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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

more likely to have dark triad personality traits

That article could just be titled "Who is Donald Trump"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah funny how conservatives tend to gravitate towards leaders like that…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Based on research over 12 years old. Must be so much worse now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Probably yeah, it's not like conservatives have been getting less unhinged

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

For my mother, her favorite particular accusation currently is “Marxist Script”. Everything she doesn’t like is from a “Marxist script”. Of course, when I ask her from which of Marx’s works is this so-called “script“ that talks about Donald Trump being a racist, she launches into even more insults.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's straight up narcissism. There is nothing unique about Trump's methods. He follows the narcissist playbook perfectly.