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The Way of the Sheep Reloaded
Here are a few "attacks" of faux shepherd dogs which make them stand out.

Respect

They love talking about respect but don't let that fool you! What they mean by respect is appealing to their ego and making them happy. Just like in the 47 Ronin, Lord Asano's crime is not that he's wrong, it's that he refuses to bribe officials and ultimately attacks the most wicked of these officials Lord Kira for demanding that he pay his just dues with substantial bribes. Someone who's truly without ego and a free thinker has no qualms with someone being straight forward, call him an idiot and it matters not to him, if it's justified he can see it, if it's not then he knows that person's clueless. They also demand respect for their accolades, you will commonly hear among them "I'm older and thus wiser than you" or "I've got a college degree" or "I've retired young" as if any of that shit matters about the substance of their argument when it doesn't. Point of fact it's nothing more than a last resort for a bad argument, they can't beat your argument so they try to pull rank and discredit you not by logic or facts but by your accolades or lack there of. There was a judge in North Carolina who once said "You're obviously not that good of a lawyer if I have to look at a piece of paper on your wall that says you're a lawyer." The same applies for "smart" people, if you need to see a piece of paper that says someone's smart, they're not, it just means they shelled out the cash and time for a piece of paper that says they're smart. Case in point, Dubya's got a piece of paper from Yale, think he's smart? Don't misunderestimate him now.

"You're a disruption!"

There are few cases when this is ok, specifically when someone has infiltrated a private group which has an express purpose and the infiltrator keeps them from being able to do their work. That's a legitimate case for calling someone a disruption and being angry about it. Most cases aren't like this though, usually it's someone who comes into a group and doesn't tow the standard line of thought. Remember, sheep hate confrontation and having to actually think, they just like bahing to and fawning over themselves, anyone who disrupts this is evil and must be killed. They'll tolerate it for awhile but ask too many questions, challenge too many ideas and they'll turn in a second to rip your nose off. This has happened before in America on a large scale. "Hey what if our capitalist system is flawed?" "What are you, a commie?" Nowadays though it's, if you're a left winger, "What are you, a right wing operative?" Yes, I'm a right wing operative because I don't agree with you completely or see a problem with your suggestion, you got me, way to go, because a right winger wouldn't be smart enough to meld in among us without questioning some things, wrong! Any smart operative will get in and then take everything to the extreme to make the rest of the flock look like radical kooks. A wolf in sheep's clothing doesn't let you know he's a wolf by biting you while you're looking at him.

Black and White Straw-Men

First, read this. Sheep love straw-men, straw-men allow sheep to work within the frames that they understand. Don't agree with the way they treat Christians, hey you must be a Christian too so they're going to try and debunk Christianity now and claim they know more than you, because hey, you're a Christian, even though you know you're not and have said as much. Or say you're pro-military, well that MUST mean you agree with the Iraq war, I mean how can you be pro-military and not agree with all wars all the time? You're either with them or against them, and nothing in between!

Ego

Oh how they love talking about ego, remember these are the same people who want you to respect their accolades and age, yet they love making the claim that someone's behavior is based completely on ego. Someone get us a medium, like John Edwards, so we can talk to Freud and ease his spirit, he's gotta be tired doing so many laps in his grave. If there was ever a case of projection, this is it. They'll say with a straight face "Well why are you defending yourself then if not because of ego?" Uhh because it's wrong and you're misrepresenting my positions? Did that ever cross your mind prick? I don't really care if I'm legitimately wrong about something, and I'll admit to it, but don't misrepresent me and expect me to just sit back and take it. It's funny because no doubt someone will read this and say "Yeah but that's ego" and then turn around and whine about Karl Rove saying all liberals wanted to give therapy to the terrorists after 9/11. It's not ego, it's correcting a bald faced lie.

So how'd you do? Do you use all of those tactics or just some of them? Well don't fret if you do, because you can always, you know, STOP.