Fandango’s Provocative Question #58
To put it most simply, I always thought that — socio and psychopaths aside — everyone has a conscience. Even after Trump was elected, I thought that Americans weren’t stupid enough to actually follow this moron.
I was wrong.
All the cynicism I decried in my mother has settled on me. Apparently many people don’t have even a shred of conscience. Those that might have a conscience are prepared to ignore it in the name of promulgating their personal agendas. It’s embarrassing. I feel I should apologize for being American, even though I didn’t vote for the guy and never would.
Can we regrow a backbone? Film at eleven.
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I almost added my voice to your, Fandango’s, and at least two other people who answered the question in roughly the same way. I thought it would be redundant to do so though. Y’all have said it all, said what I think about that mess in Washington D.C., and you said it better than I ever could have. It’s a sad sad day to be an American. Like you I feel like apologizing to the world, and I didn’t even vote for that chronic diarrhea head..
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I just keep hoping our party gets their act together. They are an embarrassment. If I were Trump, I’d be laughing my ass off. He probably IS laughing. It’s pathetic.
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So what you’re saying is that Trump, his enablers in Congress, and his avid supporters are sociopaths. I totally agree.
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I’ve always had trouble distinguishing between psychopaths and sociopaths, but either will do. What they ain’t it “normal.”
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I think I started searching the meanings of both around the time your chosen leader showed his erratic and wrong behaviour….! I found a ton of info on-line but also, later on, I read an excellent article in an international journal (forgot which though).
What they have in common though, is a lack of empathy. Among others….. Figures? Thought so. It is a fascinating issue to get knowing better and I’ve found much info on other people much closer in my orbit than your unfortunate orange head.
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Neither of those “paths” should be POTUS, and Trump is one or the other, or maybe both.
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I wonder if there really IS a difference.
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Per Psych Central, “Psychopaths tend to be more manipulative, can be seen by others as more charming, lead a semblance of a normal life, and minimize risk in criminal activities. Sociopaths tend to be more erratic, rage-prone, and unable to lead as much of a normal life.
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They have conscience but it’s drugged on power and money and in coma!
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I always agreed with you but now? I have serious doubts about it. They have some missing pieces. And no soul.
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The soul must have been sold to the devil 😈
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