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littlemissmartypants

(35,238 posts)
11. More power to them. It's a playbook that many in our country...
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 02:30 PM
14 hrs ago

Should have considered long, long ago.

Psychopaths. Learn how to spot one.

Characteristics of Psychopaths
1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Completely void of conscience and empathy
3. Adept at manipulating others
4. Willing to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willing to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willing to use force, intimidation, and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willing to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Completely lacking any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions cause
11. Rationalize their own immoral behavior
12. Attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own bad conduct
13. Will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Display utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of others
15. Exhibit pathological lying, will compulsively say anything without any concern for the truth to advance their own agendas
16. Able to fake normal human emotions and empathy with the exception of joy, laughter
17. Have a distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Totally fail to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strongly believe that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

https://psychopathyis.org/stats/

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3 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

They profiled him, like the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit does with serial killers! Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #1
This was a smart strategy LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #4
Exactly. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #13
Looks like they came out on top.. ... Lovie777 15 hrs ago #2
Obama had a better deal compared to trump LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #5
+1 dalton99a 14 hrs ago #7
And let us please remember that it was THEIR money. President niyad 12 hrs ago #18
If you can called being bombed like that and losing your family coming out on top MadameButterfly 13 hrs ago #14
Trump was already at the bottom. Akakoji 13 hrs ago #16
Tehran's tac appears to have worked. Rather well. Torchlight 15 hrs ago #3
Let's us Democrats learn from that. His psychology is not complicated. In fact it's very basic. Scrivener7 14 hrs ago #6
And easily flattered Mad_Machine76 14 hrs ago #10
Ok... snot 14 hrs ago #8
We need some clinical assistance here as well! Mad_Machine76 14 hrs ago #9
More power to them. It's a playbook that many in our country... littlemissmartypants 14 hrs ago #11
Psychotrumppath Katcat 14 hrs ago #12
I've never been a fan of that regime. ShazzieB 13 hrs ago #15
u forgot funding hamas and hezzbolah, among other terrorists. mopinko 11 hrs ago #19
It's really hard for me to not believe this story, when the entire world can see what the Deplorable shitbirds refuse NoMoreRepugs 12 hrs ago #17
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