Progressives Need to Embrace the Word Psychopath

Nov 19, 2016
Prague, CZ

As always I feel the need to start with a short summary of terms. William Hirstein Ph.D. put togehter a short list of features that linked those with moral depravity or moral insanity with associated terms like antisocial personality disorder or dissocial personality disorder with the term psychopath. You can read his full article, What is a Pyschopath here.

The points of overlap included the following:

1. Uncaring
2. Shallow emotions
3. Irresponsibility
4. Insincere speech
5. Overconfidence
6. Narrowing of attention
7. Selfishness
8. Inability to plan for the future, and 
9. Violence

In this last round of US elections, Americans have, legally or otherwise, installed a psychopath into the position of the President of the United States of America. And  it comes as little surprise that Trump is now busy surrounding himself with those that will be his advisers, both officially and unofficially. It is also not surprising that these individuals are also psychopaths.

When it comes to Trump and the people he is surrounding himself with, progressives need to, and must learn to embrace the word psychopath. Both Bolten and Pompeo are great examples, as is Trump.
Some feel that the word is too strong, that they have not burned Jews in ovens, therefore, we should moderate our language. If you look at the list above the "Final Solution" is not part of the definition of a psychopath, which is why we have no problem calling Charles Manson a psychopath.

Now people will say, Bolten, Pompeo, and Trump are not Charles Manson, since they were never part of a murderous cult, to which I say, look at the list again, "murderous cult leader" is also not part of the definition of a psychopath.

These are people who are smart enough to function in modern society, but suffer from a deranged psychology that qualifies them as psychopaths. It is time progressives identify them for what and who they are. Regardless of their power, influence, or wealth, they are now and will likely go to their graves are psychopaths and every word they utter and every action they suggest, must be viewed as having been birthed from a deeply and horribly demented mind and resisted accordingly.

Psychopaths are not  cookie cut outs, that are as diverse and complex as any human. They are capable of all the charm of Hannibal Lecter or the becoming smile of Anders Breivik. However, charm and becoming smiles aside, psychopaths shouldn't be president and they should be advising the president.

"Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?" HL