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I wasn’t sure which word to use in the title of this Substack to describe the unique kind of empathy Trump and his MAGA cohorts have. The other terms I considered were obscene, meaing offensive to moral principles, and repugnant. I settled on “perverse” because it was less judgmental. It decribes a person or their actions showing a deliberate and…
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The photo of Pete Hegseth wearing a bathing suit after being in a swim event across the Hudson River is making the rounds on social and regular media. He has a large American flag over his shoulder. In addition to wearing the bathing suit, his displaying the flag is begging for people to pay attention to…
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D. Earl Stephens gets it right in his RawStory essay “Americans get off on hurt, cruelty and revenge — and soulless Trump is their hero.” I read two articles is RawStory prior to deciding to write this. Before reading the essay by D. Earl Stephens (above) I read this: Highlighted below is what struck me as revelatory:…
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Wikipedia used a painting of an innocent Narcissisus enraptured by his visage by Jan Cossiers to illustrate their entry for malignant narcissism. I modified it to show a more malignant version of him. This is the second parapgraph in the Wikipedia entry for malignant narcissism: “Malignant narcissists are grandiose and always ready to raise hostility levels, which undermines the families and organizations in which they…
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