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datasuspect

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Mon Jun-04-07 11:52 AM
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Help me understand animosity

is it related to sociopathy in any significant manner?

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Mon Jun-04-07 11:58 AM
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1. well some people here like to throw the word sociopath around

Edited on Mon Jun-04-07 11:58 AM by lionesspriyanka

they should probably consult a dictionary.

animosity is dislike. i can dislike you and be mean to you, without being a sociopath.

sociopathy is a clinical diagnosis and a hard one at that.

most people cannot recognize sociopaths as they are very charming.

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datasuspect

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:01 PM
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2. why would you dislike me

?

i know i play off some of your posts (copycats) but i always thought you were one of the good ones around here.

(turning over extrasensitive)

i understand, but i wonder if consistent animus vomitted at others in the forms of attacks that go beyond the rhetorical is redolent of some flavor of sociopath.

but what do i know?

i know that i can now do the funky chicken!

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:03 PM
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5. you know i dont dislike you

Edited on Mon Jun-04-07 12:05 PM by lionesspriyanka

:) :P :silly:

constant harrassing of others on a board like DU makes me think that people have a need to show that they are important/strong/tough. Probably because in real life they are neither tough nor strong nor important.

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Deep13

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:01 PM
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3. I hate it when people ask that!

:evilgrin: Sorry.

My guess is people develope animosity when they feel threatened in some way. I suspect you could take a college psych. course on the subject and still never really understand it. I don't believe it is necessarily a disfunction. Sometimes there are very good reasons for animosity. Sometimes it is unreasonable.

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datasuspect

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:02 PM
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4. i like everyone

even people that i dislike (if that makes sense).

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:04 PM
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7. thats the thing animosity could also have good reasons.

i could dislike someone cos they are lying about me.

sociopathy is a personality disorder with no real logic/rationale.

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mzteris

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:03 PM
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6. I cannot for the life of me

understand WHY you're asking that!

I just don't like you and all your snarky little questions. "Animosity" indeed. Ha. WTF do you think that makes me a sociopath, huh? huh? It's you. It's all your fault, you know.

:hi:

:sarcasm:

Does that help?

:rofl:

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datasuspect

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Mon Jun-04-07 12:06 PM
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8. i wanna take a picture of your textbook definition

that was hilarious!

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