--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: <snip> > > As I've been saying for some time--and LB Shriver > > also commented recently--some of the True NON-Believers > > here, Barry in particular, are utterly blind to the > > fact that their thought processes are indistinguishable > > from the those of the very truest of True Believers. > > I think you have a point here Judy: As the WP atricle on > Eric Hoffer says: 'As he describes in The True Believer, > a passionate obsession with the outside world or with the > private lives of other people is merely a craven attempt > to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life.' > Substitute 'private lives of other people' with Judy Stein > and when and how often she posts.
Heh. You don't even have to substitute. I can't count the number of times Barry has described his fantasies about my private life and even my physical characteristics. > Furthermore: 'A core principle in the book is Hoffer's insight > that mass movements are interchangeable; he notes fanatical > Nazis later becoming fanatical Communists, fanatical Communists > later becoming fanatical anti-Communists, and Saul, persecutor > of Christians, becoming Paul, a fanatical Christian himself. > For the true believer the substance of the mass movement > isn't so important as that he or she is part of that movement.' Yup, which is why Barry is so defensive about FFL being, in his mind, reserved for *criticism* of MMY, the TMO, and TMers. It's the pro-TMers here who are the "outsiders," the "invaders," as far as Barry is concerned. > So a True TM Believer can just as easily become a True Anti-TM > Believer. Saul could become Paul, and Paul can become Saul. > > And its not the obsession with a particular person, like > Judy Stein that is important, but the meaning he the TB > or TB-Anti derives from being obsessed. And the trademark > of this obsession is his need to demonize his opponent. So > for the TB-Anti the 'TB' is OTOH a victim and pitiable, > but when he doesn't listen to him, he is demonized as > scary, dangerous, paranoid fanatic. People, individuals who > discuss here, are disowned of their individaul expressions > and believes and portrayed as representatives of a larger > anonymus monster. *Very* well said. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
