A-Logging

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A-Logs is a term used to describe those who follow Chris who wish to inflict harm, often physical, on Chris, often for perceived "crimes" Chris is "guilty" of. An opposite extreme to White knights, whereas White knights believe that Chris is capable of no wrong and try to help him, A Logs believe Chris is capable of no right and wish to hurt him. While once fashionable, it has become a view associated with people who wish to "trollshield" themselves and therefore looked down by the greater CWC community.

The term originates from Anthony "A-Log" LoGatto, a YouTube commentator who is known for providing commentary on Chris's videos, and often goes on about how Chris is an awful person (and how he, A-Log, is better) and wishes harm to be inflicted on him.

Motivations

There are a few motivations which are common in A-Logs, as they are the motivations behind the original A-Log's commentaries.

Justification for trolling Chris

Some would argue that it is sinister and just plain wrong to mock a mentally deficient person such as Chris. As a result, some people justify trolling him by arguing that he is in fact a bad person who "deserves" to be trolled. One common argument is that "Chris gives autistics a bad name." Others will appeal to his debatable racism or homophobia as excuses to troll Chris. By establishing that Chris is a bad person, it seems to justify that Chris not only deserves the treatment he current receives but also deserves physical and/or psychological harm inflicted on him.

Trollshielding

Often times, those who "A-Log" do so to "trollshield" or avoid becoming troll victims as well. These people have many traits in common with Chris - they too are autistic, still live at home, have trouble with women, fixated on childish things, and some are perhaps worse off than Chris. However, they will argue that they are "at least not like Chris" and are fervent in their urge to troll Chris so people don't troll them themselves. Often times this backfires and they find themselves becoming the subject of trolls.

Arguments against A Logs

While Chris is far from perfect, he is not exactly deserving of harm or extreme abuse that A Logs would call for. There are a few reasons:

Chris is not Hitler

Chris is not an utterly despicable person who is guilty of "crimes" that must be punished. Hitler was responsible for the death of over 6 million Jews plus millions of other political dissidents during World War II. Chris is just an idiot who spends his time playing PS3.

Chris's racism and homophobia

While his views on race and homosexuality are not politically correct, they hardly seem to suggest Chris is an amoral monster. Chris's discomfort for black people, while not poltiically correct, is arguably more from failing to understand social norms in that you don't announce to the world you're discomforted by African American rather than of the ideology of white supremacy that your average KKK member would have. Chris has no history of actually going out and lynching blacks or other minorities that discomfort him but simply that they don't appeal to him sexually.

In regards to his homophobia, while his reasons are ill informed at best, Chris is a rather ordinary person who is discomforted by homosexuals. He is not the Westboro Baptist Church which is engaged in a massive campaign against homosexuals using inflammatory language, nor is he head of a power lobbying group against LBGT individuals in Washington. Once again, Chris is just an idiot who plays PS3 all day.

The tugboat

Some A Logs content that Chris is a bad person because he "steals" taxpayer money. While Chris does not use his SSDI in the ways intended by the program, there are probably far worse people out there who actually try to cheat the system. Chris clearly displays signs of autism, and autism does qualify one for Social Security Disability. Besides, do you really think Chris could interact with the public at large? Just imagine that smell.

Chris is retarded

While not literally mentally retarded, he is practically one. He actually believed an attractive celebrity was interested in him sexually and that he was talking to her. He still insists that he's had many sweethearts, all very attractive women, and doesn't find it curious that they suddenly die or disappear. He is a retard, not a criminal mastermind.

While you are probably going to go to hell for laughing at a retard, relax - everyone has their vice, for some it's smoking, others it's consorting with loose women, for us it's laughing at a retard. You do not need to justify it by arguing that Chris is a bad person who deserves to be trolled.

External links

Anthony "A-Log" LoGatto on Encyclopedia Dramatica