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Old 02-02-2017, 12:47 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Case in point.
Again, not once was policy mentioned. It's always about policy.

You lost, get over it.
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Old 02-02-2017, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Yes. Everyone has agendas. Whether they're left or the right. They vote for people that they perceive that best fit their agendas. Right now the right is in charge so their agenda take precedent. They policies take precedent.
You never know, progressives on the right are little different from progressives on the left. Just the hand picked winners and losers are different.
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Old 02-02-2017, 12:51 PM
 
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Characterized by persistent grandiosity, excessive need for admiration, and a disdain and lack of empathy for others. These individuals often display arrogance, a sense of superiority, and power-seeking behaviors. Narcissistic personality disorder is different from having a strong sense of self-confidence; people with NPD typically value themselves over others to the extent that they disregard the feelings and wishes of others and expect to be treated as superior regardless of their actual status or achievements. In addition, people with NPD may exhibit fragile egos, an inability to tolerate criticism, and a tendency to belittle others in an attempt to validate their own superiority.

  • Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
  • Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
  • Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
  • Needing constant admiration from others
  • Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
  • Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
  • Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
  • Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them
  • Pompous and arrogant demeanor


Remind you of anyone?
Wow, that sounds exactly like Hillary point by point. Thank goodness she didn't win.
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Old 02-02-2017, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Transition Island
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Why explain a personality disorder if people are going to deny its existence in Donald Trump. Acceptance of the behavior is making it the norm, and that is the scary part. What does that say about folks who are sane? Are they now the abnormal? How did we get here?

Some professionals mention that the behaviors they have observed are those of a malignant narcissist, and I believe a touch of sociopath is present too. When dating they tell you to look for red flags, these are the personality disorders they warned you about. I find that most people choose to be stupid and will not do their own learning when it comes to knowing about the personality disorders and mental illnesses. The profession finally did remove the "passive aggressive personality, due to many people displaying these behaviors, so it was no longer considered abnormal. Maybe in our society we have created a large percentage of narcs and one day it will just be an acceptable behavior to display here in America, no matter how it looks to the rest of the world. Most of the disorders stem from childhood!
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Old 02-02-2017, 04:31 PM
 
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Why are you still talking about Obama?
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Old 02-02-2017, 04:36 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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[quote=ditchoc;47049114]Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Characterized by persistent grandiosity, excessive need for admiration, and a disdain and lack of empathy for others. These individuals often display arrogance, a sense of superiority, and power-seeking behaviors. Narcissistic personality disorder is different from having a strong sense of self-confidence; people with NPD typically value themselves over others to the extent that they disregard the feelings and wishes of others and expect to be treated as superior regardless of their actual status or achievements. In addition, people with NPD may exhibit fragile egos, an inability to tolerate criticism, and a tendency to belittle others in an attempt to validate their own superiority.

  • Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
  • Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
  • Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
  • Needing constant admiration from others
  • Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
  • Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
  • Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
  • Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them
  • Pompous and arrogant demeanor

^ skims the surface of NPD. The inability to accept criticism is another biggie.

Trump has consistently met all the criteria for NPD, his entire adult life.


The way I see it, it is his strength and weakness.
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Old 02-03-2017, 03:15 AM
 
Location: Glasgow Scotland
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It would take a narcissistic personality to be able to go on a platform and speak to the world.. Im even sure some ministers and priests, doctors,police, military, schoolteachers, lawyers, judges, celebrities , politicians etc too have this personality as do many others who like to dictate, manipulate or give instructions...

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Old 02-03-2017, 07:16 AM
 
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Why explain a personality disorder if people are going to deny its existence in Donald Trump. Acceptance of the behavior is making it the norm, and that is the scary part. What does that say about folks who are sane? Are they now the abnormal? How did we get here?
I didn't deny he might be. I simply pointed out that he isn't the first but few people seemed to have a problem with what came before him.

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Some professionals mention that the behaviors they have observed are those of a malignant narcissist, and I believe a touch of sociopath is present too. When dating they tell you to look for red flags, these are the personality disorders they warned you about. I find that most people choose to be stupid and will not do their own learning when it comes to knowing about the personality disorders and mental illnesses. The profession finally did remove the "passive aggressive personality, due to many people displaying these behaviors, so it was no longer considered abnormal. Maybe in our society we have created a large percentage of narcs and one day it will just be an acceptable behavior to display here in America, no matter how it looks to the rest of the world. Most of the disorders stem from childhood!
I've been pointing out for years the sociopathic actions of our presidents. How they have simply decided to take a "legal" path for murdering people as opposed to one that will get them arrested and locked up.

Bush and Obama are no better than a Ted Bundy. We protested one but then not the other. We should have stopped them. Will Trump be as bad? He isn't starting out so well. Is there anyone not guilty for the actions of those who came earlier in any position to complain? Not many.

To me this is some sort of disorder also. Protest Bush, defend Obama, protest Trump. It's a disorder. It most certainly displays itself the other way also but in this example but for the right it isn't so much the destruction part that is the disorder with them, it's the waste.
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Old 02-03-2017, 07:17 AM
 
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It would take a narcissistic personality to be able to go on a platform and speak to the world.. Im even sure some ministers and priests, doctors,police, military, schoolteachers, lawyers, judges, celebrities , politicians etc too have this personality as do many others who like to dictate, manipulate or give instructions...
This is somewhat true. There is a part of this that is a part of everyone that wants to be in front and lead. There has to be. I don't really have a problem with it until it leads to the death of others.
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Old 02-03-2017, 09:12 AM
 
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Narcissism is the problem with the snowflakes. They only see themselves and their own bubbles, only reflected of themselves.
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