"It has nothing to do with your "curiosity," about TM or "cultism" or anything else. It's your psychological sadism, fueled by a desperate need to feel superior to others, and marked by an extraordinary lack of self-knowledge. That TM is just a convenient context for your sick behavior is made crystal clear by the fact that your sadism isn't limited to TM-related issues."
Right on. Barry draws criticism to himself precisely because he is a jerk and does enjoy hurting others to feel superior to them. This could be a bird watching forum and he'd do the same thing. He once boasted that he was in touch with his "inner asshole". Despite the disturbing imagery that evokes, I agree completely, although instead of being just in touch, he appears to be deeply in love with that part of himself. And once again, our FFL Psychic has determined that there are those on this forum who criticize him, without ever reading their posts. He must be paranoid, psychic, or a hypocrite. I'll go with hypocrite. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > > > You're not a TRUE cultist until you've spent > > > > at least three decades in the cult. > > > > > > What does it mean when you pronounce everyone else is > > > a cultist while missing that you might have issues, > > > yourself... > > > > What does it mean when current cultists feel the > > need to portray former cultists who are honest > > enough with themselves to realized they were a > > part of a cult and who still have some lingering > > curiosity about those who have never reached that > > point as having something *wrong* with them? > > People who describe themselves as above but whose > actual behavior doesn't even come close to matching > their description *obviously* have something wrong > with them. > > > I mean, there is a concerted attempt on this forum > > to portray anyone who still finds the machinations > > of current-day cultists fascinating from a curiosity > > standpoint as having something *wrong* with us. > > It has nothing to do with your "curiosity," about TM > or "cultism" or anything else. It's your psychological > sadism, fueled by a desperate need to feel superior to > others, and marked by an extraordinary lack of self- > knowledge. > > That TM is just a convenient context for your sick > behavior is made crystal clear by the fact that your > sadism isn't limited to TM-related issues. > > <snip> > > As I suggested before, it's sorta like going to a > > high school reunion and running into people for > > whom high school was the high point of their lives. > > Chances are Barry's never been to a high school > reunion because he so alienated his classmates at the > time, he'd be treated like a leper. *He* never fit > in, and that's where he learned he could make himself > feel better by putting others down. > > <snip> > > But I'm still fascinated by those for whom the > > attachment factor (and the seemingly corollary need > > to praise the similarly-attached and demonize those > > who got over it) > > One more time: The champion demonizer on this forum > is Barry himself. And he gets criticized not because > he's a TM critic but because he's such a despicable > human being--the proof being that most of the folks > here who "got over it" are *not* criticized. > > <snip> > > All I do is point out some of the silliness of the TM > > movement, past and present. There is more than enough > > of this silliness so that I never lack for material. > > Even if he has to scrape the bottom of the barrel for > material that's so distantly related to TM that he > makes himself look far sillier than anything TMO-ish. >
