superior > to men and gloats over it.
Uh, no, dear, they're just *people* who are more powerful than *you*. <snip> > I've told you a hundred times, Judy. I LOVE it > when you get hysterical and go on like this. It's > WHY I push your buttons, so that you WILL go on > like this. Does that really strike you as someone > trying to "silence" you? Do you really strike me as someone who's been desperately trying to silence me for *years* and is pretending he loves being continually exposed as the phony he is? Yes indeedy doody. <snip> > Uh huh. Hell, I'd bet that almost ALL the people > in your life that you've antagonized felt this way > about you, right? They ALL want to silence you > and destroy you, right? Nope, quite a few of them have actually been mature and rational about it. (Curtis, just as one example.) <snip> > And I suspect (since we're playing shrink here) > that your oft-mentioned father only gave you any > attention when you excelled at some intellectual > game. The only way you could *get* his attention > was to appear intellectually superior. So that's > the only way you ever *had* of getting the > attention you desired. <belly laugh> Wrongaroonie. He took my intelligence as a given, not as anything that deserved special notice. I didn't even know I was particularly smart until I got into college. His attention was constant and unconditional (which is as it should be but too often isn't, leading me to suspect you're projecting again). > That's kinda sad, and I don't think I'm the only > person here who's noticed the phenomenon and felt > this sadness for you. I mean, Judy...just a few > days ago you pretty much *equated* intelligence > with being willing to *argue*, to attempt to "win" > those arguments, and thus to impose your beliefs > and ideas on others. In fact, I made a clear distinction between lacking intelligence, on one hand, and lacking the will and self-discipline to exercise one's intelligence in rigorous argument--as well as the ability to enjoy the engagement--on the other. What I pointed out--explicitly--was that I'm not any smarter than you. The differences are that I'm not intellectually lazy, and I relish engagement.
