tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post6353185503407264375..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Hollywood vs. Richard Matt, Part IIJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-30746636637021865912019-03-24T14:39:36.804-04:002019-03-24T14:39:36.804-04:00Anon --
There are plenty of sociopaths who've ...Anon --<br />There are plenty of sociopaths who've done good things in their life, and it doesn't mean they're not sociopaths. If Bundy saved a child from drowning, he did it for the same reason he worked at a suicide hotline -- to appear like a decent, caring person, not because he particularly cared about that child's life. Now, you can say, what's the difference what his motivation was, the good he accomplished was the same either way; and that's true. Bill Clinton, who is a textbook sociopath, certainly did a lot of good things in his life, too. But that doesn't mean they're not sociopaths; sociopathy is a frame of mind, not an individual action.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-64748575618158345092019-03-24T14:23:01.206-04:002019-03-24T14:23:01.206-04:00Sociopathy is on a spectrum, hence the PCLR and ot...Sociopathy is on a spectrum, hence the PCLR and other personality inventories to measure abnormal traits. It’s on a scale of 40. Bundy wasn’t even a 40. He saved a child from drowning once. This circle jerk of “sociopath” victims who paint everything in dichotomies of good and evil is just absolute malarkey. I’m sociopathic but by no means a sociopath. Some are worse than others. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-28210518574791131962015-08-23T02:44:25.438-04:002015-08-23T02:44:25.438-04:00Matt asked for Schimpf’s car. Schimpf refused and ...<br />Matt asked for Schimpf’s car. Schimpf refused and would testify that Matt said: “You’re my brother. You’re my blood. I love you, but I’ll kill you.”<br /><br />(A sociopath's definition of "love" is a little different from most people's.)<br /><br />No doubt.<br /><br />Absolutely. Horrible. People.MarieCurienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-75247440600367009862015-07-02T15:46:31.604-04:002015-07-02T15:46:31.604-04:00Irish Bitch --
Love your name.
Actually, I was u...Irish Bitch --<br />Love your name. <br /><br />Actually, I was unaware that Sweat had expressed remorse at his trial. I'm not sure how much stock I'd put in that, though, there are a lot of killers who "express remorse" because they know it might sway the judge to give them a lighter sentence. His mother -- whom I agree is not much of a mother -- said that she was revolted by his sadism as he was growing up. Of course, I'm not sure whether to believe that, either. But I agree, he never knew much outside of a life of crime. <br /><br />As far as his sociopathy, I think the pattern of his life was pretty clear, and it's hard to imagine a guy acting as he did -- repeatedly -- without having been one. And it does seem as if he was pretty manipulative with that woman prison employee whom he was having sex with. From what I've read, he certainly wasn't the intimidatingly scary figure that Richard Matt was, but few people -- not even many sociopaths -- reach those heights of malevolence.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-42162251981213776112015-07-02T15:14:10.930-04:002015-07-02T15:14:10.930-04:00If you read the news from the trial, Sweat actuall...If you read the news from the trial, Sweat actually did immediately express remorse for killing the deputy and quickly confessed. Maybe if his subhuman of a mother bothered to provide a stable home life and schooling that deputy would still be alive and he'd be doing something productive. Numerous articles talk about him being bounced around from foster home to foster home with a very spotty record of enrollment in school. I don't know how likely he would have been to kill again but her certainly doesn't know much of a life outside crime.The Irish Bitch from Hell https://www.blogger.com/profile/15212065191245857626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-7730622511368668442015-07-01T10:24:12.846-04:002015-07-01T10:24:12.846-04:00Susan --
Apt phrase. Susan --<br />Apt phrase. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-52642757183390911982015-07-01T10:20:18.411-04:002015-07-01T10:20:18.411-04:00Hare described psychopaths as "intraspecies p...Hare described psychopaths as "intraspecies predators."<br /><br />- SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-23392625254099747222015-06-30T17:23:30.731-04:002015-06-30T17:23:30.731-04:00Birdie --
Yes, and that explains Sweat's socio...Birdie --<br />Yes, and that explains Sweat's sociopathy perfectly. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-49992614457054971242015-06-30T17:18:33.209-04:002015-06-30T17:18:33.209-04:00You're not kidding. She seemed blah, telling ...You're not kidding. She seemed blah, telling a few fibs herself about family life back in the day. She came across as being non-maternal, totally unnurturing. Another person who shouldn't have reproduced.<br /><br />-birdieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-10272356692227639002015-06-30T17:03:55.103-04:002015-06-30T17:03:55.103-04:00Birdie --
Yes, his mother did seem to be lacking i...Birdie --<br />Yes, his mother did seem to be lacking in maternal instinct. I'm a little sick of hearing the mothers of various murderers stick up for their children by saying, "He's a good boy, he would never do something like that," when they're plainly wrong. But at least they're showing some maternal instinct.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-56701115153429119412015-06-30T15:50:52.670-04:002015-06-30T15:50:52.670-04:00After reading articles about David Sweat's par...After reading articles about David Sweat's parents, namely, his mother, I can see why the guy is a sociopath. Ugh.<br /><br />-birdieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-92139416738267768452015-06-30T09:17:41.995-04:002015-06-30T09:17:41.995-04:00Pavonine --
Okay, gotcha. Yes, sociopaths are tota...Pavonine --<br />Okay, gotcha. Yes, sociopaths are totally without sympathy. It's the "totally" that most people don't get. Most people think that sociopaths are like us, but a little more cold-heated. They are completely cold-hearted, to an extent most people can't imagine. Sociopaths have all the concern for other people that most people have for a box of tissue papers. Literally. We use a box of tissues and then throw it away, without feeling any remorse; in fact, it wouldn't even occur to us to feel any remorse. That's exactly how sociopaths are with other people. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-29964959401978023762015-06-30T09:11:50.925-04:002015-06-30T09:11:50.925-04:00Oh, I didn't mean what Matt did took guts. I m...Oh, I didn't mean what Matt did took guts. I meant that it would take guts for a non-sociopath to break someone's finger in self-defense. Doing it to torture someone-that's beyond the pale.<br /><br />It seems to me that, in addition to lacking empathy, sociopaths lack- repulsion? I mean, there's a visceral reaction most of us get to seeing injury, and someone like Matt doesn't seem to experience it.Pavonine99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-66848801925733479272015-06-29T21:52:48.128-04:002015-06-29T21:52:48.128-04:00Luke --
You certainly called the outcome on Matt r...Luke --<br />You certainly called the outcome on Matt right. <br /><br />I read a little bit more about Sweat, and the more I read, the more he sounded like a sociopath as well. He wasn't quite as formidable -- or as colorful -- as Matt was, but he's a sociopath as well, and evidently demonstrated it from an early age. <br /><br />The networks must all be scrambling to be the first to interview him. <br /><br />BTW, I saw you quoted by Bumbling American the other day. You get around. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-5492317836308047262015-06-29T20:43:44.334-04:002015-06-29T20:43:44.334-04:00The pairing of Matt and Sweat is interesting: one ...The pairing of Matt and Sweat is interesting: one an obvious psychopath, the other having a much shorter criminal record and looking more like a run of the mill thug. Early on, I commented to my wife that I didn't expect Matt to be taken alive ("Top of the world, Ma") but that Sweat would either surrender or simply try to run based on their past. Since it looks like Sweat may survive his wounds, it will be interesting to see what he says if he is interviewed in the future.Lucian Lafayettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911874470258949777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-54637046524127036572015-06-29T07:18:24.719-04:002015-06-29T07:18:24.719-04:00Susan --
Amen. Susan --<br />Amen. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-60318413102397549442015-06-29T07:17:53.410-04:002015-06-29T07:17:53.410-04:00Pavonine --
I don't call that guts, just cruel...Pavonine --<br />I don't call that guts, just cruelty. I don't think most sociopaths are impervious to pain, though Matt seems to have been. Being tough on oneself and being tough on other people are two different things; the former is real toughness, the latter is merely a matter of being without conscience. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-29551189550263798072015-06-28T20:52:00.978-04:002015-06-28T20:52:00.978-04:00Matt is/was pure evil.
- SusanMatt is/was pure evil.<br /><br />- SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-50560943642109304922015-06-28T19:45:34.476-04:002015-06-28T19:45:34.476-04:00My father once told me to bend the assailant's...My father once told me to bend the assailant's little finger back if I was ever attacked. I can't imagine myself having the guts to do that to save my own life (not that I wouldn't, necessarily, I just can't picture it without cringing.) Since most people are reluctant to hurt others because they imagine themselves being injured the same way, it makes me wonder how impervious to pain sociopaths are.Pavonine99noreply@blogger.com