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Pacifist Patriot

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57. Not enough people are aware of this.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:06 PM
Aug 2018

Knowing it literally saved my life. Unbeknownst to my mentor, he assigned me a sociopath for my first pastoral counseling internship. By three sessions in, I knew I could not be in the same room with that woman alone again. Two years later she brutally murdered someone who was trying to help her.

Very frustrating that I could not get people to recognize there was something off about her. Largely because people associated sociopathy with males at that time. Fortunately, there has been a growing appreciation for the incidence of female sociopaths. And I agree. Most sociopaths aren't murderers.

Trump has skeeved me out since I first became aware of him in the 1980s. I never could grasp how he became a reality television personality. Back in the primaries I think I was already commenting here that he would score high on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist.

In Cold Blood [View all] H2O Man Aug 2018 OP
Man could Capote write underpants Aug 2018 #1
Who is Jelly? nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #4
Meant Gen. Kelly underpants Aug 2018 #6
Shoulda Left it. Gen Jelly has a ring to it. JDC Aug 2018 #37
FYI - Sundance has produced a documentary series called "Cold Blooded" TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #5
It's interesting that H2O Man Aug 2018 #7
Bingo! canetoad Aug 2018 #35
I was thinking earlier today about General Kelly. Blue_true Aug 2018 #39
I think it's the latter underpants Aug 2018 #41
You could be right. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #42
Still the former seems like a bonus to him exboyfil Aug 2018 #52
'Man, H2O can write' empedocles Aug 2018 #51
Excellent. Would loved to have heard/read Capote's take on trump. Hoyt Aug 2018 #2
Me, too. H2O Man Aug 2018 #8
I agree. "In Cold Blood" is probably my favorite book and the film was quite good. Hoyt Aug 2018 #11
Yikes! H2O Man Aug 2018 #17
That's why Carson had him on a lot underpants Aug 2018 #43
Good point. That's where I first saw Capote, although had read Hoyt Aug 2018 #44
Capote said of Perry, coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #34
My eyes still get a little wet at the end of the movie Hoyt Aug 2018 #45
I was too! coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #46
Your analytical comparison of DT & Dick Hickock is interesting - charming sociopaths - gift of gab AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2018 #3
Right, right! H2O Man Aug 2018 #9
I vaguely recall that scene, as they were hitching rides or stealing cars to from US to Mexico. AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2018 #36
Sociopaths manipulate anti-socials Nasruddin Aug 2018 #10
For many years, H2O Man Aug 2018 #12
+1. dalton99a Aug 2018 #15
Makes sense. Blue_true Aug 2018 #40
another example of a sociopathic, psychopathic criminal elmac Aug 2018 #13
Thank you! H2O Man Aug 2018 #19
You're welcome elmac Aug 2018 #24
Sounds very interesting. H2O Man Aug 2018 #28
Thanks, I will check that out. Cool about your uncle, elmac Aug 2018 #31
Great post. dalton99a Aug 2018 #14
Thanks, dalton99a! H2O Man Aug 2018 #20
A good interview of a psychiatrists opinion of trump duforsure Aug 2018 #16
Fantastic! H2O Man Aug 2018 #21
I agree with this, to the extent I know anything about the brain or psychopathic issues. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #18
Right. H2O Man Aug 2018 #22
Thanks for noticing! Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #27
Yes, it is true H2O Man Aug 2018 #29
Very interesting. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #38
You and H2O Man are giving me a lot to think about. I don't know when I pegged him as an abusive SOB Hekate Aug 2018 #49
Not enough people are aware of this. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2018 #57
Scared shitless is kind malaise Aug 2018 #23
Thanks! H2O Man Aug 2018 #25
I almost mentioned malaise Aug 2018 #26
Great minds H2O Man Aug 2018 #30
I'm sure of that malaise Aug 2018 #32
K&R... spanone Aug 2018 #33
Thinking about our pal donald coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #47
+1, his episodes of psychosis are increasing and its showing in public. uponit7771 Aug 2018 #50
Do you think that Putin exboyfil Aug 2018 #53
Maybe not coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #54
I just hope the hell he can be got out of there before he nukes something to change the subject... Hekate Aug 2018 #48
I don't think he wants to talk to Mueller . . . I agree he is scared s***less DrDan Aug 2018 #55
Reading this fine post makes me miss another writer/journalist. peekaloo Aug 2018 #56
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