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What Stephen Miller Was Like in High School - Charles Gould (Original Post) Newest Reality Nov 2019 OP
I was expecting to laugh Hav Nov 2019 #1
The same here... Newest Reality Nov 2019 #2
Yeah, that was more like one of the NPR story shows that are interesting and poignant mucifer Nov 2019 #3
How did Stephen Miller get through school without getting an ass beating for being a huge dick. Hotler Nov 2019 #4
Some people can intimidate others and they are smaller. Mind games. mucifer Nov 2019 #5
If he is a sociopath... Newest Reality Nov 2019 #6
Steven Miller had security in high school. Mazeltov Cocktail Nov 2019 #7

Hav

(5,969 posts)
1. I was expecting to laugh
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 09:46 PM
Nov 2019

but when he started to explain how Miller bullied other kids who were new in the country and learning English, that was really sad and frightening. People can change, but as was said in this bit, he's influencing policy decisions as the same bully he was back then.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. The same here...
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 11:55 PM
Nov 2019

It is more of a dark revelation than comedy, except for a little levity in his interactions with the reporter.

It was a revelation and I noted the mention of sociopath, which seems to fit.

Oh, and the omission of what he recounted was also curious. How could all that conversation turn into a mention of being Miller's friend?

mucifer

(23,466 posts)
3. Yeah, that was more like one of the NPR story shows that are interesting and poignant
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 07:49 AM
Nov 2019

I was glued to it. But, I didn't laugh at all.

Hotler

(11,392 posts)
4. How did Stephen Miller get through school without getting an ass beating for being a huge dick.
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 11:26 AM
Nov 2019

why has no one given him a fat lip in a mens room somewhere?

mucifer

(23,466 posts)
5. Some people can intimidate others and they are smaller. Mind games.
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 11:37 AM
Nov 2019

Plus, some smaller people can fight well.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. If he is a sociopath...
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 02:27 PM
Nov 2019

They can navigate social situations and manipulate them adeptly.

Contrary to popular belief, sociopaths can be more "empathetic" than the rest of us. The thing is that they don't respond or react to that sensitivity the way we do; in other words, it doesn't bother them.

That is how they can play people so skillfully They tend to be able to read people easily from the slightest cues that most of us don't even notice, e.g., gait, body language, vocal inflections, etc. So, finding a mark and avoiding repercussions can be much easier for them. They either become horrendous killers or gravitate towards positions like CEO.

It is quite a mutation or adaptation and very curious indeed.

Mazeltov Cocktail

(569 posts)
7. Steven Miller had security in high school.
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 08:38 PM
Nov 2019

Paid for by taxpayers - he ran for class president on the same shit he is working on now, specifically dumping on Hispanics. For a period of time, the school provided security for his racist ass.

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