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How to Spot a Sociopath | The Daily Beast


Yesterday, while I was watching George Zimmerman’s interview from last year with Sean Hannity, I began asking myself, “How do you spot a sociopath?”

M. E. Thomas describes herself as a cutthroat attorney who sailed through law school without much effort, landed a position at a prestigious law firm, and then became a professor. She also claims to fantasize about murder, drops friends when their personal problems get in the way of her fun, and plots ways to “ruin people” in her spare time. She straddles a fine line between success and failure, with the traits that have gotten her ahead simultaneously contributing to her periodic downfalls…

…In her new book, Confessions of a Sociopath, Thomas, writing under a pseudonym that pokes fun at her narcissism, removes her mask of carefully crafted personality traits in an attempt to prove that sociopathy is not simply a disorder of serial killers but one that exists on a spectrum, plaguing to varying degrees a large portion of successful, apparently well-adjusted people. 

via How to Spot a Sociopath (Hint: It Could Be You) – The Daily Beast.

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Keith “Maggie” Brown
I am a PhD student in Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas-Denton. I began my vocation through a nine year apprenticeship with my mentor, Richard M. Owsley. I can be found around Denton troubling students and professors about this and that. A fringe scholar wandering the borderlands between the Academy and the World, I love the hell out of Socrates and Yoda while tending to act like William S. Burroughs and Jaba the Hut. My current projects include studies of the Dào Dé Jing, the intersection of Karl Jaspers’ periechontology with Tarot, and the challenge of queering existential hermeneutics.
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6 responses to “How to Spot a Sociopath | The Daily Beast”

  1. Anthony Avatar
    Anthony

    Thank you Keith…I’ve always wanted to be sure I wasn’t the only one listening to Hannity…is he this generation’s Maury?

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    1. Keith Wayne Brown Avatar
      Keith Wayne Brown

      Probably so. I rarely listen to him. I have to admit that he gets me riled up. But I am far, far left, so I rarely listen to any of the media on a regular basis for the same reason. But I stay informed and keep up with a little bit from everybody. Do you listen to him much?

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  2. Dr. Rex Avatar
    Dr. Rex

    Thank you for this posting. I hadn’t heard GZ speak ever!! Reblog … http://hrexach.wordpress.com/

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    1. Keith Wayne Brown Avatar
      Keith Wayne Brown

      Thanks for reposting. Yeah, I had not either before the other evening.

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  3. Dr. Rex Avatar
    Dr. Rex

    Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
    And he speaks …. to Sean Hannity. Way before the trial!

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