Fanatics always overreach

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Fanatics always overreach

Robert — 11/23/2015 11:36:01 PM (archived)

A fanatic's mind is "broken", in the sense that it's infested with magical thinking that interferes with perceiving the real world and making realistic plans for it. With a god on your side, you can't lose, and that clouds your judgment...

...speaking of which, ye gods, did you see the last episode of Doctor Who?

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At some point we have to take this seriously... - RL - 11/22/2015 8:55:12 PM
- Not to be out-bigoted by Tump, Carson says US muslims cheered 9/11 - RL - 11/23/2015 11:22:49 PM
  - I figured it out--- this is all a viral marketing campaign for "The Man in the High Castle" - RL - 11/23/2015 11:41:48 PM
- Trump twitter graphic traced back to neo-nazi account - mcfly - 11/23/2015 4:04:16 PM
  - Its an old and time tested propaganda technique. - ER - 11/23/2015 5:41:56 PM
    - Tell me about it. - TB - 11/23/2015 5:59:19 PM
      - "The belief that there is no such thing as objective fact is also dangerous." - ER - 11/23/2015 6:18:27 PM
        
        ..."we can't always speak with any certainty on any issue"... - Jody - 11/23/2015 10:40:43 PM
        
        What I should have said... - ER - 11/24/2015 12:23:15 AM
        
        I remember you saying that before... - Jody - 11/24/2015 1:07:13 AM
        
        Yes. That happens to me all the time. - ER - 11/24/2015 2:55:09 AM
        
        LOL! Awright now. - Jody - 11/24/2015 3:23:42 AM
        
        The empirical method works, too. - TB - 11/23/2015 6:54:05 PM
        
        No one said reason and intellect have nothing to do with politics. - ER - 11/23/2015 7:52:29 PM
- "Should have been done long ago." - ER - 11/23/2015 3:08:01 AM
  - oh there is - Robert - 11/23/2015 5:29:11 AM
    - Deliberately Misquoting Smiley (from the very heart of the "grey zone)". - ER - 11/23/2015 1:37:51 PM
      - Fanatics always overreach - Robert - 11/23/2015 11:36:01 PM
- I've enjoyed him until right now! - bowser - 11/23/2015 2:44:30 AM
- Not quite sure what to say about this - mcfly - 11/23/2015 2:32:19 AM
- And this... leaves me speechless. - RL - 11/23/2015 2:24:38 AM
  - I can't imagine YOU speechless... - Jody - 11/23/2015 11:55:11 PM
    - Until you come out publicly and denounce his actions in a way I find satisfactory.... - RL - 11/24/2015 1:01:24 AM
      - There you go, Jody. The Party's giving you your very own self-criticism session. - TB - 11/24/2015 1:20:24 AM
      - Indeed I do. - Jody - 11/24/2015 1:14:19 AM
        
        You almost seemed to be getting it.... - RL - 11/25/2015 1:29:06 AM
        
        Saul good - Jody - 11/25/2015 1:47:17 AM
- Just about the same time I posted this, Trump tweeted... - RL - 11/22/2015 11:39:08 PM
- Trump resonates with a substantial portion of the Republican party. - ER - 11/22/2015 10:56:45 PM
- Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists.... - RL - 11/22/2015 10:50:51 PM
  - Mid course correction. - ER - 11/22/2015 11:09:47 PM

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