That gish gallop of ‘proofs’ and ‘justification’ works on some folks, if one stops there. I’d love it if a small measure of the skepticism that they apply to any opinion outside their clique might have them focus on asshats they admire. Rich doesn’t mean smart.
My personal favorite throwaway justification he uses is "it's true, it's all come out, they've admitted it!". No, they haven't Alex. They don't even know what wild conspiracy theory you are trying to spin and so for sure they aren't "admitting" to it.
Years ago, you (Dan) mentioned something about how Alex's vocabulary seems childish or immature at times, and I see it all the time, now. Alex is still very much a child, and I don't know if that's just a learned behavior, or part of his pathology (I have no doubt that he's got some kind of cluster B situation going on). As is so often the case, it's probably both.
That gish gallop of ‘proofs’ and ‘justification’ works on some folks, if one stops there. I’d love it if a small measure of the skepticism that they apply to any opinion outside their clique might have them focus on asshats they admire. Rich doesn’t mean smart.
Just take whatever conspiracy they’re about to spout and tell them Trevor Noah said it, and see how they try to spin/attack it
My personal favorite throwaway justification he uses is "it's true, it's all come out, they've admitted it!". No, they haven't Alex. They don't even know what wild conspiracy theory you are trying to spin and so for sure they aren't "admitting" to it.
Years ago, you (Dan) mentioned something about how Alex's vocabulary seems childish or immature at times, and I see it all the time, now. Alex is still very much a child, and I don't know if that's just a learned behavior, or part of his pathology (I have no doubt that he's got some kind of cluster B situation going on). As is so often the case, it's probably both.
Cluster B plus the v/b speech impediment from years of stimulant abuse makes for very toddler-like outbursts
Dan, it took me a while to get to read this, but I must say that perhaps I enjoy your writing MORE than the podcast, and KF is an incredibly high bar.
You could absolutely be a rock star investigative news reporter.