The Architecture of Digital Sophistry: A Sociological and Epistemic Autopsy of Performative Eristics, Academic Parasitism, and Bad-Faith Discourse

This document presents a comprehensive sociological and philosophical case study detailing the rise of "Performative Eristics" within online debate subcultures. Operating across the ideological spectrum—encompassing both hyper-skeptical "new atheists" and jargon-reliant traditional theists—a specific archetype of digital actor systematically degrades public discourse. This study demonstrates that these "Digital Sophists" possess no stable epistemological framework, utilizing theology and philosophy strictly as rhetorical ammunition for social dominance. They produce no original literature, synthesize no new ideas, and contribute nothing to academia, acting instead as epistemic parasites. Through longitudinal documentation of their behavioral patterns—including the Loadout-Swap Diagnostic, the Shell Detection Protocol, and the Behavioral-Output Principle—and the application of the Triadic Coherence Invariant (R = P × I × Pr ≠ 0), this dossier serves as both a clinical dissection of their methodology and a deployable protocol for preserving the integrity of actual dialectic.