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Trump Supporters Report Having Higher Levels of Psychopathy, Manipulativeness, Callousness, and NarcissismA study found that Trump supporters report enjoying the pain of others, lacking empathy and having higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism.
The Journal of Research in Personality reported that psychopathic traits and malevolent disposition predicted an increase in conservative political ideology, whereas a benevolent disposition predicted decreased conservative ideology, which is to sway more liberal ideology.
Conservative ideology was represented by symbolic and operational ideology and positive view of Trump.
The study found psychopathic traits and malevolent disposition predicted increased conservative political ideology, whereas Benevolent disposition predicted decreased conservative ideology--i.e., more liberal ideology.
It was really quite simple and rather discouraging: Those viewing Trump favorably reported elevated malevolent and reduced benevolent dispositions, and less empathy.
https://www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/trump-supporters-report-having-higher
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11 Bravo
(24,190 posts)underpants
(192,412 posts)Thanks.
peggysue2
(12,113 posts)Just observational skills.
reACTIONary
(6,667 posts)... science on your side.
peggysue2
(12,113 posts)😊
Ligyron
(7,978 posts)William Seger
(11,773 posts)For many years, my description of a typical "conservative" has been: A narrow-minded, short-sighted, self-centered, mean-spirited, callous, reactionary bigot.
Major assholes.
cadoman
(1,617 posts)The MAGAt life philosophy is rooted in gluttony and hate.
Additionally they all have inferiority complexes and never celebrate the achievements of others.
kerry-is-my-prez
(10,121 posts)They hate and envy smarty-pants liberals because they believe the stereotypical image and perceive us to be elitists who went to good colleges and eat avocado toast and go to Starbucks.
mwmisses4289
(1,957 posts)(whether they were elite or not probably depends on what your parents could afford. So did a lot of repuke cons, though they work hard at lying about it.
And as a librul, I'm proud to eat avacado toast and go to Starbucks (or other mom and pop type coffee shops)!
littlemissmartypants
(29,151 posts)soldierant
(8,869 posts)I don't think they are capable of being happy - certainly not aw we understand happinss.
PatSeg
(50,831 posts)then they would just have to find another group to hate, which they would do rather quickly. They really don't hate one particular thing about liberals or women or minorities or LGBT people, they just have an innate desire to hate someone so they look for reasons.
Perhaps if they were more secure, they wouldn't have this need to blame others for their problems, though I think in many cases, hating has just become a habit, a way of life. It seems to feed them.
Ray Bruns
(5,524 posts)
perfessor
(323 posts)Water is wet.
Ocelot II
(126,764 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,484 posts)sop
(15,696 posts)What's most troubling is many politically conservative people are quite proud of their malevolence.
pandr32
(13,349 posts)mwmisses4289
(1,957 posts)Don't know that we really needed a study for that, but it is nice that at least one study confrms what many of us already suspected.
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JoseBalow
(8,248 posts)
Cha
(313,861 posts)Pathological Liar that Accuses everyone else of whatever the fuck he's doing and so does his stupid Cult. .
JoseBalow
(8,248 posts)The dumb leading the dumb, usually off a cliff.
Ping Tung
(3,437 posts)Maraya1969
(23,333 posts)retreat, (a type of spirituality). We both spent $1,000 for the retreat and rented an Air B and B. It was only Fri. night Sat and Sunday morning. Apparently she was mad at me for me commenting on her weight, (I realise it was not right). Anyway, Sunday came and I woke up about 10:30 and she was gone. The retreat started about 9am.
When I spoke to her she said she "Tried to wake me but I wouldn't wake up" Total bullshit! And that morning cost $250. Plus she left the rental early and went somewhere, (I don't know)
I know she did it on purpose. She is passive aggressive and was mad at me for the things I said. And I wasn't really mean. I was concerned.
She is a Trump supporter. And she has a real hateful side. But of course both her and her husband are "Christians".
I need her in my life like I need another hole in my head.
I don't remember doing anything specific to hurt someone. That doesn't mean I have not hurt people, it means I have not set out to do that. She isn't like that.
mwb970
(11,929 posts)littlemissmartypants
(29,151 posts)We didn't really need a study, but it helps to have numbers to throw like daggers.
Mike 03
(18,683 posts)call somebody a douchebag narcissist asshole.
If only I had a dime for every useless, space-wasting post of somebody saying "We already knew this..." or "Gee, I predicted this months ago" or "Who is surprised by this..."?
BadgerMom
(3,290 posts)deplorables?
aggiesal
(10,272 posts)Just talking to any MAGA supporter, you'd figure that out in the 1st words they speak.
DeeDeeNY
(3,809 posts)This reminds me of the study a few years ago that concluded viewers of right-wing media not only had much less factual knowledge than Democrats, but the more they watched or listened to Fox News or NewsMax they knew even less!
Irish_Dem
(73,476 posts)This study confirms what we see every day.
The greatest moral collapse in US history.
cstanleytech
(27,890 posts)wolfie001
(5,949 posts)All hateful rePUKES. Basically, told them all to go eff themselves and if they come around to common sense, they can contact me. I don't see that happening.
barbtries
(30,679 posts)Because it's so obviously true. #MassSociopathy
spudspud
(605 posts)Sounds like they're describing demons, lol.
chouchou
(2,268 posts)...disease and take months to die having pain every second. (Do I really have to put the sarcasm thing here?)
sakabatou
(45,235 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(127,772 posts)Mike 03
(18,683 posts)Melon
(716 posts)found the few republicans I have known in my adult life (not my parents though) are particularly manipulative. Had a boyfriend in my twenties that was this way.
Blue Owl
(57,136 posts)eppur_se_muova
(39,774 posts)Gimpyknee
(532 posts)Hillary had no idea of how many deplorables there actuary are.
FuzzyDicePHL
(730 posts)...my surprised face.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,364 posts)Or can I still seek and destroy? Ok, maybe not seek and destroy but at least point and tease. And then laugh at them for being idiots.
And if they're predisposed, would that make them all DEI hires.
Rstrstx
(1,606 posts)intrepidity
(8,398 posts)3Hotdogs
(14,472 posts)Am I psychotic?
Please help.
mdbl
(7,221 posts)I already knew all of this. Whenever I hear one talk about how awful people are, I just hold a mirror up to them.
Lokee11
(375 posts)
✊FDT!
kairos12
(13,391 posts)who put magnifying glasses on ant hills to watch them burn. Now they hold the glass on us.
kimbutgar
(25,883 posts)Plus hes a racist.
LiberalBear
(27 posts)"judge me by what I do not what I say"... I did not need a study to come to this conclusion.
EnergizedLib
(2,699 posts)BadGimp
(4,095 posts)
They needed a study to learn this?
Paladin
(31,464 posts)Our enemies need to know just how serious things are at this point---maintaining pleasant relationships with them just prolongs the Godawful situation we're in.
HappyLarge
(66 posts)Greedy, cruel bigots are assholes.