Psychopath Attack on Democratic Underground
"These people really don't like what Laura is learning, or that she's actually getting important information out there. "
I don't think that this is why they do what they do. They don't like many things and yet they spend their time and energy on spamming the net with BS and nonsense with one definite target.
There are probably several factors involved here.
1) Laura is a woman and men often like to attack women. It gives them more sadistic pleasure.
2) Certainly some aspect of COINTELPRO is involved.
3) Some attackers are simply stupid. For instance they attack Laura for extensive quoting and referencing other researchers. This is completely stupid. These people probably never read any scientific publications and they will never care to read. Research is always being based on the previous research, done by other people before. Some scientists did not bother to quote the sources - Einstein was one such well known a case.
4) Those who are not stupid and yet criticize Laura for the same, they do so because they probably (rightly) think that many of the readers are stupid - this is the well known Goebbels method. If a lie is repeated often enough, it will be accepted as a truth and repeated further.
5) The attackers do not care about the truth at all. They have their goal and any means to achieve this goal is good for them. That is hard to explain without 2)
6) Part of the deal is simply jealousy. The attackers are simply jealous. They are not creative and Laura is. The only thing they know is how to destroy.
7) Part of the strory may be their brain damage. That explains part of their activities - though not all.
8) Evidently they have a doctrine, a theory and a plan. At least some of them - see 2). Part of this plan is simply to engage, so that little time would be left for anything truly creative. So when someone engages in the dispute - that alone makes them happy. They know that most of the people take the view that when someone says A and someone else sayz Z, then the truth is somewhere in between. This is a stupid assumption, but many people follow stupid assumptions. The truth is rather where the real research is, not where opinions are exchanged. But most people do not care.
9) Once i a while they try to attack me - with most idiotic accusations. Which confirms 2) and 7).
So what to do? What is the best defense against brainless idiots and agents? I think there is one simple solution - expand, be more creative and more productive. The attack may serve as wonderful boosts for being even more productive!!! And this is, I think, the best method for everyone in every case under every circumstance.
Also humor helps. But taking attacks with humor is only good provided all details are being taken into account and provided humor is just an addition to a real and hard and productive work.
"These people really don't like what Laura is learning, or that she's actually getting important information out there. "
I don't think that this is why they do what they do. They don't like many things and yet they spend their time and energy on spamming the net with BS and nonsense with one definite target.
There are probably several factors involved here.
1) Laura is a woman and men often like to attack women. It gives them more sadistic pleasure.
2) Certainly some aspect of COINTELPRO is involved.
3) Some attackers are simply stupid. For instance they attack Laura for extensive quoting and referencing other researchers. This is completely stupid. These people probably never read any scientific publications and they will never care to read. Research is always being based on the previous research, done by other people before. Some scientists did not bother to quote the sources - Einstein was one such well known a case.
4) Those who are not stupid and yet criticize Laura for the same, they do so because they probably (rightly) think that many of the readers are stupid - this is the well known Goebbels method. If a lie is repeated often enough, it will be accepted as a truth and repeated further.
5) The attackers do not care about the truth at all. They have their goal and any means to achieve this goal is good for them. That is hard to explain without 2)
6) Part of the deal is simply jealousy. The attackers are simply jealous. They are not creative and Laura is. The only thing they know is how to destroy.
7) Part of the strory may be their brain damage. That explains part of their activities - though not all.
8) Evidently they have a doctrine, a theory and a plan. At least some of them - see 2). Part of this plan is simply to engage, so that little time would be left for anything truly creative. So when someone engages in the dispute - that alone makes them happy. They know that most of the people take the view that when someone says A and someone else sayz Z, then the truth is somewhere in between. This is a stupid assumption, but many people follow stupid assumptions. The truth is rather where the real research is, not where opinions are exchanged. But most people do not care.
9) Once i a while they try to attack me - with most idiotic accusations. Which confirms 2) and 7).
So what to do? What is the best defense against brainless idiots and agents? I think there is one simple solution - expand, be more creative and more productive. The attack may serve as wonderful boosts for being even more productive!!! And this is, I think, the best method for everyone in every case under every circumstance.
Also humor helps. But taking attacks with humor is only good provided all details are being taken into account and provided humor is just an addition to a real and hard and productive work.
