Grey vampires pose as neutrality to avoid refutable claims

Evidence

Graham is absolutely right to note that grey vampires tend to operate on a one-to-one basis, whereas trolls always require an audience. That’s because trolls want the attention of the big Other, whereas grey vampires want to directly identify with the big Other — to become the voice of neutrality and authority, the voice from nowhere, which doesn’t make any refutable claims and therefore cannot be caught out. … It is usually liberating to actually read the work of GVs and Troll-Masters: from their endless, refined critique, you’re led to believe that what they produce will be the most sophisticated, error-free, immaculate work you could imagine; it’s quite a shock when you actually read it and see how contestable and (often) mediocre it is. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2447

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Fisher’s distinction between trolls wanting the big Other’s attention and grey vampires wanting to BE the big Other is a genuinely sharp Lacanian frame worth sitting with.
• XREF: connects to: Grey vampires feed on others’ enthusiasm while denying they are vampires — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2444; Enthusiasm-puncturing academics breed more grey vampires through belittled students — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2446; Catahistorians who deny truth serve falsification rather than neutrality — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1826

Broader Connections

• Catahistorians who deny truth serve falsification rather than neutrality #qualifies (0.75) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1826