Terrorists aren't psychopaths. They're idealists with a strong but horribly warped sense of morality. Very differenthttps://twitter.com/YS/status/877473958089695233 …
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They cannot be blamed on societies teaching boys to repress their emotions. Recruiters are trained in manipulating emotions.
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Psychopaths are also very unreliable. Not great team players. Impulsive. Great manipulators tho. It's a term often used, rarely understood.
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This is why I tweeted about my annoyance of ppl using & describing psychology but knowing nothing about it besides their pop-psych books.
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...as I recall, that guy said he wasn't a psychologist, and yet he's holding forth on it as if he's an authority. What a world.
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Yes. It was bc of him that I tweeted about it. But he's conceding a bit. Many ppl do this. They diagnose everybody. Or conflate psychology
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with sociology or gender studies. They also take statistics & use them to tell their own story. Never thinking that bias, sfp etc may apply
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to them. It can get frustrating. But there seems so willingness to discuss with him. So I feel it's worth a try

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I went through the entire thread earlier where he first showed up. It was agonising; both of you showed amazing patience.
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Fanatics are extreme altruists, sacrificing their lives for an ideal. Psychopaths are supremely selfish.
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Have either of you read/listened to this? Half way through the a Audible version.https://www.amazon.com/Way-Strangers-Encounters-Islamic-State/dp/0812988752 …
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No but he is very good, isn't he? Might have to add to list.
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Most people confuse sociopaths and psychopaths ... as in this case I suspect
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This remembers-me a bookmarks of Artaud Who lives all life in a hospíce in early modern and talks about relationship in courts
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