I believed they were speaking of verbal and emotional abuse.
Which is still abuse.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
sunglasses wrote:I believed they were speaking of verbal and emotional abuse.
Which is still abuse.
{name] In my experience, he was physically and psychologically abusive. Other people had different experiences.
[different name]In mine, it was psychologically and sexually. Also possibly stolen property.
Crimson847 wrote:I'm a little flabbergasted by the fans on Twitter who say they're shocked and appalled by this news. It's like that woman with the illegal immigrant husband who voted for Trump and then got mad when he deported her husband just like he said he would: I just don't get the thought process that went on there.
"Wow, it's really hilarious watching this guy viciously insult people all the time; you can tell he gets a real charge out of inflicting pain on anyone who displeases him, and that he's encouraged in doing so by his editors. I bet he's a great person to be in a relationship with!"
Honestly, that's what I hate most about the current political moment: the rush to excuse bad behavior if it's done by someone on our "side". What we forget is that abuse of power is powerfully addictive. Bad cops start out putting the screws to murderers and drug dealers, and if left alone end up putting the screws to Grandma over a speeding offense. Torture states start out using torture against terrorists and violent rebellions, and if left alone end up using it against political dissidents or anyone who looks at them funny. Someone who is permitted to abuse power against "enemies" is one step closer to using it against neutrals or even friends.
Tesseracts wrote:A lot of people who have been revealed to be abusers are perfectly nice in public.
I'm not okay with thinking it's obvious Sargent is a bad boyfriend because his articles are obnoxious. I don't think anything about his online persona portrayed traits that are sociopathic or otherwise unusual, he's just a boilerplate arrogant internet guy. Personalities like his are a dime a dozen and I doubt people in his category are any more abusive than the average random human being.
Is it really such a radical position to argue that someone who gets constant positive reinforcement for awful behavior in one context is much more likely to behave similarly in other contexts?
Marcuse wrote:Is it really such a radical position to argue that someone who gets constant positive reinforcement for awful behavior in one context is much more likely to behave similarly in other contexts?
I think it can be controversial though. Some people argue the same thing when saying violent video games cause violence.
Crimson847 wrote: By contrast, Sargent's targets were very real, and no extensive military-style conditioning was done to keep his behavior confined to a single context, unless I'm grossly mistaken about Cracked's training practices.
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