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New study links left-wing extremism with psychopathy and narcissism
Twitchy.com ^ | 5/25/2023 | Brett T

Posted on 05/25/2023 7:35:36 PM PDT by NetAddicted

We had just noted in a post yesterday about how you never hear the term “far-left” — from Democrats to the media … even from Republicans. The media’s focus is always on the “far-right wing,” or the “ultra-MAGA conservatives.” The Atlantic just informed us that Twitter is now a “far-right social network.” AOC has said we need to protect Drag Queen Story Hour from the “far-right,” while no one said a word about the far-left militia members who brought AR-15s to protect an “all-ages” drag brunch in Texas.

A new study has been published about left-wing extremism, and it links it to psychopathy and narcissism, which is not a shock.

Left-wing extremism linked to psychopathy and narcissism: study https://t.co/vzooJLocaC pic.twitter.com/546NsVeXKd

— New York Post (@nypost) May 25, 2023

Alex Mitchell reports:

Left-wing extremism is linked to toxic, psychopathic tendencies and narcissism, according to a new study published to the peer-reviewed journal Current Psychology.

“Based on existing research, we expected individuals with higher levels of left-wing authoritarianism to also report higher levels of narcissism,” the authors wrote.

As result of the new data, study authors Ann Krispenz and Alex Bertrams have coined a new term for such psychological behavior: the “dark-ego-vehicle principle.”

“According to this principle, individuals with dark personalities — such as high narcissistic and psychopathic traits — are attracted to certain forms of political and social activism which they can use as a vehicle to satisfy their own ego-focused needs instead of actually aiming at social justice and equality,” they told PsyPost.

That certainly makes sense to us. Trying all summer to burn down a federal courthouse gives some sick meaning to your otherwise empty life.

Tell me something I don't already know.

— Lady Hecate ⚫️ (@hecate40) May 25, 2023

I AM SO SHOCKED

— Eva Kurilova (@eva_kurilova) May 25, 2023

Wow, really? pic.twitter.com/TvZLgRNsuG

— ZNO 🇺🇸 (@RaymondZino) May 25, 2023

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

— Jer (@McOorah) May 25, 2023

Man that really applies to most left wing people I’ve ever met.

— FauciEatsBoogers (@NoPanic78) May 25, 2023

Surprising absolutely no one.

— Dennis OG Spongeworthy (@spongeworthy2) May 25, 2023

“I can’t create, but I can destroy. Heroically.”

— Your Libertarian Pal (@AchDuLibrtarian) May 25, 2023

I’m shocked a publication is acknowledging this topic.

— 🇺🇸 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 🇺🇸 (@MmHabitual) May 25, 2023

Narcissistic traits, self-centeredness, socioemotional reciprocity deficits, and frustration intolerance

— Cranky Donald (@CrankyDonald85) May 25, 2023

And vandalizing pro-life displays and threatening reporters with a machete.

pic.twitter.com/K0BqrcvBGD

— Tebow Talk (@TebowTalkYT) May 25, 2023

The only difference is they get away with it all of the time.

— Proud Patriot (@PatriotProud13) May 25, 2023

Exactly. Dems and the media treat them as “centrists” just trying to do the right thing for everyone.

***

ICYMI ==> Guess what the Antifa rioters arrested in Atlanta all have in common https://t.co/EMyX5QpO2E

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 24, 2023

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FYI, as if you didn't already know.
1 posted on 05/25/2023 7:35:36 PM PDT by NetAddicted
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To: NetAddicted

Lotsa links in first paragraph. I need to figure out how to indicate those.


2 posted on 05/25/2023 7:38:05 PM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: NetAddicted

One time, a study seems to get it right!


3 posted on 05/25/2023 7:38:22 PM PDT by AZJeep
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To: NetAddicted

Broadly speaking, it’s a struggle between Normal people and the Mentally Ill.

They have woke little communists throwing temper tantrums, as well as transgenders who think they can change their fundamental biology.

And we have families that are just living their lives, working and minding their own business.


4 posted on 05/25/2023 7:40:08 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: NetAddicted

I read Christopher Lasch’s “The Culture of Narcissism” in 1978 and thought that if these traits achieve widespread traction we are in a world of hurt. I thought it would be the 1990’s, but that was when they became common in the university. Now those institutions have spread it to their acolytes who pass it on to the tattooed and pink haired masses.


5 posted on 05/25/2023 7:43:18 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: NetAddicted

Attention: Hey zer0, they’re talking about YOUR A$$ !!!


6 posted on 05/25/2023 7:44:19 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: NetAddicted

But enough about The Big Guy....


7 posted on 05/25/2023 7:46:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: NetAddicted

Yep, no study needed to figure out that water is wet.


8 posted on 05/25/2023 7:48:45 PM PDT by fwdude (Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
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To: NetAddicted
Liberalism is a Mental Disorder


9 posted on 05/25/2023 7:57:20 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: NetAddicted
"New study links left-wing extremism with psychopathy and narcissism"

... in addition, of course, to lying, murdering treason.

10 posted on 05/25/2023 7:58:13 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: NetAddicted

New study proves left-wing extremism is psychopathy and narcissism.


11 posted on 05/25/2023 7:58:43 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: AZJeep
One time, a study seems to get it right!

See post #9.

12 posted on 05/25/2023 7:59:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: NetAddicted

I have noticed one thing in particular about leftie extremists. They tend to believe anyone who is anyone believes just like they do. Why is that?


13 posted on 05/25/2023 8:03:50 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: NetAddicted

I think it links to simple emptiness inside. A lot of these people aren’t psychopathic or narcissistic, they’re just very poorly educated, spoiled brats who never developed the personal character to think independently and stand on their own good sense.

Nature abhors a void, and will fill it with something, anything.


14 posted on 05/25/2023 8:05:51 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: NetAddicted

i coulda told them that and saved them a ton of money- all i had to do was have them chat w/ a liberal relative for 1/2 an hour, if they could stand it- they would have quickly come to the conclusion that liberals are psychopathic


15 posted on 05/25/2023 8:06:33 PM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: NetAddicted

We’ve seen other recent articles supporting this one.

That liberals are more likely to be on meds for psych issues, was another recent one. Being liberal correlated to higher mental disorders.


16 posted on 05/25/2023 8:07:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: NetAddicted
Lotsa links in first paragraph. I need to figure out how to indicate those.

NetAddicted, here ya go: HTML Sandbox - scroll down to section 4, "Links".

17 posted on 05/25/2023 8:15:24 PM PDT by chud
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To: NetAddicted

The better word is “solipsism.”


18 posted on 05/25/2023 8:16:04 PM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine )
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To: NetAddicted

They needed a study for that?


19 posted on 05/25/2023 8:19:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

They are so insecure as to be desperate for affirmation. Obtaining that reinforcement seems, to them, to be the only control that they have over their lives and their sense of their personal value.


20 posted on 05/25/2023 8:21:06 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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