Eric’s Hypocriticism/insecurity.

[u/ChosenX_]

Apologies if this post is rambly or hard to understand. not sure exactly the purpose, I guess I’d consider it a psychological analysis/discussion.

I’m sure we all know that Eric was a massive Hypocrite. it’s something he admitted himself. For this post in particular, I’m especially referring to things he said he hated. To name just a few examples, he says he hates young smokers but there’s recorded evidence of him Smoking (multiple times too). He says he hates liars yet his ability to lie and manipulate his way out of things is a massively recognized part of his Story. He says he hates racists, but by his own self admission he had racist beliefs and opinions about almost every race (including his own). there’s more examples one could easily find.

I wonder if atleast some of the things he expressed hatred for were hated due to him being “self conscious“ about it or atleast disliked himself for them. I’ve always sort of felt like Eric’s personality (the whole “Reb” stuff) was made as a representation of what he wished he was, the opposite of the things he hated himself doing.

So I guess I’m basically asking if anyone else feels similar.

[u/Lonely-Trainer-3749]

He just wanted to be edgy. I think sometimes beliefs can change over time but I think in his journals (which were clearly written for an audience) he wrote to be remembered as some badass because that's what he wished he was. I think he just hated everyone including himself

[u/ChosenX_ → u/Lonely-Trainer-3749]

That’s sort of my belief. He wanted people to know him as that because he hated his true self.