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littlemissmartypants

(30,452 posts)
14. Install a psychopath, expect destruction.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:10 AM
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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 Friday #1
It's the media's "deer in headlights" response to what is going on BumRushDaShow Friday #2
I'm sure they'll print a front page correction ASAP. TheRickles Friday #4
And just like that... they fixed it. Will add the updated version! BumRushDaShow Friday #6
Post removed Post removed Friday #3
Her entire statement is stilted. yardwork Friday #11
Unsettled? There are so many better words Deminpenn Friday #15
Sounds serious Torchlight Friday #12
The quotation marks IMO are on the wrong word. mwooldri Friday #5
Yes. llmart Friday #7
So when will ICE visit her home? twodogsbarking Friday #8
He is NOT going to stop with just the East Wing Farmer-Rick Friday #9
"Unsettled",really? WTF. BradBo Friday #10
So, Chelsea has been taking "concern lessons" from Susan Collins? Bluetus Friday #13
Install a psychopath, expect destruction. littlemissmartypants Friday #14
Unsettled? May I offer you a bicarbonate? JoseBalow Friday #16
He wants everyone to be "unsettled." The more chaos, the more he can steal. Intractable Friday #17
This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Friday #18
Yeah, I don't get why Chelsea would use such a mild descriptive word... electric_blue68 Friday #19
Could we please hold off on the condemnation of Chelsea's choice of words here. sheshe2 Friday #20
Which is what occurred to me after I started posting (right above yours). electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #21
Thank you!😊 sheshe2 12 hrs ago #22
YW electric_blue68 10 hrs ago #23
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