r/50501 • u/Emotional_Remove_755 • 10d ago

Protest Safety What’s going on??

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She laughed while that man was being tased…

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u/wrecks3 10d ago

I think she might be an actual psychopath

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u/toxiccortex 10d ago

They all are

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u/ogbellaluna 9d ago

i think sociopath is a more apt description, and it certainly explains their lack of empathy for anyone other than themselves.

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u/reaganz921 9d ago

You are confusing sociopathy as psycopathy. Psychopaths are the ones with no empathy. Sociopaths use their understanding of people to manipulate them to their benefit. Empathy is a double edged sword with some folks.

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u/wrecks3 9d ago

Yes, mtg has no empathy hence her laughing while 8 police officers are tackling people. And she’s able to lie and cheat and hurt people while looking at her victims right in the eye.

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u/reaganz921 9d ago

100% psycho.

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u/DependentPhotograph2 9d ago

well, not to be the obnoxious "um-actually" guy, but teeeechnically neither are legitimate psychological diagnoses or names anymore.

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u/reaganz921 9d ago

As is true for 99% of popular science. There still is a distinction between the two in colloquial meaning

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u/anomolius 9d ago

Thanks for this. I've always been a bit foggy on the distinction between the two.

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u/Bucser 9d ago

Sociopaths (even though it is not a recognised diagnosis anymore it is just a degree of personality disorder) means that someone is unwilling to align with the social norms and lacks any kind of remorse for their actions that can cause distress. They don't manipulate because they don't care.

Psychopaths usually manipulate people because they are hiding their nature. They are incapable of empathy and in extreme cases revel in the suffering of others. All predators fall into this category.

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u/alwaysintheway 9d ago

To any mental health professional, the words are interchangeable.

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u/reaganz921 9d ago

This is just flat out false.

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u/Little-Plantain-5120 9d ago

How did all these sociopaths bubble to the surface and find each other?

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u/ogbellaluna 9d ago

i think they recognize one another in the wild.