Yeah, I find his (her? their?) fluffy pink narratives full of platitudes to be painful to read. Superficial statements that refer to profundity but remain obstinately on the level of bullshit, attracting followers and hangers-on and pulling the wool over the eyes of some otherwise pretty perceptive folk (evidenced in the content being resteemed by them!). The transparency of and focus on personal gain - SOOOOOO obvious in their strategy, is utterly bare-faced. Unlike Haejin's unselfconsciously profit-oriented position, CHBA sprinkles concepts of Enlightened Living with one hand and Fists the shit outa 'Life' with the other.....blesssssssss.
Hilariously, when challenged, the strategy is to respond with the same soft, fluffy pink bullshit. There is entertainment value in reading some of the intelligent challenges which have been issued and the manner in which they have been dealt with by the Artist in question. Below are some examples of how he/she/they say 'Fuck You' with a mask of pseudo-concern and a dismissive, supercilious smile in the direction of anyone who raises a valid point which cannot be reacted to directly without conceding, and is therefore side-stepped in the time-honoured manner of a politician.
Here is a link to a digest of 'conversations' between the 'Artist' and Challenger-in-Chief, @baah ..........Below are some examples of responses to being challenged, quite typical I think of passive-agressive side-stepping and smug denial.
response 1: "Thank for yours words and for you r effort and time to comment. Regards"
response 2: "Thank you for your time! But I think that you didn't understood what I mean. I respect your opinion but I don't agree with you but no problem, that's just a point of view. Life goes on ... Regards"
response 3: "Friend, there is a popular saying in my country that is: Do not measure me by your rule! If you felt offended and because you interpret everything as an attack on your person. Here in this blog if you pay attention I do not attack anyone. If disagreeing with you is understood as with mocking you or being ironic I am very sorry. I would not even have replied to you if that was my intention. I don't waste my time attacking people. I invest my time in people and this is what you seem to have not yet understood. I really wish all the best for you. Regards"
response 4:"You really want to create a distortion about what is written. You say you're not my friend? That's great because I get that way. Your treatment is disrespectful and distorted and I do not want it inside my blog. Be a good friend, but please look for your yard and do not come to contaminate mine with your hatred. Here is a place for positive people. You do not have to tell me you do not want my upvote. Did not you notice I did not give you upvote? I honestly will not spend my keyboard with you anymore. Be happy"
This Artist(e)(s) ain't gona stop IMO. There is great profit to be had when one trades in Integrity, and enough people seem to be mesmerised by the sparkle and glitter-gloss to keep the wheels of this particular Project of Distortion lubricated for the time being.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
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Very well said.
At this point theres really no one to stop him. He could literally take over every single spot on the trending page because Steemit.inc doesnt want to change the content placement algo.
Guess it may be time to move on from steemit.com to a different UI like Steempeak or Busy :)
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You ain't a-whistlin' Dixie there, pal. The level of sophistry and fallacy in his reply to me is astounding. The most hilarious bits:
My post count is more than double his, at least when Steemit counts my combined posts and comments. I actually strive to interact with other Steemians in a meaningful way.
Then don't buy votes or promote your post to hog the limelight.
Or maybe you visited my blog and saw I practice what I preach. I create original content and don't try to buy influence, instead offering it to the blockchain and seeing who finds it valuable organically.
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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 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.