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He's certainly very skillful at side-stepping and as you say, the level of sophistry and fallacy is astounding! It also seems very formulaic, following moderately complex patterns of obfuscation and projection of one's own behaviour onto others. Repeat, repeat ad nauseam and never engage coz to engage is to acknowledge, and to acknowledge is closer to admitting LOL. If one is playing a double-game, I guess this is unacceptable action and all challenges must be turned into perceived attacks, thus justifying such counter-measures as his evasive counter attacks! Perhaps!
Your own comments to CHBA were without any personal attack - you focus on behaviour and attitude rather than the personal (you don't use 'you are this or that'-type statements). The Artist then creatively turns this around, playing by the rules of his 'double-game' :).
@chbartist, I wonder what 'dialogue' means to you!? What about Integrity? It's just a meaningless notion subscribed to by fools, a tool for 'cashing-in' on to ensure Success, measured by the size of your wallet, is it? Looks that way! Do you believe any of the 'enlightened' stuff that you preach? Is that too, just a stepping-stone to success, and devoid of any deeper meaning or significance (to you)?
"I told you, do you want a dialogue? No, you want a public circus. That's why I said I do not usually respond to comments like yours, because it's like talking to a door. Read my answer again, I'm sure you have not read to answer this. Be more educated, I no longer have anything to say to you than buy 50K steems and help the steemm donate ten thousand dollars to people in steem in the next 3 months and learn to be respectful. The size of your respect for people shows the size of your wallet on Steem. Success"
I just saw what looks like an edict from a cult leader to a follower, looks like a sugar-coated warning and betrays the fact that voting patterns of followers are noted by the cult leader!
Reasoned dissent based on ethical considerations is only "negative disrespect" if you're a narcissistic egomaniac.