Ah. That brings back memories. I think I shall give a brief history lesson on the "term Moderate Hero" the newbies.
Circa 2008, after leaving his "communist phase", forum poster Boss Tweed (aka miamiu aka something with a copyright symbol in the name) became a sort of post-modernist/nihilist. He made this post in an argument about the 2000 election (though there's also a thread out there where someone contrasts this post ben made with one a few months earlier where he says he thought Gore won, I wish I could find that one).
Enough. Seriously, shut up. Gore lost, deal with it.
yeah, that is pretty gross. thankfully Ben doesn't actually believe it and instead is just trying to appear "moderate" and "pragmatic." there was a time when I wasn't much different. maybe in a few years he'll evolve into a cynical nihilist.
I don't believe Gore lost the election? In a democracy, sometimes you lose a close race; you don't then spend the next 8 years whining about how the election was stolen; you try and win the next time.
And I'm already fairly cynical.
lol, not convincing me
Why do you believe I'm altering my opinions to fit an image over the internet?
I don't really want to psychoanalyze you, as appealing at that sounds. but you just show far too many of the signs. you want to be respected. you want to be a USElectionAtlas Moderate Hero just like Gabu, Joe Republic, and some other blowhards.
The more you know!
edit; there's also this beautiful tweed post later in the thread:
I don't really want to psychoanalyze you, as appealing at that sounds. but you just show far too many of the signs. you want to be respected. you want to be a USElectionAtlas Moderate Hero just like Gabu, Joe Republic, and some other blowhards.
This is the earliest recorded reference to Ben as a Moderate Hero.
Just for historical record.
not to brag, but I also invented fantasy politics and was the first to refer to BRTD as 'BRTD'. among other things, of course.
