tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3123191963740636261..comments2024-03-28T19:57:21.112-04:00Comments on the daily howler: MENTAL STATES: Is Donald J. Trump a sociopath?<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-73988886841870572072021-07-27T23:32:50.648-04:002021-07-27T23:32:50.648-04:00
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Of course I agree with you that black lives m...Mao,<br />Of course I agree with you that black lives matter. What sentient human being wouldn't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84775573317584843572019-08-13T09:27:31.475-04:002019-08-13T09:27:31.475-04:00Just because Somerby repeats Right-wing memes on a...Just because Somerby repeats Right-wing memes on a daily basis, doesn't mean he's a Trump apologist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37630310426370980322019-08-13T00:58:53.244-04:002019-08-13T00:58:53.244-04:00I wasn't diagnosing anyone, my dear dembot. Wh...I wasn't diagnosing anyone, my dear dembot. What I said was that dembot-hack's description sounds more like autism than sociopathy. <br /><br />And, y'know, to misunderstand the short and perfectly straightforward phrase above, ... well, why don't you diagnose yourself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-53041283324871739062019-08-12T23:05:33.719-04:002019-08-12T23:05:33.719-04:00@6:47P, it requires reading for comprehension, som...@6:47P, it requires reading <i>for comprehension</i>, something you're not doing if you think TDH is a "Trump apologist."deadrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828198094140822987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20435894085418207472019-08-12T20:46:22.591-04:002019-08-12T20:46:22.591-04:00#MeToo#MeTooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67288169968465711472019-08-12T20:25:04.836-04:002019-08-12T20:25:04.836-04:00“If a Trump person released it, that was very poor...“If a Trump person released it, that was very poor judgment. If a news organization released it, then it might have been poor judgment or it might have been maliciousness.”<br /><br />Yeah, it would be shameful for a news organization to release an unflattering photo of a fucking sociopath. “Maliciousness”? You just exposed yourself, DinC. You know this photo is disagreeable, and exactly why. <br /><br />“Sociopathy is an informal term that refers to a pattern of antisocial behaviors and attitudes, including manipulative and deceitful behavior, often arising from environmental factors.”<br /><br />Yeah, we know what the environmental factors are, and will continue to be. Trump only cares about one person: Himself. Started at an early age, I’m sure.<br /><br />Fuck that motherfucker, and fuck all of the commenters who have imagined Bob is somehow an enabler. And especially, fuck all defenders of Trump. Looking at you, DinC. Mao can also take a powder, he’s just a poseur.<br />Kratiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23173072691058538672019-08-12T18:53:49.180-04:002019-08-12T18:53:49.180-04:00Autism, yet another diagnosis from afar. Are you p...Autism, yet another diagnosis from afar. Are you perhaps aware that folks on the internet similarly diagnosed his son, Barron? More than mild autism would explain his inability to read, his lack of sense of humor, his rages, his inability to have a normal relationship with anyone, and his focus on irrelevant details (carpet samples). But so would other diagnostic labels. That's the problem. You need someone qualified to do a differential diagnosis to figure out which syndrome best fits his behavior. Clearly something is wrong with him, majorly wrong, but figuring out what is the job of professionals.<br /><br />Your preoccupation with zombies is getting a little weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60459404641631777312019-08-12T18:47:44.439-04:002019-08-12T18:47:44.439-04:00How can I prejudge Somerby when I've been read...How can I prejudge Somerby when I've been reading this blog since it started and the previous one before that?<br /><br />If you doubt that Somerby has changed and is now a Trump apologist, go back and read his incomparable archives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-21494272698706089882019-08-12T14:42:44.453-04:002019-08-12T14:42:44.453-04:00I wonder if Mao was invited to the Hamptons last w...I wonder if Mao was invited to the Hamptons last week, where Donald J Chickenshit, Acting President, met with his economically anxious East Coast elite mega-donors? mmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68619590203962451762019-08-12T14:17:40.018-04:002019-08-12T14:17:40.018-04:00Congratulations on being named the head of the Bla...Congratulations on being named the head of the Black Lives Matter movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39392325888781888792019-08-12T13:48:04.480-04:002019-08-12T13:48:04.480-04:00"He's incapable of experiencing or showin..."He's incapable of experiencing or showing empathy."<br /><br />Incidentally, dear Bob, real psychos, people incapable of <i>experiencing</i> empathy (e.g. your zombie cult's great leader, the old psycho-witch) are <i>extremely good at showing</i> empathy. <br /><br />Indeed, that is how psychos operate, playing their 'super-empathic' roles without any awkwardness at all. <br /><br />What your dembot-hack is describing in the quote above, it sound more like a very mild <i>autism</i>, typical for a large number of (non-zombie) humans...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41850762159840646232019-08-12T13:25:21.285-04:002019-08-12T13:25:21.285-04:00Yes, that was a terrible photo. It shouldn't h...Yes, that was a terrible photo. It shouldn't have been made public. Two questions<br />1. Who took that photo?<br />2. Who decided to release it?<br /><br />If a Trump person released it, that was very poor judgment. If a news organization released it, then it might have been poor judgement or it might have been maliciousness.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82154386766935717782019-08-12T13:13:17.132-04:002019-08-12T13:13:17.132-04:00You write with a bias, pre-judging Bob with an ani...You write with a bias, pre-judging Bob with an animus that handicaps your ability to properly understand whatever Bob writes. To think that Bob seeks to "justify" Trump, and thereby "condone" him, which is what it seems to be that you are saying (of course, I could be wrong), is stupid. "Man, you a idiot!" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47918262307212181122019-08-12T12:24:45.693-04:002019-08-12T12:24:45.693-04:00Sick burn.Sick burn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62803216990593483472019-08-12T12:00:54.064-04:002019-08-12T12:00:54.064-04:00Here goes Somerby with his “S”-bombs again. Here goes Somerby with his “S”-bombs again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-80960660956949435112019-08-12T11:13:53.395-04:002019-08-12T11:13:53.395-04:00On Friday, Somerby asked if Trump is a white supre...On Friday, Somerby asked if Trump is a white supremacist. Today, he asks if Trump is a sociopath. Somerby is uncertain about the answer to the first, and leans towards the affirmative about the second. <br /><br />Why can’t he be both?<br /><br />Trump is clearly appealing to racists ; he is a race-baiter. He employs Stephen Miller, and Gorka and Bannon were close advisers. These men are white supremacist/white nationalist ideologues. That makes Trump at the very least an enabler of white supremacy. But at some point, the distinction between an enthusiastic enabler of white supremacy and being a white supremacist becomes functionally nonexistent. <br /><br />Whether Trump is a sociopath or not does not prevent him from also being a white nationalist. Sociopathy, whatever Somerby thinks it means, does not absolve anyone of responsibility for one’s actions. <br /><br />It’s also unclear why “white supremacist” is a label that should be avoided, at least according to Somerby, but “sociopath” should be embraced, despite his own admission that “As far as we know, "sociopathy" isn't sanctioned as a diagnostic term within modern psychiatry.” Couple this with his view that journalists shouldn’t call Trump a liar because they don’t know his intent or inner mental state, and you have a textbook definition of hypocrisy, since “Trump is a sociopath” is equally speculative by this definition. <br /><br />Given all this, there isn’t much practical difference between calling Trump a white supremacist and calling him a sociopath. They are both just insulting “epithets” if you buy Somerby’s line of thinking. <br /><br />It must also be borne in mind that the “sociopath” Trump has great appeal to his many fans, and he is being enabled in his sociopathy by an administration and a political party in lockstep behind him. Does that make them sociopaths as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91833551796494524362019-08-12T10:57:40.239-04:002019-08-12T10:57:40.239-04:00Mao, being a troll, you have the dark triad of nar...Mao, being a troll, you have the dark triad of narcissism, Machiavellianism and sociopathy. Owning it doesn't make you human, it just demonstrates why you are a troll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71276290468838188442019-08-12T10:53:49.282-04:002019-08-12T10:53:49.282-04:00No politician visiting the site of a shooting woul...No politician visiting the site of a shooting would just wing it, reacting according to his or her feelings, doing whatever came to mind. They would have a schedule and a plan and prepared remarks, and years of practice interacting with people in a variety of circumstances.<br /><br />Trump is unqualified to be president and lacks that preparation, but beyond that, he won't listen to his staff and he won't follow any plan for engaging with others in any political context. He says the wrong thing when meeting the Queen of England, when meeting with world leaders such as Abe and Trudeau, and he says the wrong things to workers at factories. So why do anything differently in this recent situation?<br /><br />Trump forces all meetings into a single framework of campaigning. He issues slogans and attacks at state functions and he makes self-aggrandizing statements and gives a thumbs up, campaign-style, when meeting with mourners. Because that is what he does in all public situations, because he is too stupid or lazy to change his approach to fit the context. And he has shown this repeatedly. But is it the result of mental illness or does he lack the flexibility and cognitive resources to understand what is happening and respond accordingly. This could be signs of advancing dementia, not narcissism or antisocial personality. That's why it is wrong to try to diagnose him this way. It is enough to say that he behaves badly, which he does.<br /><br />Somerby used to be the guardian of public figures against mindreading by journalists. Now he applauds it. Why? What makes this situation different? Is he trying to generate sympathy for Trump or is he trying to absolve him or is he trying to catch liberals in an impermissible act and will spring out of the bushes and shout Gotcha at some future point? Somerby is behaving very inconsistently and it is unclear what today's article means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78844453981688500182019-08-12T10:42:12.990-04:002019-08-12T10:42:12.990-04:00Somerby is not qualified to diagnose anyone and ne...Somerby is not qualified to diagnose anyone and neither is Brooks, nor is Andrew Sullivan.<br /><br />No reputable psychiatrist or clinical psychologist would diagnose someone at a distance like this. They would do an appropriate assessment before issuing a statement -- to the person involved, not the press.<br /><br />When pundits or members of the press speculate like this, it is a stunt, a political ploy, a motivated attack on the president that needs to be evaluated for what it is, not taken at face value. The general public cannot evaluate the truth of Brooks's remark or of Somerby's. It has no value except to indicate a negative attitude toward Trump.<br /><br />I believe that negative attitude is fully justified on the basis of his actions, which are reprehensible. But when you attribute psychological conditions to Trump, you backhandedly malign other people who may have such a diagnosis. There are many sociopaths and narcissists who do not behave like our president, are not white supremacists, don't borrow orphans for photo ops, run businesses and try to do right by their employees, families and friends. Trump's misbehavior is his own and not the result of his psychopathology, as if he had no control over his behavior.<br /><br />Somerby's repeated attempts to excuse Trump based on psychological mindreading that he doesn't understand, is not proper journalism and stinks on a human level. There is nothing about sociopathy that dictates the extreme cruelty he has displayed toward immigrants and the mess he has made of our government.<br /><br />Somerby needs to rethink this attempt to justify Trump's action based on mental illness and understand that mental illness doesn't cause criminal behavior, nor does it excuse it, and Trump is going down for his actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61971241073411437962019-08-12T10:34:07.750-04:002019-08-12T10:34:07.750-04:00You cannot deal with psychologial states -- you mu...You cannot deal with psychologial states -- you must deal with behavior. For whatever reason, Trump did a poor job of consoling the grieving survivors of that shooting. It is enough to say that his performed badly as President without also attributing it to a mental state, whether sociopathy or prejudice against the Mexican-American survivors or narcissism. It doesn't matter what his reasons were or what his personality is like. It matters what he does as president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71536898097801215822019-08-12T10:25:52.533-04:002019-08-12T10:25:52.533-04:00"That said, the term is in widespread informa..."That said, the term is in widespread informal use."<br /><br />Yeah, sure. These days, dear Bob, this particular slur seems to be directed at those who don't belong to your liberal-zombie cult. At the human beings. <br /><br />So, please consider me one of them, the "sociopaths". And whatever else slurs you and your zombie comrades might want to use for us infidels - I'd be always proud to be in that category. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com