If you’ve ever known a particular type of abusive person, this is a pretty standard tactic. Information I don’t want you to say is “lies,” and if you say it, I will attack you. Information I want you to say is “the truth.” These categories are extremely consistent and play a pivotal role in the abuse; if you view the terminology in that light, a lot of things (like not even pretending there is some factual backing needed for the claim of “an inaccurate attack”) start to make sense.
Oh yeah, there’s some research pointing towards conservatives being more likely to have dark triad personality traits (see for example this article) so this isn’t very surprising
Reading stuff about abusers gets me freshly enraged all over again. I wish we had classes on recognizing abuse in schools. Maybe some classes on media literacy, that’d be helpful too.
If you’ve ever known a particular type of abusive person, this is a pretty standard tactic. Information I don’t want you to say is “lies,” and if you say it, I will attack you. Information I want you to say is “the truth.” These categories are extremely consistent and play a pivotal role in the abuse; if you view the terminology in that light, a lot of things (like not even pretending there is some factual backing needed for the claim of “an inaccurate attack”) start to make sense.
Oh yeah, there’s some research pointing towards conservatives being more likely to have dark triad personality traits (see for example this article) so this isn’t very surprising
That article could just be titled “Who is Donald Trump”
Yeah funny how conservatives tend to gravitate towards leaders like that…
Based on research over 12 years old. Must be so much worse now.
Probably yeah, it’s not like conservatives have been getting less unhinged
Reading stuff about abusers gets me freshly enraged all over again. I wish we had classes on recognizing abuse in schools. Maybe some classes on media literacy, that’d be helpful too.
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It’s straight up narcissism. There is nothing unique about Trump’s methods. He follows the narcissist playbook perfectly.