A Damaged Soul and a Disordered Personality

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6. I heard an NPR segment last week on the topic of malicious envy.

Here’s a description of hoe the envy that normal people feel occasionally might become malicious.

“But envy can also turn malicious, causing us to feel resentment, rage, and a desire for revenge. University of Kentucky social psychologist Richard Smith says malicious envy is often intertwined with another dark emotion, schadenfreude — the pleasure we feel at the suffering of others.

Researchers have found evidence that malicious envy and schadenfreude may be fueled by competition in realms like politics and sports. In one study, researchers found that hard-core sports fans felt pleasure when a rival team's player was badly injured. In another study, researchers found that some people felt joy when American service members died in large numbers in the war in Iraq, because it made the other political party look bad.”

Trump obviously takes pleasure from hurting other people. His campaign rallies often called for violence against the press and people who did not support him. He is obviously not normal, yet his supporters believe he is perfect. We’re living in an alternate reality of his distortions and lies.