Trolls Attempt Doxxing An SJW And Blame It On #GamerGate

People need a purpose. They'll act the same way, but for a different cause, if that's what behavior they're primed for. Personally, I like to think I have the self-awareness and self-control to step away, but I get a feeling these people don't want to. They enjoy conflict. They feed off of it.

A lot of them were probably right-wing a few years ago, back when it was easy to be "hoo-rah, go America, etc etc". Then there was a lot of left-leaning humor, especially online, poking fun. The right is in a rut, and they become low-hanging fruit. So they switch over and start shilling for whatever side, within their hugboxes, seems to be most prevalent. Turns out, it's a lot easier to get away with being racist when you assure everyone you're a progressive feminist who can't do any wrong.

They're not really afraid of what they were. They just want a group to identify with and crusade for. It doesn't matter what that group wants. They'll justify their involvement and their tactics. They'll project their worst qualities onto their opposition. And with nobody level-headed to critique them, and their unwillingness to hear it, they create a feedback look that tells them their insanity, and that of their mirror images on the "other side", is all there is. Middleground? Nope. Fight to the death, forever and always.

The best example of this has to be that white supremacist couple that found out both of them had Jewish ancestry. Immediately, they started attending Temple and are now very religious. They didn't hate anyone. Well, they did. But on some level, it was never about racial superiority. It was about their superiority over someone else, and belonging to a group. What group doesn't matter, as long as they feel at-home.

SJW behavior is very similar. It doesn't matter if you're offended because it's "immoral" or if it's "oppressive". What matters is that they get off on shutting other people down, censoring them, and then rewriting the story so that they were the good guys and the "bad guys" had it coming. Doesn't really matter if they're progressive or not. That's just a cover for their awful behavior. Right now, it's the best cover they can find because it gives them immediate support and makes their critiques look like sexists. A decade ago, they may have used patriotism and loyalty to America to justify their crappy behavior. Same BS, different cover, some of the same people.

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