Is Internet Bashing a Sickness?

[sand_dancer]

Richard

When individuals advise others on medical issues...... When they are not qualified to do so..... This is both ethically wrong and illegal...... It is therefore natural that people will raise questions.....

The same can probably be said about your " Alternative medicine "......

The simple way of alleviating the questioning of your superior knowledge...... Is very simple..... As previous requested by myself and others...... Tell us all what your qualifications are...... Along with the issuing authority for each qualification.....

This is not bashing anyone..... It is a Bona Fide question regarding qualifications to issue medical advice.

[richard]

Richard

When individuals advise others on medical issues...... When they are not qualified to do so..... This is both ethically wrong and illegal...... It is therefore natural that people will raise questions.....

The same can probably be said about your " Alternative medicine "......

The simple way of alleviating the questioning of your superior knowledge...... Is very simple..... As previous requested by myself and others...... Tell us all what your qualifications are...... Along with the issuing authority for each qualification.....

This is not bashing anyone..... It is a Bona Fide question regarding qualifications to issue medical advice.

I agree your quote is not 'bashing' and an honest question which should have been answered

[MrPlum]

Of course, such a topic will draw in those attempting to justify their bad behaviour. 'He made me do it' a rather unintelligent defence. Men who apparently had decades of discipline seem helpless to stop themselves when it comes to the internet.

Steering the topic back to me is also to be expected... '...these persons take their time to bash on such an intense and very emotional level with one single person'.

I did ask of one basher whether he dreamed about me, since his obsession seems so vital to his existence. Whether that is down to homoerotic impulses is an open question. I think they simply select the most obvious target. Once they leave it is only a matter of time before they attack someone else.

I also understand the low self-esteem aspect. By putting others down you build yourself up. It makes you feel more powerful, even though the behaviour is destructive. There is the constant hope that THIS time I'm going to get him. The mob mentality is also at work. 'Packs' form and will move in for the kill, led by the Alpha male.

Having years of observational experience, I can see some aspects of basher behaviour missing from the psychologists assessment. Low IQ is clearly apparent in some posters. They admire the head basher and take their lead from him but lack the skills necessary to go it alone and are easily shot down.

Mixed into their psychological soup is addiction, obsession, power, hatred, revenge and denial. The refusal to see reason. They complain bitterly, yet they cannot detach from their obsession/love object? The fact that other members do not behave in such a way is immaterial. They seek and obtain validation from each other.

Frankly I do see their behaviour as a sickness. They are clearly obtaining an emotional or psychological benefit from their obsession. They would not behave in such a way in the 'real' world, mainly because a 2x4 between the eyes tends to smart a little.

[sand_dancer]

Richard

When individuals advise others on medical issues...... When they are not qualified to do so..... This is both ethically wrong and illegal...... It is therefore natural that people will raise questions.....

The same can probably be said about your " Alternative medicine "......

The simple way of alleviating the questioning of your superior knowledge...... Is very simple..... As previous requested by myself and others...... Tell us all what your qualifications are...... Along with the issuing authority for each qualification.....

This is not bashing anyone..... It is a Bona Fide question regarding qualifications to issue medical advice.

I agree your quote is not 'bashing' and an honest question which should have been answered

Thank you for your agreement....

Unfortunately...... Such persons who cannot back up what they say with qualifications...... Are frequently referred to as " Walts "

They are normally sad individuals...... With such a crap life that they have to invent things to make themselves appear...... Interesting...... Knowledgeable and superior........

They generally fall into 2 categories...... Those that go on the attack..... Or those that disappear......

In all cases..... They will eventually be " Outed " which results in persecution and ridicule at the very least...... A loss of all / any credibility...... And an even sadder existence than the one they tried to better.....

[richard]

So maybe it's a weakness as opposed to a sickness?

Or both?

[sand_dancer]

hahahahahahahaha

They would not behave in such a way in the 'real' world, mainly because a 2x4 between the eyes tends to smart a little.

I truly hope....... that you are not reverting to threats......

Over to you Mods......

[Big Boy]

Over to you Mods......

FOO - This is the free for all area, live and unleashed, say what you like!

Something said in FOO will have to be very extreme before a moderator will take action.

[sargeant]

quote Richard

I agree your quote is not 'bashing' and an honest question which should have been answered

Yes BUT IT WAS NOT ANSWERED and he is still posting the same rubbish

And he tried to sell it to me I am not stupid and i was INSULTED THAT HE EVEN TRIED
and many others were insulted who demanded his qualifications after all he was SELLING this rubbish

and that is the nub of it no apology just vitriol that he was outed as a charlatan

[dtaai-maai]

I also understand the low self-esteem aspect. By putting others down you build yourself up. It makes you feel more powerful, even though the behaviour is destructive.

Having years of observational experience,

Mixed into their psychological soup is addiction, obsession, power, hatred, revenge and denial. The refusal to see reason. They complain bitterly, yet they cannot detach from their obsession/love object? The fact that other members do not behave in such a way is immaterial. They seek and obtain validation from each other.

Frankly I do see their behaviour as a sickness. They are clearly obtaining an emotional or psychological benefit from their obsession. They would not behave in such a way in the 'real' world, mainly because a 2x4 between the eyes tends to smart a little.

Fascinating.

Look at that first paragraph above. "By putting others down you build yourself up." Can you honestly not see the irony?

Others make observations about you based on 7 years of posting and they are dismissed on the basis that they don't know you.

Yet your own observations see homoerotic behaviour with you as the object of their suppressed desires, you as the focus of all this obsessed attention.

If only you were able to use your observational skills on yourself objectively, what eye-opening discoveries you might make.

[sand_dancer]

Over to you Mods......

FOO - This is the free for all area, live and unleashed, say what you like!

Something said in FOO will have to be very extreme before a moderator will take action.

BB

Thanks for the clarification

[Nereus]

Every time this thread pops up I think it says "Is internet banking a sickness". I guess it can be.

Old age is a Bitch!

[lindosfan1]

Mixed into their psychological soup is addiction, obsession, power, hatred, revenge and denial. The refusal to see reason. They complain bitterly, yet they cannot detach from their obsession/love object? The fact that other members do not behave in such a way is immaterial.

Plum pleased to see that you are finally realising your faults, you have described yourself very well there. You missed one point cowardice, although I do not post so often these days, to busy working, I do read a lot of posts. One trait stands out you will argue your point well until you are proved wrong then the sarcastic comments and digs come in, then you complain you are being victimised, attacked or being mocked.
But what really puts you aside from other posters is your racial hatred and you ludicrous comments like blaming bankers and Jews for the way your children turned out.
I have never seen one post where you admit you were wrong.

[richard]

For a bit of fun I did a bit of 'Googling' and found this...................

NEW PSYCHOLOGY POST: Does that mean the average internet-basher has a low IQ?

Dr. Ann-Rose Kahn: No, on the contrary. The quality analyze of the texts showed that the average internet-basher has an average IQ, can communicate intellectually but is not using this ability or is unable to use it. The average internet-basher has a higher than average level of education but is limited to use and communicate the learned skills. The very intense and concentrated use of superlatives or negative connotations is very interesting too. Those are typical indices for strong deficits in self-esteem. It also underlines the fact that these persons take their time to bash on such an intense and very emotional level with one single person. They try to create closeness to the person they bash on. This is, of course, artificial. None of them has a real contact to the people they bash on.

[sargeant]

The quality analyze of the texts showed that the average internet-basher has an average IQ, can communicate intellectually but is not using this ability or is unable to use it. The average internet-basher has a higher than average level of education but is limited to use and communicate the learned skills. The very intense and concentrated use of superlatives or negative connotations is very interesting too. Those are typical indices for strong deficits in self-esteem. It also underlines the fact that these persons take their time to bash on such an intense and very emotional level with one single person. They try to create closeness to the person they bash on. This is, of course, artificial. None of them has a real contact to the people they bash on.

Well well Richard Mr P could have saved you the bother of GOOGLING it

All you had to do was use the link he gave

Dont worry he will by you a beer for your loyalty as in puppy

[Bristolian]

Back to the original post

Common sense dictates that some people are more aggressive, rude and outspoken online because they're anonymous and can act as unpleasantly as they like without immediate consequence. If you're irritating in real life you risk at best social sanctions and at worst a physical assault i.e. the 2" x 4" timber mentioned earlier.

Psychologist John Suller wrote a paper on this in 2004, entitled "The Online Disinhibition Effect", where he explored six factors that could combine to change people's behaviour online. These are:
1) My actions can't be attributed to my person
2) Nobody can tell what I look like, or judge my tone
3) My actions do not occur in real-time
4) I can't see these people, I have to guess at who they are and their intent
5) This is not the real world, these are not real people
6) There are no authority figures here, I can act freely - depends on the moderators, if any

The combination of any number of these can result in people behaving in ways they wouldn't dare when away from their laptop/PC/tablet/smartphone. Sometimes they are positive, being more open, or honest than if they were discussing with their best friend but more often they are negatively, abusing, flaming, their fellow internet users in ways they wouldn't dream of in person.

In the real world people subconsciously monitor the behaviour of others around them and adapt their own behaviour accordingly, online WE do not have such feedback.

It would be interesting to know how much of online aggression is based on the relative newness of internet and lack of etiquette established compared to compared to personal contact conventions that have been established over millennia. Anonymity probably makes all the difference. We’re 20 something years into the experiment of the WWW and we can clearly see how Internet anonymity plays out across all social media and not only forums.

MrP, this particular thread and the Opening post was clearly was in my opinion, intended to attract the responses already posted. Why would be my question? If the responses were so predictable for the most part and predictably negative towards you, why, why, why?