Sad to say all of this is true, and even crazier things happened in the years after.
Having an ambitious narcissist for a parent is exhausting. It's highs and lows with almost no periods of normalcy, and where the abuse from being gaslighted, guilted and bullied is constant. 🧵
When you have a family member who's ill like my mother is (histrionic personality disorder coupled with extreme narcissism), it's almost like living in a fog of confusion, because fairness, truth and integrity don't matter. They're masters at running a racket — it's all a facade.
Dec 18, 2020 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
In 2016, Dr. Kevin Dutton of Oxford University ranked US president-elect Donald Trump as "above Adolf Hitler" on a standard scale used to measure psychopathy in adults.
Here's some examples (of many).
The Hare Psychopathy test is 20 questions (a thread) minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Hare-P…
“What makes psychopaths different from all others is the remarkable ease with which they lie, the pervasiveness of their deception, and the callousness with which they carry it out.” —Robert Hare
Nov 9, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
There's a term in the world of information security called 'penetration testing', where an ethical hacker employs numerous tactics to identify the vulnerabilities of a computer (or a network, building, etc.). The objective is to find all of the ways a system can be exploited. 1/4
Thinking about the loss and suffering due to the many destructive actions/efforts by Trump's administration, I can't help but feel that it's our government's fault. Trump was able to tear our nation apart, because we hadn't identified these vulnerabilities preemptively. 2/4
