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Romney was a bully?
But he apparently (1) was involved in a long and thought out act of violence against a classmate and (2) took a strong leadership role in doing so. Okay, that's a bit much, even for bullies and even for 50 years ago. It says something about his character, something ugly.
But it's not even that! As the popular refrain would have it, we all did things as teenagers that we regret. I remember doing things that, years later, I have come to regret. Acts of cruelty, acts of commission and omission.
But here's the thing: all the other boys involved in the assault against the gay student have expressed regret, often deep and profound, when interviewed as grown men. They are very sorry that they were involved. One even ran into the victim many years later, and apologized to him.
By contrast, Romney chuckled as he recalled the story.
Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/11/1090704/-Could-Romney-be-a-sociopath
