- Joined
- Jan 3, 2017
not just because of his ability to change his conscience according to what was most politically convenient
This is worth highlighting. Bob enjoying inflicting pain on his enemies (real or imagined) isn't all that surprising. It's the garden variety fantasy sadism of a total loser who blames everyone else for his failures. The mental contortions he willingly and openly makes to arrive at his favored conclusions are more startling. I'll never forget the moment that turned me into a Bob-hater for life: when someone had the gall to ask what, exactly, the difference was between Anita Sarkeesian and Jack Thompson, and he responded by staring at the camera as if he was dealing with a complete moron, then went on to say one was a right wing lunatic and the other one had wonderful feminist motives.
The question was about the censorship itself, and he knew that. "No bad tactics, only bad targets" is something he genuinely believes, and is too lacking in self-awareness to understand how sinister it is.