You know, when your beliefs get in the way of everything else...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You know, when your beliefs get in the way of everything else, either you are Saint Francis of Assisi, or you've become somewhat fanatical.  The former is far less likely than the latter.

We've seen this in the drug threads (RWHN), the privilege threads (Garbo), the Atheist threads (Coyote, a few others).  It's happened more recently among Discordians, on facebook.  So how do you know if you've become fanatical?  It's easy...When you can no longer laugh at the assholes, when Satire becomes offensive, then you have lost your Happy Thoughts™ and become a fart-huffing fanatic under the blanket with the rest of them.

In at least 3 cases, the excuse offered was "my friends might see this".  If your friends would disown you because someone ELSE told a joke, then GET NEW FRIENDS.  As the good book says, "FUCK 'EM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE"...And just to clarify, the joke in question (the most recent one) was at the expense of R Kelly, not at the expense of rape victims.

Now, the interesting part is, I've had at least one former Subgenius tell me that they are PROUD to be a fanatic (reminscent of aini saying that any SO of hers would have to "prove his/her commitment to the lifestyle").  I call that being a PINKBOY.  I call that being PROUD OF NOT THINKING.  I call that TEABAGGERISM IN A FUNNY DRESS. 

If that hurts your feelings, well, the truth is seldom gentle.  And it is not the business of a Holy Man™ to tell you that everything is going to be just fine, when you're actually doomed.

Fanaticism, incidentally, is almost ALWAYS the result of blanket/fart huffing.  Even RWHN, it turns out, had been spending hour after hour in a google groups echo chamber, listening to people just like him (this is still active and can be accessed, and is horrormirthy as hell).  Garbo had her group of "CISHET" haters (one professor in particular, not to mention the hipster in the video).

Only Captain Utopia operated without a fart support group, but he was batshit insane.

So in the end, if you can't laugh about it, you're a fanatic.  If you can't laugh about it because your friends might see, just spraypaint yourself pink.  Worst part is, in neither case are you actually HELPING anything, because nobody's listening to you except your fellow fanatics.  This is known as the Palin Principle; Nobody ever accomplished anything by whipping their base into a frenzy.

That is all.  You may now return to saving the world via venom and anger.

Or Kill Me

[hooplala]

Fuck yes.... the buddha on the road is YOURSELF, mofo.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Fuck yes.... the buddha on the road is YOURSELF, mofo.

And maybe a few of your "pals", too.  Kill them with fire.

[LMNO]

I seem to be walking a fine line.  On one hand, poor taste and satire make me smile.  On the other hand, there's stuff I just don't find funny.

I mean, I get what you're saying, a person can get blinded by The Cause so they no longer can think clearly, but there's just some stuff where my reaction is, "no, fuck YOU."

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I seem to be walking a fine line.  On one hand, poor taste and satire make me smile.  On the other hand, there's stuff I just don't find funny.

I mean, I get what you're saying, a person can get blinded by The Cause so they no longer can think clearly, but there's just some stuff where my reaction is, "no, fuck YOU."

I am not fanatical about anti-fanaticism.  If you're honestly disgusted and you act like you aren't, that's just as bad.

But that usually seems to happen when the satire is aimed at the victim or the situation, not the guilty parties, you may have noticed.

[hooplala]

I seem to be walking a fine line.  On one hand, poor taste and satire make me smile.  On the other hand, there's stuff I just don't find funny.

I mean, I get what you're saying, a person can get blinded by The Cause so they no longer can think clearly, but there's just some stuff where my reaction is, "no, fuck YOU."

My initial reaction to everything is "no, fuck YOU."  I've come to the conclusion that my 'initial reaction' is an asshole.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Not everybody has to want in on the joke. But if your fanaticism is so intense that you not only can't see the joke, but immediately conclude that your friends who do see the joke have suddenly, mysteriously turned into the kind of people they usually condemn, you have a problem.

[Cain]

I'm guessing something has happened on facebook?

That's not surprising about RWHN, though it is pretty depressing.  I mean, I was depressed just reading him here, entire sites full of people like him....urgh.

[Junkenstein]

A lot of them can vote as well. Remember that when you next hear about how great democracy is.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm guessing something has happened on facebook?

That's not surprising about RWHN, though it is pretty depressing.  I mean, I was depressed just reading him here, entire sites full of people like him....urgh.

Yeah, there was a joke thread on TDS2014 about "R Kelly Day", and Nigel was joking around about it.  Pixie took offense, and things got a little hairy.

Though how anyone would think that Nigel was being serious was beyond me entirely.

[LMNO]

I could see how R Kelly would do that to Pixie.  I also agree to your point as stated in the OP.

[Cain]

I'm guessing something has happened on facebook?

That's not surprising about RWHN, though it is pretty depressing.  I mean, I was depressed just reading him here, entire sites full of people like him....urgh.

Yeah, there was a joke thread on TDS2014 about "R Kelly Day", and Nigel was joking around about it.  Pixie took offense, and things got a little hairy.

Though how anyone would think that Nigel was being serious was beyond me entirely.

Ah, I see.  Yeah... I'm not sure how anyone could take that seriously.

I obviously need to spend more time on Facebook, so I can observe these things first hand, and not have to ask questions.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Reading the thread now. "I can't mock R. Kelly because some of my facebook friends might not get that it's a joke."

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

[Junkenstein]

I was under the impression that everyone knew R. Kelly is a terrible, terrible person for many reasons.

Which makes this make little sense to me. I'm marginally happier with confusion than a facebook account however.

[LMNO]

I was under the impression that everyone knew R. Kelly is a terrible, terrible person for many reasons.

Which makes this make little sense to me. I'm marginally happier with confusion than a facebook account however.

https://www.facebook.com/Rkelly

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