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Where is an Al Anon for the MAGAs?
I’m reading Living with a Narcissist by Daniel Paul and see there are five types of narcissists, including “Antagonistic narcissists … who tend to emphasize rivalry, competition, and comparison with others. . . . they are competitive and argumentative. . . . and often take advantage of other people in whatever ways they can. . . . They distrust others because they view them as competitors or enemies out for the same resources the narcissist covets. Antagonistic narcissists are also less likely to forgive others and more likely to hold grudges or “keep score” in relationships than other types of narcissists.”
It hit me (again) that several of our national public figures in the USA fit this description and one in particular. Our CN aka Chief Narcissist, Donald Trump. The antagonist narcissistic temperament in our flashy extrovert drives him to get maximum attention, 24/7.
Not only that, but most often he loudly beats his chest as a paradoxical combo of a victorious though persecuted man: “A narcissist paints a picture of themselves as being the victim or innocent in all aspects,” as Daniel Paul quotes Karla Grimes.
Our home-grown power victim in the fall of 2023 has even more ways he is literally being persecuted, excuse me I mean prosecuted. Makes him even more likely to gain the sympathy of voters who are taken in by his charisma…
