Monday, March 10, 2014

Alexis Bloviates

I've gotten very busy with FG&G stuff, writing other things, working on the boxed set, &etc. which is why there have been few posts this week. However, I felt I needed to address something:

Alexis Smolensk (no I will not link his blog here, he doesn't deserve the traffic) has just made a rambling post about a shitty film musical. In it, he uses a snippet of dialog to illustrate how he is one of those few people in the world who simply knows things—knows that they are correct and that their "thesis" (his word, not mine) is correct. I had, at one point, a grudging respect for Alexis' antisocial tomfoolery as basically harmless and sometimes containing gems of wisdom. After today, I realized I can shorten every single one of his arguments—his carefully crafted arguments, mind you, in which not one word has been placed without due consideration (his words, not mine)—to a single sentence.

"I'm right and you are wrong if you disagree, there is nothing to be said on the topic beyond that."

While he may prance around in a silly grumpy jester's costume and claim to be an intellectual, there really is nothing more toxic to intellectual pursuit than an attitude incapable of doubt.

6 comments:

  1. I will mostly agree with you about Alexis, but Paint Your Wagon is a GREAT musical, Singing Lee Marvin? Fantastic.

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    1. Singing Lee Marvin is like Drinking Lee Marvin only half as cool.

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  2. Yup, I started reading his blog a while back because it seemed thoughtful and intellectual. I quickly found that he just likes to gripe and complain and it really does all boil down to that one sentence. And yet he insist on writing massively long postings to get to that one sentence.

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    1. It's sad, really, because I feel as though sometimes he has legitimate insights to offer. They're just so clouded with narcissistic angst that getting to them is a chore.

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    2. There are a few (more) prominent RPG bloggers who suffer similar conceits, shouting down dissenters who question their cock-sure conclussions, shouting things like 'liar' and 'idiot' along the way...

      Take em all with a grain of salt, and avoid prolonged eye-contact to prevent blindness.

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