"What's the Logic?"

Written 9/2/10 by ChristopherK2 for the Uglier Marylanders Blog)

A chat room can sometimes be a confusing place for a logical person, and I am one to the extreme. I often find myself scratching my head wondering what the heck a person was thinking when they said something. Years ago, I gave up trying for many of the obviously mentally/emotionally disturbed. They simply aren't capable of any logic that's understandable to a normal person.

I haven't given up yet on Zeeke and his Zombies because several of them I've known for many years and I *thought* they were normal. But a few recent incidents had me confused for a couple of days, until I figured out their logic... I think. In ascending order of my initial confusion...

Zeeke and Anti-Semitism: Yesterday Zeeke (easily the most bigoted person in the group) attacked Bonnie for a relatively mild anti-Semitic remark. He and the available Zombies attacked Bonnie mercilessly for an hour even though ResLend (I think Bonnie's remark was directed at him... not 100% sure) said he wasn't offended. Zeeke regularly makes ugly anti-Semitic remarks (such as his "jew mobile" line of insults). Simple hypocrisy? I think there's more to it.

Patti's "Don't Font at me" Order: According to Patti--near as I can tell--I'm not allowed to "font" at her, AND I can't even join in any discussion in which she's participating. My reaction to that load of hooey was a LOT more civil than what her, Zeeke, or any of the other Zombies would spew if, say, Bonnie made the same demand to them. As usual, Zeeke and the Zombies had a field day bashing me over my "sin."

Murkey Snaps at my " 'evening NotWithOut" greeting: I'm not sure which is considered the greater evil among the Zombies... merely greeting one of them, or participating in a discussion they happen to be involved in with non-Zombies. So reverse these two if you wish. Murkey took strong exception to my responses *several months ago*. (I had long since forgotten about the dust up.) I gather that she thinks that if she comes into the room, bashes it and everyone in it including me, I'm supposed to say, "Thank you, may I have another insult?" Well, let's just say my response was (and always will be) less than her ideal. She, Zeeke, and the other Zombies ranted for an hour or so, I think.

I don't even have to open my mouth: I've written about Brunette's tantrum before: She entered the room, accused me of making "horribly cruel" comments about her both in the room and on the blog. She, of course, would not detail her charges, and refused to cite her source. She, Zeeke, and the other Zombies had great fun with it, though.

I guess it would be easy to say their only logic is "We Hate Christopher." Or perhaps: "Christopher said something BAD about ONE of us, so let's ALL trash him." (classic gang reaction) Or, maybe even: "Christopher is a major threat to our cult, so..."

I think it's both more complicated and simpler than those. I believe their logic goes like this: "We've been discussing particle physics for 7 minutes [sorry, couldn't resist], so let's get back to what we love... disgusting verbal assaults. We've already done Bonnie for 8 hours today, so who else is available? Oh, lookie... Christopher is here. He won't respond to Zeeke or Beth, so who else hasn't attacked him yet? Hmmm... forget Brunette and Patti, too. Hmmm... where's Murkey? Didn't she get pissy with him ages ago, thinking he had something to do with her getting bolted by Beckie? (Or was it BOO?) Anywho... someone IM her and tell her to get in here and start insulting him. That should be good for an hour of FUN! She's not available??? Okay, let's just make up some shit!"

So, the logic is this: They don't have enough in common, nor enough depth or intellect (except for Beth), to have normal conversations with each other for more than a few minutes. After that, they are stuck with the one trait they all have in abundance: a love of drama in the form of viciously insulting other people.

Christopher