Romney the Bully

Let's not also forget that he is denying ever remembering any of that.I'm pretty sure an event like that is pretty unforgetable for either party.

So judge him on his behavior today.

I am. I don't actually care that much that he was a bully back in HS. When I was a cop, half the guys in my department admitted at some point that they were school bullies. We actually laughed about it a few times considering the "stereotype" was that bullies become cops.Anyway, Romney is making the wrong move by trying to deny it. He's not doing himself a favor at all. Just man up and admit it. We all made mistakes when we were kids. What's important is we man up to it.Have I ever told you guys I was a bully specifically targeting gay kids back when?

Hi Mr Jack And I could say that you need to provide evidence that he had reformed, that he changed.Personally I think the onus is on Romney to show that he has reformed, that there was a turning point that he can point to where he realized that the behavior was wrong.I don't see that with his response to this issue.Enjoy

Hi Rahvin, psy•cho•path
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a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.Can you show me a bully that has empathy for their victims, that thinks beating people is moral or socially acceptable behavior?Yes it may be possible for mild cases to learn that the behavior is wrong, but they need to be put in a situation where they need to learn to alter their behavior. No psychological change can occur without a perceived need to change.And there appears to be a higher number of psychopaths in the top economic positions than there are in the general public:Are Rich People More Psychopathic? - Big Think

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As part of a very public resignation, a former senior investor at Goldman Sachs has remarked on the company's poisonous corporate culture which encourages investors to cheat their clients. Might that kind of unethical behavior be more common among the rich and powerful? According to a 2010 study of 203 corporate executives, psychopathic behavior (which includes being manipulative, deceitful and unempathetic) was five times more common among the executives than in the general population.

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5 times more common???Forbidden

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Both the financial elite and their servants who maintain this system, appear to exhibit behavior that is consistent with symptoms associated with a medical disorder known as psychopathy.(*) Psychopaths, also called sociopaths, are categorized as those who exhibit superficial charm and intelligence, and are absent of delusions or nervousness. ...

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Do you think that a person who claimed to like firing people has empathy for them? Personally I think that is the tip of the iceberg of his behavior regarding other people, it just happens to be the most visible at this time, and it certainly does not appear that he has ever had any kind of epiphany in this regard to think his behavior was ever wrong.Enjoy.Edited by RAZD, : ..

Is this the correct place to bring up Obama's admitted high school drug abuse?

How old are you? I'm pretty sure you're not the same person you were 50 years ago.Edit.Just read your last post. I see your point... I'll think about it.Edited by Taz, : No reason given.

Sure. Comparisons are more than fair.1. Obama publicly admitted that he did so without the need of a journalistic expose.
2. Drug use as a character flaw is objectively different than that of hateful violent bully.But hey...to each his own. If drug use is more of a deal breaker for you than violence then you are welcome to your opinion.

Hi Taz, 1965 was my senior year at an exclusive high school in Michigan -- but one where admission was based on intelligence rather than money.As a youth I was a boy scout, and as an adult I've been a scoutmaster.My politics were radical liberal, progressive before it was called progressive, as they are now.Yes, I've learned a lot of information since then, but my behavior towards other people is not significantly different. And I also look at the way he responded to the allegations, and how that fits the pattern of the pathology ...Enjoy.

The point of my reply was in response to your comment: Any such test applied to Obama?

Hi Coyote, In 1965 well over half of the students in my school smoked pot, myself included. I also know of parents that smoked pot. Curiously, I do not consider pot smoking to be abuse when the effects are less addiction than cigarettes and the high is no different from alcohol, tending to be less violent if anything.I do not see that smoking pot made a person harm another person, nor that it harmed me in any way, and I am still in favor of legalizing pot.But I can count the number of bullies in my class with one finger. And I know that he harmed other people. Curiously, I am not in favor of legalizing bullying.Are they really comparable behavior?Enjoy.

A big one today. Obama has said that he fully supports same-sex marriage.

According to Obama's book, it was not just pot.But again, the issue is not what they did in high school.I am trying to point out to you your comment about later acknowledging the incorrectness of that behavior. I see your comment as indicative of a double standard.Can't you see that as well?

Hi Mr Jack So that makes it okay ... ? If you stretch the definition perhaps, and I could ask you for an example ...But not a physical attack that defaced anyone or altered the way a person looked, an attack that left lasting psychological scars decades later.This was not a high school prank, it was viscous and intentional. Your definition must be different from mine.Enjoy.

He assaulted someone. Sure, he shouldn't be in prison for 40 years over the incident, but that doesn't mean that humanity need ever forgive him for the horrific thing he did.Forty years is a long time to 'still be paying for one's mistakes'?Get real!