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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDissocial personality disorder
It is characterized by at least 3 of the following:
1. Callous unconcern for the well-being of others.
2. Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations.
3. Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no difficulty in establishing them.
4. Very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence.
5. Incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly punishment.
6. Markedly prone to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for the behavior that has brought the person into conflict with society.
So next time you wonder just who would be drawn to the modern Republican Party.... here they are.
Turbineguy
(37,427 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)people with dissocial personality disorder, my friend.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)It is similar to "antisocial personality disorder" found in the DSM-IV. They both fit the Republican mind like a glove.