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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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Identity is actually formed more by things that you are not than things you are. Trump won because we was not Hilary Clinton and all she represented. He also was not Jeb Bush. He was a trustfund billionaire narcissist that was guilty of several instances of grift. But him being that was less important than him not being Hilary Clinton.
But yea -- not everyone is charging the capital and convinced Trump is fighting evil pedos either. I was explaining those types moreso than a guy that just didn't want Hilary Clinton to be president and thought he might help shake things up in Washington.
Many Trump supporters would agree he can, has, and will make mistakes. But to admit he basically threw tantrum about the election (or is just that manipulative) -- that's at odds with many people's identity. They are winners, that win and don't lose and whine. But they have just spent 4 years becoming increasingly identified with a movement centered around Trump the individual. It's much easier to believe him at that point.
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Ya good points
Some of his negatives I don’t personally care as much about as other people might. Narcissist? Well I can identify with that, I have narcissistic tendencies. Part of the reason I don’t have kids is I always fear they would never have priority over myself. But I do donate to charity, and have gone way out of my way to help others including putting myself at risk of injury to break up fights. I always assume my death is likely going to be getting shot trying to intervene in a public dv situation (I won’t intervene if I know there’s a gun but the people who die didn’t know). So narcissists can still be capable of empathy and acts of selflessness. And one quality that narcissists have that an extremely empathic person tends to lack is assertiveness. An empath is going to always be concerned about how their actions make the other person feel, and so they are going to typically be not very good at standing up for themselves. And that’s a personal weakness no matter how you slice it
In regards to the trust fund thing…it still takes a certain mindset to be able to hang onto money. I forget what % of pro athletes and lottery winners end up broke but it’s way up there. I always think that being rich or being poor is more of a state of mind than a reflection of your current assets
09-28-2021, 04:12 PM
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