Some posters use "we" to refer to themselves, for the following
reasons, not to exclude other possible reasons:

1. They feel they are in the majority on the issue being discussed.

2. They feel that their rival is so uniquely wrong on the issue, and
wierd to boot, that they are basically representing 'everybody else'
in their reply. (somewhat similar to #1)

3. They feel that their argument is so much stronger than that of
their 'rival', that they will undoubtedly have the support of other
posters.

4. They know that none of the above are true, but fear that they're
losing the argument, and want to at least appear confident.

5. They are descended from english royalty. (or wish they were)

6. They've got a buddy with them, watching them post on usenet (does
this ever happen?)

7. They have so many sockpuppets / extra nyms, they think of
themselves as a collective.

8. They are schizophrenic.

Because they are looking for fellow conspirators.

On Oct 15, 1:59 pm, zo...@yahoo.com wrote:

On Oct 15, 4:01 pm, Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:

On Oct 15, 3:12 pm, zo...@yahoo.com wrote:

On Oct 15, 2:01 pm, Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:

We have to work hard at admitting to being a member
of the human race. "We" allows some casting of that
illusion.

It's called being steeped in "group think" .... self talk says a lot about
the "self" :-)

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