This guy is probably a sociopath. Those of you have never been swindled by one, you always ask, “Who would fall for it?” The answer is that we all would.
Sociopaths can con virtually anyone, including those who are trained to spot one. Sociopaths gravitate towards respected, caring places – churches, the medical profession, charities. Ted Bundy worked on a suicide prevention hot line.
Did this guy use his snake-like knowledge of human nature to tailor his scam to leftists and their biases? Most certainly. But conservatives can be charmed by a sociopath just as much as these squishy minded leftists.
Just FYI – the characteristics of a sociopath are a superficial charm, habitual lying, hyper activity, sexual promiscuity, the ability to talk their way out of trouble, and most of all a total insensitivity to the feelings of others. They’re cold on the inside but appear warm on the outside. Since they are so charming, when they do something totally cold we, the normal people, cannot reconcile the two opposites and so we give them a second chance. Or we give them a thousand chances. The biggest mistake we make about sociopaths to think that they are like us. They’re not. We wonder how can anyone so cool and so nice do such terrible things. We can understand people doing terrible things, but not such social and likeable people. We understand that all of us can do bad things, but when we do we know that we’re angry or under stress, and that our anger shows. Sociopaths can do things that are downright evil and not be angry, not be under stress. This challenges how we think about people and about ourselves.
It’s not surprising that people still believe this sociopath. That’s how they are. They seldom get into trouble.
One sign that you’re dealing with a sociopath is if they do things that hurt you and yet you find yourself feeling sorry for them.
I hope someone gets something useful out of this.
