From: Dace (edace@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue 03 Dec 2002 - 03:34:23 GMT
> From: Jon Gilbert <jjj@io.com>
>
> >How long have you been on this list, Jon?
>
> Admittedly a short time.
So you have no idea what you're talking about. Joe is a psychologically
violent person with plenty of time on his hands, and we're trying to deal
with this problem in a calm, constructive manner. It's hard enough to
openly criticize a "serial bully" without some guy who has no clue as to
what's going on telling us we're not being nice.
Joe is an obvious, over-the-top sociopath. You don't need to be a
psychiatrist or even a licensed mental health practitioner to figure that
out. All it takes is a good background in abnormal psychology. The
definitive text on personality disorders remains Otto Kernberg's *Borderline
Conditions & Pathological Narcissism* (1975). There's also plenty of good
material on the web. Here's a useful discussion:
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bully/serial.htm This site is designed to
help people who must endure a sociopath in their workplace. Typical traits
include:
Arrested level of emotional development; whilst language and intellect may
appear to be that of an adult, the bully displays the emotional age of a
five-year-old
Possessed of an exceptional verbal facility and will outmanoeuvre most
people in verbal interaction, especially at times of conflict
Relies on mimicry, repetition and regurgitation to convince others that he
or she is both a "normal" human being and a tough dynamic manager, as in
extolling the virtues of the latest management fads and pouring forth the
accompanying jargon
Holds deep prejudices (eg against the opposite gender, people of a different
sexual orientation, other cultures and religious beliefs, foreigners, etc)
but goes to great lengths to keep this prejudicial aspect of their
personality secret
Self-opinionated and displays arrogance, audacity, a superior sense of
entitlement and a sense of invulnerability and untouchability
Will launch an immediate personal attack attempting to restrict what you are
permitted to say if you start talking knowledgeably about psychopathic
personality or antisocial personality disorder in their presence - but
aggressively maintains the right to talk (usually unknowledgeably) about
anything they choose; serial bullies despise anyone who enables others to
see through their deception and their mask of sanity
Displays a compulsive need to criticise whilst simultaneously refusing to
value, praise and acknowledge others, their achievements, or their existence
Refuses to be specific and never gives a straight answer
Has a Houdini-like ability to escape accountability
Quick to belittle, undermine, denigrate and discredit anyone who calls,
attempts to call, or might call the bully to account
Arrogant, haughty, high-handed, and a know-all
Constantly imposes on others a false reality made up of distortion and
fabrication
Displays a seemingly limitless demonic energy especially when engaged in
attention-seeking activities or evasion of accountability and is often a
committeeaholic or apparent workaholic
_________
Joe is a very damaging force on this list and displays only a passing
interest in memes. He'd rather deluge us with anti-Palestinian polemics or
even a two-part essay on Zen and existentialism (of all things) than discuss
memetics. He makes ridiculous accusations that compel the target of his
attacks to respond, setting off endless arguments that serve no purpose
whatsoever. Personally, I won't respond to him. I don't care what he says.
I assume the people on this list know better than to take him seriously. If
everyone took this approach, there'd be a lot less distracting talk here.
Ted
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