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littlemissmartypants

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18. Characteristics of Psychopaths...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 02:25 PM
Jun 2025

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness 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. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior



https://www.choosingtherapy.com/signs-of-a-psychopath/

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You have nailed this perfectly intrepidity Jun 2025 #1
Sounds like Putin. House of Roberts Jun 2025 #2
Though equally sinister, Putin is smarter, more disciplined, and younger PatSeg Jun 2025 #17
I think you're onto something. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #3
In other words The Madcap Jun 2025 #5
Not exactly. The Trump Organization was (is) a very small company, Ocelot II Jun 2025 #9
Valid points The Madcap Jun 2025 #10
Post removed Post removed Jun 2025 #4
Oh, hi! Lulu KC Jun 2025 #6
Sigh Mossfern Jun 2025 #8
Isn't it though? Lulu KC Jun 2025 #11
Yep. We are ruled by a stupid, demented, unstable, micromanaging mob boss dalton99a Jun 2025 #7
He doesn't. elleng Jun 2025 #12
And he was raised by his father to be a nazi. ananda Jun 2025 #13
Hey, I need all the help I can get, figuring out these strange and troubling times! calimary Jun 2025 #14
For me, it's pretty easy. "How can I make money off this?" "How can I get their slatering attention and adoration?" Ferrets are Cool Jun 2025 #15
And a lot of them Nasruddin Jun 2025 #16
Characteristics of Psychopaths... littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 #18
19 out of 19. Pinback Jun 2025 #23
And yet nearly half the country respects his manner of thought JohnnyRingo Jun 2025 #19
You nailed it and it is frightening as hell. CentralMass Jun 2025 #20
Imagine an attention seeking 4 year old playing with matches and an open 5 gallon bucket of kerosene shouting Ping Tung Jun 2025 #21
Probably why T💩p made himself head of the Kennedy Center and now he wants to be head of OMGWTF Jun 2025 #22
I've read a couple of David Cay Johnston's books about "early" Chump, the businessman FakeNoose Jun 2025 #24
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