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*They lack the empathy to care that problems that donāt impact them directly are real
FTFY
*They lack the empathy to care that problems that donāt impact them directly are real
FTFY
Gillibrand is only 57, sheās got at least 40 good years left.
I think āsingle for a reasonā is what all that attachment theory shit is trying to help contextualize. It specifically sets the context as āsingle for a fixable reasonā if you have the courage and humility to do the work.
Nixon, Reagan, HW Bush, W Bush, Trump. Did I miss one?
āThey didnāt own the liberals. They owned the conservatives. They stole this money from their own constituency. And Bannon, having promised that he would not take any money, did the same thing.ā
And thatās the reptilian genius of these guys. Itās much easier to fool someone than to convince someone theyāve been fooled. By taking foolsā money, the fools now have skin in the game. It will eventually turn around on them though, because it always does. I just hope it happens soon enough.
Been around, have you?
Thanks for pointing that out, it was a very clever piece of manipulation.
Itās interesting that you keep putting words in my mouth and moving the goalpost back to where it actually started in this thread. I did not say āAccording to the DSMā, nor did I say anything about NPD or ācluster Bā. I said heās a textbook narcissist, which is true in laymanās terms.
Youāre characterizing things as āslursā and āweaponizingā, which is a textbook disinformation and confusion tactic, so good day to you doctor.
I donāt know how you concluded that I was using ānarcissistā as an insult, because I wasnāt.
From the linked article, written 7 years ago, only a handful of months into his presidency when there was still a swell of mental health professionals maintaining that they should remain impartial:
Trump is an undisputed poster boy for narcissism. He demonstrates in pure form every single symptom described in theĀ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM) criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, which I wrote in 1978. But lots of successful people are extremely narcissistic without being mentally ill ā think most celebrities, many politicians, and a fair percentage of writers, artists, lawyers, doctors, and professors. To qualify for narcissistic personality disorder, an individualās selfish, unempathetic preening must be accompanied by significant distress or impairment. Trump certainly causes severe distress and impairment in others, but his narcissism doesnāt seem to affect him that way.
In the 7 years since this article was written weāve had plenty of people testify under oath about his severe distress and impairment, if thatās the criteria that was unmet at that point in time.
Yes, these are the textbook symptoms of a textbook narcissist. Incapable of empathy. Basically an unfillable hole that will pull in and destroy anyone around them.
Cult of personality, itās textbook.
Really, you donāt think the USSR invading Afghanistan before that plays any role?
Hey, Iām really sorry. That sounds really hard. Vent all you want if it helps.
Yes, the entire system is corrupt and lots of politicians behave in a manner that makes me furious that their actions are actually totally legal within this system. This guy, however, is pathological. He was somehow cleared of federal corruption charges just a couple of years ago.
Hey now, I love pussy. Lets go with ācowardsā.