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littlemissmartypants

(30,736 posts)
14. Install a psychopath, expect destruction.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:10 AM
Oct 24


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

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USA Today should um tack on a few more zeros there. chowder66 Oct 24 #1
It's the media's "deer in headlights" response to what is going on BumRushDaShow Oct 24 #2
I'm sure they'll print a front page correction ASAP. TheRickles Oct 24 #4
And just like that... they fixed it. Will add the updated version! BumRushDaShow Oct 24 #6
Post removed Post removed Oct 24 #3
Her entire statement is stilted. yardwork Oct 24 #11
Unsettled? There are so many better words Deminpenn Oct 24 #15
Sounds serious Torchlight Oct 24 #12
The quotation marks IMO are on the wrong word. mwooldri Oct 24 #5
Yes. llmart Oct 24 #7
So when will ICE visit her home? twodogsbarking Oct 24 #8
He is NOT going to stop with just the East Wing Farmer-Rick Oct 24 #9
"Unsettled",really? WTF. BradBo Oct 24 #10
So, Chelsea has been taking "concern lessons" from Susan Collins? Bluetus Oct 24 #13
Install a psychopath, expect destruction. littlemissmartypants Oct 24 #14
Unsettled? May I offer you a bicarbonate? JoseBalow Oct 24 #16
He wants everyone to be "unsettled." The more chaos, the more he can steal. Intractable Oct 24 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Oct 24 #18
Yeah, I don't get why Chelsea would use such a mild descriptive word... electric_blue68 Oct 24 #19
Could we please hold off on the condemnation of Chelsea's choice of words here. sheshe2 Oct 24 #20
Which is what occurred to me after I started posting (right above yours). electric_blue68 Saturday #21
Thank you!😊 sheshe2 Saturday #22
YW electric_blue68 Saturday #23
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