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Not a Surprise: DC Has Highest Concentration of Psychopaths in the United States
townhall.com ^ | 7/17/18 | Timothy Meads

Posted on 06/18/2018 12:40:51 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

It is often said that Washington, DC is filled with a bunch of nerds dominated by psychopaths. Others say that politics is simply Hollywood for ugly people. These are usually said in a joking manner and often uttered after coming back from a young professional happy hour here in the swamp. Perhaps the most soulless congregation of folks ever assembled can be found at those kind of events.

A report conducted by Ryan Murphy at Southern Methodist University found that Connecticut contained the most psychopaths per capita followed quickly by California. New Jersey and New York followed next. But our nation's capital by far had the highest level of psychopathic behavior than anywhere in the country.

As Newsmax notes, “Added in the study was Washington, D.C., which ‘had a psychopathy level far higher' than any state, according to the report – albeit because it is a small, entirely urban area and not as geographically diverse as a state. "The presence of psychopaths in District of Columbia is consistent with the conjecture found in Murphy [2016] that psychopaths are likely to be effective in the political sphere," Murphy concluded in his study. (emphasis added)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: connecticut; districtofcolumbia; newyork; psychopaths; washington
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Full title: Not a Surprise: DC Has Highest Concentration of Psychopaths in the United States

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Pychopaths/sociopaths in D.C. What a surprise.

1 posted on 06/18/2018 12:40:51 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease

I’ve been saying this here at FR for years. New England, esp. Connecticut and Rhode Island, then Massachusetts (a real “red” state), are the worst though Vermont was filling up with Marxists in the early 1970’s. NY - what else would you expect? Just look at their recent mayors. Nuff Said.

California is just one big insane asylum, followed by Seattle and Portland.

And the biggest concentration of psychopaths per square mile in the US is found in the Democrat Party members of Congress. I’ve worked there. As Rush would say, “Don’t doubt me on this”.

As for psychopaths in the news media, try MSNBC and CNN, followed by CBS, NBC and ABC. As a former card carrying journalist, I can also vouch for this. Examples: Maddow; Olberman, O’Donnell, Matthews, Cuomo jr., Nicole Wallace, Joy Reid, Don Lennon, Van Jones, Al Sharpton, etc.

They make Charlie Manson sound sane and that takes some doing.


2 posted on 06/18/2018 12:57:21 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: a little elbow grease

The mainstream media were somewhat misleading about the District of Columbia in that report. It was, in fact, at that top of the list. The mainstream media overemphasized the report’s statement that “inclusion” “in future research” “should be done with care.”

Compare the score for D.C. against the others. Here’s the real report. Download the PDF of the full report at the link.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3185182


3 posted on 06/18/2018 12:58:34 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: a little elbow grease

It was, in fact, at the top of the list. [Little correction there.]

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3185182


4 posted on 06/18/2018 1:00:22 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: a little elbow grease

My guess is that sociopaths outnumber the psychopaths, especially in the upper echelons.


5 posted on 06/18/2018 1:01:15 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: a little elbow grease

Well duh!!!


6 posted on 06/18/2018 1:14:30 AM PDT by Federal46 (federal 46)
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To: skr

It may be as you stated, yet sexual psychopaths, i.e., Podesta and global pedophile rings, are legion today.


7 posted on 06/18/2018 1:15:34 AM PDT by spirited irish
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To: a little elbow grease

bookmark


8 posted on 06/18/2018 1:16:39 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: spirited irish

Forgot about that aspect. Good point. Although I’m not entirely certain that isn’t more sociopathic than psychopathic, as per my limited understanding of the two terms.


9 posted on 06/18/2018 1:20:59 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; thinden; Fedora; Liz; Alberta's Child; LS; Pelham; 100American; ...
Not a Surprise: DC Has Highest Concentration of Psychopaths in the United States

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I’ve been saying this here at FR for years. New England, esp. Connecticut and Rhode Island, then Massachusetts (a real “red” state), are the worst though Vermont was filling up with Marxists in the early 1970’s. NY - what else would you expect? Just look at their recent mayors. Nuff Said.

California is just one big insane asylum, followed by Seattle and Portland.

And the biggest concentration of psychopaths per square mile in the US is found in the Democrat Party members of Congress. I’ve worked there. As Rush would say, “Don’t doubt me on this”.

As for psychopaths in the news media, try MSNBC and CNN, followed by CBS, NBC and ABC. As a former card carrying journalist, I can also vouch for this. Examples: Maddow; Olberman, O’Donnell, Matthews, Cuomo jr., Nicole Wallace, Joy Reid, Don Lennon, Van Jones, Al Sharpton, etc.

They make Charlie Manson sound sane and that takes some doing.

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Well said, indeed.

10 posted on 06/18/2018 1:28:52 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: familyop
"The mainstream media were somewhat misleading about the District of Columbia in that report. It was, in fact, at that top of the list."

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yes

11 posted on 06/18/2018 1:30:00 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: a little elbow grease

DC Has Highest Concentration of Psychopaths in the United States>>>>>>

Of course. Psychopaths make excellent cannon fodder for the liberal fascist movement that Obama made the Democrat party be. Obama was “transformative.” He transformed liberals into liberal fascists**. And then he used them to weaponize the DOJ, FBI, CIA, IRS, EPA and other institutions against the People.

What a fu*king mess. And PDJT is cleaning it up. Right now we are exposing these “psychopaths” to America.

BTW, you’ll find that Chicago comes in a close second.

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** How did Obama bring Liberal Fascism to America?

Its all right here and a damn good read:

“The Quintessential Liberal Fascist:”

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html


12 posted on 06/18/2018 1:30:24 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: skr
"My guess is that sociopaths outnumber the psychopaths, especially in the upper echelons."

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Myself ..... I sort of get them a little mixed up because they share so many of the same disgusting, injurious traits.

13 posted on 06/18/2018 1:32:23 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: skr; spirited irish

ping to # 13


14 posted on 06/18/2018 1:34:02 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: Candor7; All
How did Obama bring Liberal Fascism to America?

Its all right here and a damn good read:

“The Quintessential Liberal Fascist:”

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html

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Thank you for that.

15 posted on 06/18/2018 1:35:17 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: a little elbow grease

You are most welcome. That article puts an accurate perspective on current events.


16 posted on 06/18/2018 2:08:40 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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More on this subject from sciencealert.com:

Guess Which Place Is The Psychopath Capital of The US, According to Science

This is no coincidence.

PETER DOCKRILL

18 JUN 2018

It takes a particular kind of person to succeed in politics, but the psychological traits that make for leadership material could be more extreme than anybody ever realised.

A first-of-its-kind analysis ranking state-level estimates of psychopathy across the continental United States and the District of Columbia has found Washington DC harbours the highest concentration of psychopaths in the whole country.

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I just read Shiver's piece again. I had read it when it came out. She is a wise woman.

17 posted on 06/18/2018 2:13:00 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: a little elbow grease

Speaking if psychopaths, how do you like this: Enforcing immigration laws is now genocide..

https://mobile.twitter.com/xeni/status/1008445033421258753


18 posted on 06/18/2018 2:13:28 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Because the Left would never want to confess that certain racial groups do things that tend to bring their own problems on. Well, except whites. Those get blamed everywhere.


19 posted on 06/18/2018 2:17:02 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Pseudo-leaders tend to be psycho whatevers. They want a position of manipulation. They’d be shown up by real leaders, of which Donald Trump is one.


20 posted on 06/18/2018 2:18:27 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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