tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5629859036191291080..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Psychopathy And Sociopathy And Where To Find ThemFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-65559494341788730112017-03-27T13:18:01.799-04:002017-03-27T13:18:01.799-04:00We are nothing to those who count us on their side...We are nothing to those who count us on their side of the chess board. Those who see us as in the other camp(s) see us as less than nothing.. deplorable, if you will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-34505069632722243212017-03-27T13:10:50.847-04:002017-03-27T13:10:50.847-04:00"There are worse afflictions than having a sm..."There are worse afflictions than having a smart wife with no governor on her mouth"<br />At times this is one of God's great blessings too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-37073114487238862422017-03-26T02:06:41.104-04:002017-03-26T02:06:41.104-04:00Well said! Well said! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41477583780724527652017-03-24T15:09:39.475-04:002017-03-24T15:09:39.475-04:00It's worth noting that too much empathy can be...It's worth noting that too much empathy can be a problem too. It's fascinating, because the sociopath can easy use a man's empathy against him, to make him serve the sociopath. This is a common Leftist tactic, and one of the reasons Socialism continues to be the perennial weed in the sociopolitical garden.<br /><br />"You have no empathy if you don't like Socialism," says the man with no empathy.<br /><br />As with most things in life, there is some kind of a balance. A point at which you can avoid the pathological states of sociopathy and psychopathy, but also avoid becoming a gullible fool.<br /><br />Christ shows the way to navigate this, I think. To be firm when you must, and to take the long view.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-84247239222997424402017-03-24T11:50:59.618-04:002017-03-24T11:50:59.618-04:00Francis, I believe that any person over 40 or 50 y...Francis, I believe that any person over 40 or 50 years old, who had read Heinlein, Rand, C.S. Lewis or many other authors. . .<br /><br />anyone who has gone to bed thinking, "What the heck?" and realized that the idea of a beneficent dictator is a fantasy. . .<br /><br />anyone who watches the smarmy, smirky media of MSNBC, Comedy Central and PBS, or even the laughing, shallow analysis of CNBC or Fox. . . <br /><br />anyone who has faced the lesser aspects of their own self. . .<br /><br />anyone who has listened to Bill Whittle, Victor Davis Hanson, Winston Churchill or any other grown-up. . . <br /><br />knows that all of us have socio- or psychopathic tendencies. We HOPE we temper them with goodness, but know in our hearts we may come up short.<br /><br />And it's real easy to extrapolate from that that there are very few politicians, commentators, journalists or celebrities who are so intelligent, pure of heart or self-aware that they can speak without bias, self-interest and self-aggrandizement. We all suspected at some point that governments, finance and society itself are a house of cards. They only exist because of trust, faith, a willful suspension of disbelief, and the determination that the card house - built upon shared trust and faith - is better than any alternative.<br /><br />The scary thing is that society as a whole (at least here in the West, from what I can see) AND our media, politicians and culture seem to recognize our "-pathies" (patheticness?) and use them, rail against them, make excuses for them, joke about them and exacerbate them. And all this discourse is like saying, "See? We know we're shallow, callous, lost, and maybe the cog in some impersonal machine that first got written about decades ago. But, hey! Life goes on and it's not so bad, is it?" "Sure they spy on us, break laws with impunity, grab more power and corrupt what we thought we believed in. But beliefs change, right? And hey! It's human nature!"<br /><br />We're reflecting on our shortcomings and the frailty of the belief in the house of cards while offering NOTHING to shore things up.<br /><br />Not religion.<br />Not ethnicity.<br />Not History.<br />Not nationalism.<br />Not intelligence.<br />Not science or the perceptions of our own experience.<br />Not tradition or standards of ethical behavior .<br /><br />Just, "Hey, we're all in this together and things may suck [without saying who or how or why] but let's all hold hands and be loving and together while we face the future," which we're told is abysmal, but somehow, being a "community" is gonna make it better. <br /><br />Tim Turnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-11665423809731337782017-03-24T11:39:48.896-04:002017-03-24T11:39:48.896-04:00Sociopathy has roots in solipsism. It is easy to d...Sociopathy has roots in solipsism. It is easy to dismiss the rights of others if, at least subconsciously, one believes only himself to be real.<br /><br />To such a man, people, politics, economies, whole nations... they are like nothing more than a video game. A score card. An experience for their benefit. You and I are seen as NPCs in an RPG. Entertainment in the Grand Game.<br /><br />I keep saying it, but I must reiterate again: this will come to war. It must come to war. Because only when the sociopath himself suffers pain will he come to realize the truth. He must be made to fear us, and through that fear, respect our rights, not because he sees us as real people -- he never will -- but because he knows that he will suffer if he does not.<br /><br />A normal man is motivated by both pleasure and pain. Carrot and stick. But for the sociopath, only the stick is capable of reaching him. The carrot is just Danegeld to the Dane.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-48320603917719441612017-03-24T10:48:11.525-04:002017-03-24T10:48:11.525-04:00AMEN!AMEN!Christian Mountaineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718213506187103102noreply@blogger.com