The Sociopath Next Door

Mental Help.net ^ | 12/26/06

[JockoManning]

Did you see post #64?

Scary.

[JockoManning]

Thanks.

[Ditter]

He went to Kenya and videotaped himself for the express purpose of having something to show on Opra. "Look how wise I am and I care".

[Cvengr]

George Clooney must've seen him at that tribal meeting. Clooney sure seems to swoon at just how 'presidential' he thinks Obama appears. Maybe George Clooney should take Obama's lead and get HIV tested also. It might allay concerns of Obama's wife.

[Cacique]

btt

[hosepipe]

[ If the statistics are correct, one person in twenty-five can be classified as a sociopath. That means that almost all of us have met at least one such person (assuming you are not one yourself). ]

I want dibs (being the hangman) on the gang hangings on the White House Lawn to hang multi-thousands of elected federal RINOs..

Democrats are honest traitors RINOs are insidious spies..

[beelzepug]

I just wasted 15 minutes re-reading the article, twice, actually, looking for the perky reference. Life is short. I'm sending you a bill.

[BenLurkin]

In short, they lack what we call a conscience. If there is such a thing as an evil person, the sociopath is the prime candidate for the role. They are charming and ingratiating, but also predatory and utterly ruthless.

[ModelBreaker]

while a sociopath just doesn't like people.

That would be a misanthrope or in modern terms, a folksaphobe.

[Gritty]

(... "photo" credit to "Dead")

[BenLurkin]

Describes him to a "t"

[JockoManning]

Precisely. And sadly, he's married to one just like him, only worse.

[null and void]

Precisely. And sadly, he's married to one just like him, only worse.

Much, much worse, IMHO.

I don't call her "The Whore of Babylon" for nuthin'...

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

They are charming and ingratiating....

Whew!

Had me worried!

[Mariner]

Not all psychopaths commit crimes.

They make the BEST surgeons and war heros. They have no fear or empathy...but can CHOOSE to live by social rules/law.

[bondserv]

Hillary... I am not saying this out of humor I truly believe this, something about her, she seems to feign sympathy but truly only uses it for her own gain.

Her smile never reaches her eyes!

[D-fendr]

Good post. I think the 4% figure is way too high for true sociopaths. I think it is much much rarer.

[Al Simmons]

It reminds me BOTH of an 'ex' president and of an 'ex'.....

[conservative cat]

Heck, I married the list down the page.

As did I.

[Humidston]

You know, I couldn't agree more. Come to think about it, I know someone who is absolutely brilliant, very successful, but rather "dense" at empathy.

Of course killers are at the farthest end of the spectrum.