Posted on 11/28/2009 5:37:35 AM PST by no-llmd
Do purely evil individuals exist who can hide their true nature from the rest of the world? And are these individuals drawn into politics as a conduit for dominating an unsuspecting and acquiescent populace?
There is a theory that evil is a pathological disorder. The observation that psychopaths, including sociopaths and narcissists, all exhibit chronically evil behavior is a persuasive argument toward that theory.
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Jeez -- that sounds disturbingly like a John Lennon song.
This description is DEFINITELY Bill Clinton. Which means that the last two Democrats to be President have fit this profile. Jimmy Carter was just a fool that naive Americans managed to elect to office in a fit of sentimentality (come to think of it, they did that with Zero as well).
This article is chillingly accurate, and a pretty good, updated, scientific explanation of why Friedrich Hayek's classic, "The Road to Serfdom" is accurate. Our Founding Fathers had the prescription for what to do if we ever found ourselves subject to this kind of tyranny. They gave us a reset button. Pray we never have to actually use it.
As to your comment about John Lennon's song, if you listen carefully to the words, it sounds pretty quickly like hell on earth. Imagine no possessions? F*ck you, Mr. Lennon.
No, he’s not unprecedented. There are many, in and out of government like him. He’s simply risen to the top for nonsensical reasons.
I believe evil exists. I’m a Christian. Is pathology evil? Yes. But it’s a manifestation of evil, not the definition of evil. I believe there are evil humans beyond the pathological definition. Evil exists because of man’s fall, and there are any number of manifestations of it. That’s just my own opinion, however.
Barry’s Mama didn’t raise him right?
But then again, who did raise him?
Everytime I turn a around the guy has got a new half-sister or step-brother or relation that I had not heard about.
What is up with that?
Forget the Birth Certificate, where is Obama’s family tree?
I remember the first time that I exposed myself as a conservative at a previous job; I rather thoughtlessly replied to the comment of a young coworker who said.
“It’s all good!”
To which I replied, “No, it is not all good.”
My young cohworker took offense to the statement. Several months later he nearly died of an accidental heroin overdose.
Interesting piece. And on the Republican side, Newt Gingrich comes to mind.
Pope John Paul II had become very frail when Pres. Bush visited him at the Vatican. The Pope was surrounded by assistants, but when he began his way down a set of stairs, Bush reached out to steady him. It was a very touching moment to see that our President naturally and without a moment’s hesitation reach out to help a fellow human being.
I say, really ? It's all good ? Child sex slavery ? All good ? Hitler gassing 6 million Jews ? all good ?
I can go on with other examples, but it usually isn't required.People just haven't thought it through.
I have read somewhere that the CIA recruits people with this disorder so that they can be trained as assassins. They can kill people and have no remorse, so they are as close to a machine as you can get.
As well as The Traitor-In-Chief.
There are additional exceptional comments at the link. Thanks for posting this!
a coupla “stretchers” in the article - Bammy didn’t have anything to do with Clinton/Holder’s pardon of biggest-tax-cheat-ever Marc Rich, and “the NYC show trial of self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed” hasn’t happened yet, and might not. Events may intervene, or the White House Weathervane my change his mind.
I recommend People of the Lie by Scott Peck for the clearest definition of evil and its pathological roots.
Hiding a pathological personality from society is NOT easy as this article implies.
The reason it isn't easy is that the psychopath has great difficulty in understanding how people with consciences think. That is akin to a blind (from birth) person imagining what sight must be like...there is simply no language or common analogy for it.
What Obama has done, and done well indeed, is to hide not just his psychopathic tendencies but to hide everything about himself (his past, his school transcripts, his religious beliefs...everything). As he says, he is a blank slate onto which people project their own ideals, visions, hopes, and dreams. He is a "rorschach test"
One other way a psychopath might hide his "illness" is to shelter it behind a religion or belief system that permits its (the pathological illness) great expression without exposing its aberrant nature.
In Obama's case there are several cloaking devices that work to even hide his illness from himself (remember, the person afflicted doesn't believe he is ill...ergo he must choose a path in life that permits huge dollops of denial of the question of his culpability in evil thoughts and deeds).
Here are some of Obama's cloaking devices:
Islam! One can be a muslim and use taqiyyah to hide that fact. A psychopath can nicely shield himself behind an Islamic facade. In fact, as a devout Muslim, he can learn many ways in which his own personal war against life can be defined as simply "jihad". [Note that not all who are muslim are by any means pathological...just that Islam provides easy shelter for those who are.]
Just as Islam is a great shelter for this kind of pathology, liberalism is another.
And what about belonging to a church that preaches G-d D@mn America (an America that is controlled by "rich white people"!). Jeremiah Wright's church is a great place in which to hide one's "pathological rage".
However, after all is said and done...Obama is now president and as such is standing center stage, sweating under the glare of the klieg lights of world curiosity. It is no longer possible to hide himself because he has stepped out from behind his various facades.
If I had to guess (and I guess I do...have to guess that is), Obama is as surprised as the rest of us that he is in the process of being "outed". He wants to run and hide, but his actions tell us all we need to know about him.
Bottom line: Obama (and we) are coming to see that there are only two paths available to Obama at this point.
First, our democracy (republic) will permit his further and complete exposure...subjecting him to ridicule and shame and eventually turning him out ala Jimmy Carter.
Or, second, he will attempt to overthrow that system to prohibit his exposure. He will kill (or at least attempt to kill) free speech and expression. He will outlaw any portrayal of himself and his administration in a negative light.
In the last few weeks, we have seen a change in the tide. Chris Matthews has even been critical. Even Elizabeth Drew (according to Peggy Noonan) has come to realize that 'the president isn't "the person of integrity and even classiness (she and the left) had thought."'
Yep!
IMO, it is just a matter of time before Obama either shatters into brittle shards of glass OR starts to take action of impose his dictatorship.
There is no other way!
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