Just for fun, I was looking at personality theory. Does this remind you of anyone you know of?

[MissMarple]

Anyone at all? And I have looked at people I know personally through this lens, scary stufff, indeed. Of course, you can easily guess the obvious sicko/psycho nominees.

"Conventionalism -- uncritical acceptance of social conventions and the rules of authority figures; adherence to the traditional and accepted
Authoritarian Submission -- unqualified submission to authorities and authority figures
Authoritarian Aggression -- hostility toward individuals or groups disliked by authorities, especially those who threaten or violate traditional values
Intellectual hollowness -- rejection of the subtle, subjective, imaginative and aesthetic; little or no introspection
Superstition and Stereotypy -- ready acceptance of pseudoscience as truth, cliché, categorization; ethnic and religious prejudice; fatalistic determinism
Power and Toughness -- identification with those in power; excessive emphasis on socially advocated ego qualities; rejection of gentleness; contempt for the weak, unpopular, and powerless
Destructiveness and Cynicism -- general hostility, lust for violence, extreme pessimism, view of the world as a dangerous place
Projectivity -- belief in the overwhelming power of evil in the world, even in natural phenomena, and to project unconscious emotional impulses outward
Sex -- undue concern with the methods of reproduction and sexual activity

The authors of the study expected a positive correlation between results on the F-scale and being marked by conservatism, ethnocentrism and anti-Semitism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian_personality

[DCKit]

1. Jeebus, does everyone know my family???? n/t

[MissMarple]

2. Very funny.

:rofl:

[Gman]

3. Science is establishing that these people are clinically nuts

[MN ChimpH8R]

4. Sounds like a pocket diagnosis of

the genetic sewage over in Fweeperland and the Chimpoleonic maladministration.

In all seriousness, people with this mindset are extraordinarily dangerous and yes, they are seriously mentally pathological. None less than John Dean pointed this out in his most recent book.

[MissMarple]

5. And I always thought being an authoritarian was just a regular description.

It appears I was quite underestimating the word, it is a pathology.

[NashVegas]

6. Jackals. There's Just No Other Term

I've finally concluded there is no other word to describe someone, whether it be the average Freeper or a celeb like Ann Coulter, Rush, et al, who carries water for the RW junta.


1. any of several nocturnal wild dogs of the genus Canis, esp. C. aureus, of Asia and Africa, that scavenge or hunt in packs.
2. a person who performs dishonest or base deeds as the follower or accomplice of another.
3. a person who performs menial or degrading tasks for another.