To: Red Boots
And you make an excellent point with respect to the pathology of this group and their avoidance of conflict. They seem to view the world through a "good" and "bad" dichotomy that reflects the ethos taught to pre-schoolers. Unfortunately, when these people deny reality (and the evil in the world) they fail to capture the innocence of a childlike view of the world, but instead reveal their childish tendencies to stamp their feet and lash out at what they are unable and unwilling to understand. Conflict aversion indeed, at least until the adults of the world don't give them what they want.
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02/24/2003 9:16:04 PM PST by
citizenK
To: citizenK
You know- you're right about the conflict aversion being only part of the picture- it does get replaced with violence when they don't get their way. That seems to fit the narcissistic pattern of behavior: charm, agreement,self-righteousness; dissolving into anger and then violence when the narcissist is not acknowledged. I think that was part of your original point,wasn't it?. I just now got it. Thanks for the postings, it's been fun.
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