{"id":94490,"date":"2016-07-01T06:48:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T06:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/01\/pseudo-intellectual-pricks\/"},"modified":"2016-07-01T06:48:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T06:48:11","slug":"pseudo-intellectual-pricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/01\/pseudo-intellectual-pricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pseudo-intellectual Pricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thetattooedmezzosoprano.tumblr.com\/post\/146157495425\" target=\"_blank\">thetattooedmezzosoprano<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thehighpriestofreverseracism.tumblr.com\/post\/146070044903\" target=\"_blank\">thehighpriestofreverseracism<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/bert-and-ernie-are-gay.tumblr.com\/post\/145588457099\" target=\"_blank\">bert-and-ernie-are-gay<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/gardnerhill.tumblr.com\/post\/135239799654\" target=\"_blank\">gardnerhill<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/wishesofalibiya.tumblr.com\/post\/131986974986\" target=\"_blank\">wishesofalibiya<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/preeoz.tumblr.com\/post\/91112123228\" target=\"_blank\">preeoz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He\u2019s most likely educated, possibly a master\u2019s degree in rhetoric. He could be a new atheist, possibly libertarian, most likely white. If you can\u2019t smell his smugness, you can recognize him by the following tropes below.<\/p>\n<p>Next time they use one of these on you, don\u2019t waste your time. Copy and paste. Let them know they\u2019re stereotyped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pacifist<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The guy who\u2019s always making that bigoted comment on your thread, and always ends with, \u201cLet\u2019s agree to disagree.\u201d He may follow up with a disingenuous attempt at finding common ground.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>I\u2019m just saying, that if poor people worked harder, they wouldn\u2019t have to depend on the government. You obviously don\u2019t think so. No need to get upset. Let\u2019s just agree to disagree. We can certainly find common ground with the fact that there are definitely some poor people that work very hard.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Freedom Fighter<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More indignant than the smug pacifist, he feels you\u2019re taking away his right to have an opinion.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>I\u2019m allowed to have an opinion about homosexuality. I\u2019m allowed to express my beliefs. I\u2019m allowed to disagree without being attacked.\u00a0<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Anecdotally Privileged<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u2019s white (and male) and he\u2019s right. No matter what your experience is, his experience trumps it.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>Well, I lived in New York City for three years and the NYPD has always treated me with respect.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Wounded <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He responds with the old shock and awe routine about being misunderstood.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>You know who I am. I\u2019m not a bad person. How can you call me a sexist?<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Oppression Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He married into oppression (or is friends with the oppressed or spent time working among the oppressed), so now his opinion should have gravitas.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>My wife\u2019s family is Mexican, and they also think illegal immigrants should be deported.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Call for Civility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nHe indirectly insults your racial, gender, sexual identity, spiritual beliefs, or simply your intelligence. When you call him out on his bigotry, he is (huff huff) insulted<em>.<\/em> Then he plays the \u201ccall for civility.\u201d\n<\/li>\n<li>\nExample:<em> I haven\u2019t called you any names, but you called me a bigot. If you want to persuade people, you need to treat people with civility.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Logical Fallacist <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His go-to is the ad hominem. When you point out that he may not understand a racial problem because he\u2019s white, he screams, \u201cad hominem!\u201d and runs around with his underwear on his head. Another favorite is the straw man, where he claims you\u2019ve ignored his real argument and are attacking an incorrect version of his argument.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>You\u2019ve misunderstood my main point. I was talking about the prison industrial complex, not racism. Straw man!<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Claim of Ignorance\/Innocence<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He claims that he\u2019s confused about your opinion on a personal matter and wants to discuss it. Don\u2019t be fooled. He knows exactly what he wants to say and is trying to lead you down a path where he can claim you\u2019ve made a logical fallacy. Then he will claim innocence again\u2014that he was simply trying to have a discussion. He will call for civility. You can\u2019t win.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>I\u2019m confused. It\u2019s just not natural to be with someone of the same sex.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Rational Male<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is calm, collected, and detached. He understands reason and logic. If you make it personal or emotional, that\u2019s it. Conversation over.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>Simply put, I fail to see the logic of religion. All religions are the opiate of the masses. But there is one religion that kills people if you disagree with them. And that\u2019s Islam. You don\u2019t see Buddhist bombers, do you? Well, if you\u2019re going to become emotional, then we can\u2019t have this conversation.\u00a0<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Neutral Judge <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He can view the situation from a neutral point of view, implying you cannot. Sure, he understands your POV. Because he\u2019s neutral and wiser than you, he also understands the other side. Because of this ability to discern such (literally) black and white issues with no partiality, he is a better judge than you are.<\/li>\n<li>\nExample: <em>I followed the entire George Zimmerman case and listened to all the evidence presented. Though I find it all tragic, I have to agree with the jurors. You might have anecdotal evidence about racism in the law, but the law is the law.<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I swear 99% of white men fall into all of these categories<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>and i love watching the Rational Logical atheist white men go into shrieking tailspins if you suggest that mayyybe they\u2019re not quite as objective as they insist they are &#8211; \u201cI DON\u2019T have white privilege Oprah\u2019s richer than me I DON\u201dT I DON\u201dT I DON\u201dT STOP BEING HYSTERICALLLLL!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I accidentally began a relationship with Mr Oppression Authority (\u00bc Filipino! grew up poor on an army base! he knew about discrimination!) that turned into horrific abuse\/my being a frog slowly boiled alive for three years, and I still think this is the funniest as well as most accurate post of 2016. I mean, \u201c\u2026and runs around with his underwear on his head\u201d? My skin just cleared up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Saving this and printing it out.<\/p>\n<p>Literally so many people in my life like this<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I have had to hit the eject button on way too many of these fools. Keep your eyes open for them, folks &#8211; they will do us no good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thetattooedmezzosoprano: thehighpriestofreverseracism: bert-and-ernie-are-gay: gardnerhill: wishesofalibiya: preeoz: He\u2019s most likely educated, possibly a master\u2019s degree in rhetoric. He could be a new atheist, possibly libertarian, most likely white. If you can\u2019t smell his smugness, you can recognize him by the following tropes below. Next time they use one of these on you, don\u2019t waste your time. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/01\/pseudo-intellectual-pricks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pseudo-intellectual Pricks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[11892,11893,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}