I'm not going to hold my breath.

We're dealing with a population of psychopaths. I recommend learning how to spot them. Because the first rule of self-defense is situational awareness.

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

RESIST!! ✊️

soldierant

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7. Yes - it's interesting historically that

Reply to dcmfox (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:01 AM

Oct 14

what the Jesuits were accused of being in the 17th century (Readers Digest version - all about "the end justifies the means" - and if you want to see what that was believed to look like, read "The Man in the Iron Mask. Conspiracy theories are so often wrong I don't really take that seriously, but if there was anything in it, the Jesuits have long since abjured it) is what "Christian Nationalists" have in fact become in the 21st century. Well, actually the 20th century - a lot of this goes back to Reagan. Sigh. I hope the human race will grow up eventually. I most certainly will not live to see it.

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