>>14183691His obsession with debunking reminds me of this old piece by Christopher Lasch
https://newrepublic.com/article/90898/shame-why-americans-should-be-wary-self-esteem>He wants only to replace shame with what he calls pride—a sense of accomplishment based on acceptance of our limitations, but his vaccine is worse than the disease. By recommending the deflation of ideals as the prescription for mental health, he proposes, in effect, to cure shame with shamelessness.>The culture of shamelessness is also the culture of irreverence, of debunking and devaluing ideals. Trust in life carries the risk of disappointment, so we inoculate ourselves with irreverence.The whole thing is really worth reading, it makes me thing of how many people (not saying it's thunderf00t's case) try to hide their shame with shamelessness, hide their weakness by attacking everything. Never showing others their work because it might not be as good as someone else's, or simply not working at all because it might show a lack of talent. Theirs is the obsession with hiding oneself while trying to expose everyone else.
