According to the National Training and Technical Assistance Center:"Researchers sought to determine which of 70 characteristics were seen by an international group of experts as being most applicable to bullies and victims. There was strong agreement among the 14 experts on the following 19 characteristics for bullies::
*Control others through verbal threats and physical actions.*Quicker to anger and sooner to use force than others
*Tend to have little empathy for the problems of the other person in the victim/bully relationship
*Chronically repeat aggressive behaviors
*Inappropriately perceive hostile intent in the actions of others
*Are angry, revengeful
*Have more family problems than usual
*Parents are poor role models for getting along with others
*Parents are poor role models for constructively solving problems
*Inconsistent discipline procedures at home
*Parents often do not know child's whereabouts
*Suffer physical and emotional abuse at home
*Are likely to have contact with aggressive groups
*See only aggression as a way to preserve their self-image
*Perceived physical image is important for maintaining a feeling of power and control
*Focus on angry thoughts
*Create resentment and frustration in peer group
*Exhibit obsessive or rigid actions
So, how many of these apply to George Allen? What do you think?
Lowell Feld is Netroots Coordinator for the Jim Webb for US Senate Campaign. The ideas expressed here belong to Lowell Feld alone, and do not necessarily represent those of Jim Webb, his advisors, staff, or supporters.
Sadistic personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of cruel, demeaning, and aggressive behavior, beginning by early adulthood, as indicated by the repeated occurrence of at least four of the following:
----Has used physical cruelty or violence for the purpose of establishing dominance in a relationship (not merely to achieve some noninterpersonal goal, such as striking someone in order to rob him or her)
----Humiliates or demeans people in the presence of others
----Has treated or disciplined someone under his or her control unusually harshly.
----Is amused by, or takes pleasure in, the psychological or physical suffering of others (including animals)
----Has lied for the purpose of harming or inflicting pain on others (not merely to achieve some other goal)
----Gets other people to do what he or she wants by frightening them (through intimidation or even terror)
----Restricts the autonomy of people with whom he or she has a close relationship, e.g., will not let spouse leave the house unaccompanied or permit teen-age daughter to attend social functions
----Is fascinated by violence, weapons, injury, or torture
----The behavior has not been directed toward only one person (e.g., spouse, one child) and has not been solely for the purpose of sexual arousal (as in sexual sadism).
The problem with modern political correctness is that we wind up losing our voice. We need to call right-wing, religious, nut bags what they are and stop worrying about offending others. They are not afraid to demean liberals, why not demean them in return?
Until you've kicked a bully in the balls he will keep on doing what has worked for him before (I don't mean to imply that only males are bullies by my use of gender specific words - my pc contribution for the day).