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Originally Posted by DistantStar
Igzy said that you do not represent the mainstream LC view.
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I would more say that his attitude reflects poorly on many of the more mature and restrained LCMers. But most of them still believe somewhere that they are IT. If they didn't they wouldn't stay there. That's the whole game. Very few would stay in the LCM if they felt they had a choice to leave. So to relieve the cognitive dissonance, the Stockholm Syndrome kicks in and they become staunch defenders of the LCM, "true believers." But their specious arguments give them away, not that they admit it. All this takes place on a mostly subconscious level, as they try to find their place in a group that has convinced them they will "miss the kingdom" if they leave. It's hairy stuff.
So basically you get three type of LCMers here:
- The ones who are out or on their way out. These are like people who are waking up from a dream.
- The ones who cannot defend the LCM by anything other than repeating what they've heard. They usually don't last long.
- The smart ones, like Evangelical. They don't mind arguing and in the process prove they are neither holier, wiser nor more enlightened than anyone else here.
Occasionally you'll see a fourth kind--someone pretty reasonable and intelligent and sincere, like
Drake. I can only speculate that these eventually admit to the problems with the LCM, but not necessarily publicly.