Both. I know people who are still impressed by his ilk, so that's a black pill.
But at the same time if that's one of the best the enemy has to offer (and it probably isn't, and it's a mistake to underestimate the enemy) then that's a white pill.
I've come to accept that I was retarded as a teenager, not through any failing of my own, but because teenagers are all retarded. Being upset at yourself for being stupid as a teen is like being upset that you used to shit yourself as a baby. It's just what babies do. Can't be helped.
My problem was I was intelligent but not wise. Meaning I could argue with most of my teachers and win, yet their position would more closely reflect reality. And I am stubborn.
My frustration isn't simply that I was deceived but that I know people who are like I once were are being deceived today. My story isn't unique. How to keep others from making the same mistake. Or barring that, being able to later recognize the a mistake?
These people are so unimpressive. I can't believe they had me fooled 20-ish years ago.
I can never decide if them being fucking idiots is a black pill or a white pill.
Both. I know people who are still impressed by his ilk, so that's a black pill.
But at the same time if that's one of the best the enemy has to offer (and it probably isn't, and it's a mistake to underestimate the enemy) then that's a white pill.
I've come to accept that I was retarded as a teenager, not through any failing of my own, but because teenagers are all retarded. Being upset at yourself for being stupid as a teen is like being upset that you used to shit yourself as a baby. It's just what babies do. Can't be helped.
My problem was I was intelligent but not wise. Meaning I could argue with most of my teachers and win, yet their position would more closely reflect reality. And I am stubborn.
My frustration isn't simply that I was deceived but that I know people who are like I once were are being deceived today. My story isn't unique. How to keep others from making the same mistake. Or barring that, being able to later recognize the a mistake?
Even then he was riding on the back of Hitchens and Dawkins. He was always dependent on a greater mind than his own.