Posted on 12/20/2021 6:48:58 AM PST by CheshireTheCat
On December 20, 1786, the Sheriff of New London, Conn., led a distraught 12-year-old girl to the gallows, placed a rope around her neck, and hanged her in front of a crowd of spectators. The girl was Hannah Ocuish, a young member of the Pequot nation. She was charged with the murder of six-year-old Eunice Bolles, a white girl with whom Hannah had quarreled the previous summer.
While it is difficult to get a clear picture of Hannah’s life from the available sources, it is clear that hers was not a comfortable existence. An appendix to Rev. Henry Channing’s execution sermon notes that Hannah’s mother was “an abandoned creature, much addicted to the vice of drunkenness,” who sent Hannah to work as a servant in a white family’s home. At the age of six, Hannah was accused of beating a white child while trying to steal her necklace. The anonymous author describes Hannah’s character thus:
Her conduct, as appeared in evidence before the honorable Superior Court was marked with almost every thing bad. Theft and lying were her common vices. To these were added a maliciousness of disposition which made the children in the neighborhood much afraid of her. She had a degree of artful cunning and sagacity beyond many of her years....
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It seems there are plenty of Hannah Ocuish‘s still around today.
We just don’t execute them.
“It seems there are plenty of Hannah Ocuish‘s still around today.
We just don’t execute them.”
Yep, we give them Obamaphones, and a larger welfare check every time they extrude a new future feral by a different baby daddy.
Describes my stepdaughter to a tee. She was bat-$#!+ crazy. They can diagnose them at a young age, but by the time she was 12 they were treating her for schizophrenia.
After much home study on my home I told her psychiatrist that she exhibits all the signs of the Dark Triad personality traits and he agreed.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dark-triad
From the link:
Understanding Dark Traits, Andrey Bondarets/Shutterstock
People with these traits tend to be callous and manipulative, willing to do or say practically anything to get their way. They have an inflated view of themselves and are often shameless about self-promotion. These individuals are likely to be impulsive and may engage in dangerous behavior—in some cases, even committing crimes—without any regard for how their actions affect others.
While many researchers consider psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism three distinct traits with overlapping characteristics, others believe the commonalities suggest an underlying personality construct that has yet to be fully understood.
That should have read “can’t diagnose them at a young age”.
I’m so sorry to hear of such a condition. Sorry that you and your family went through such times.
"You should put some ice on that."
Listen to “behind Blue Eyes” by The Who.
It’s a perfect song for Der Schlick Meister.
It was a living hell. What made it worse was a I had spent 9 years with my psycho jealous wife, divorced and 3 years later living with this basket case. You never knew what to expect each day.
My late mother-in-law. The tears and heartache that woman caused are immeasurable.
Sounds like your average politician.
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