How to love sociopaths

 

Many side glances, nauseous glances at the liberal media today convey its fear that the evil and soul-corruption of the Republicans will win again. Trump will run again and can win (psychopathy and old age be damned). Women are victims and men’s posses­sions again. Manchin, the schmuck, sticks his dull finger in the dike restraining social welfare. Repub­lican anger and sickness game purposive delu­sions about stolen elections and slime the country like an overflowing toilet. And of course, nice guys are by Law of Nature wimps destined to finish last while being buggered and humil­iated along the way.

I see individuals in therapy in a myopic, benign way: Each one is hurting. Better to be near­sighted than to look at “people,” whose beliefs are attitudes, whose attitudes are childish feel­ings, who have no dignity, whose sickness is destructive to the world.

My wife and I noticed that coincidentally, the other partner can no longer watch Rachel Maddow or read the papers. Every­where one looks, pure trash is grabbing the crown and strutting to the throne. I recently offended a former client for her conspiracy belief about covid vaccina­tion. I mock imbeciles who claim to be “researching” the vaccines before taking the plunge. Of course, fools: Learn biology, medicine, epidemi­ology, get a PhD, build your lab, buy a lab coat, get funding, set up clinical trials, do your “research.” Or maybe save money and time and look at something besides Fox and Fringe media.

I’m sure the world has always been this way, but when it lands on your home that childish petulance, revenge, sheep-like brainwashing, violence, Borderline craziness and Antisocial predation, ridiculous beliefs and puerile bullying have become a superior force, where a metastatic tumor like Tucker Carlson can go to bed at night and wake up in the morning with impunity – it can be too much to continue to walk by. If Trump’s name comes up in sessions, I present my relevant blog posts. I share merciless views of our fellow men with clients. I say that while each of us has reasons, there is no excuse. And if the Lord is listening: I’d like them all (or most of them) to disappear from the face of the earth.