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Locrian

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22. obvious

Reply to smirkymonkey (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2020, 08:57 PM

May 2020

I see this in a lot of high school kids I knew. Not the greatest people I should add... most majorly fuc*ed up.

Dad did the same thing - they grew up "respecting" the dad as the absolute authority figure (and it transfers over to trump).
See "daddy" is "never wrong". So it "must" be right to do that, and it cements in their mind that authoritarianism = love.

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Trump instilled 'competitive' nature in kids by tripping them while they were skiing, [View all] smirkymonkey May 2020 OP

That's not instilling a competitive nature. That's teaching them to cheat. Solly Mack May 2020 #1

Not only that, but it's abusive. smirkymonkey May 2020 #3

So true. Solly Mack May 2020 #5

That whole family should have been aborted. I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #12

Well, isn't that what American capitalism is all about? misanthrope May 2020 #9

Funny you mention that. Currently having discussion Solly Mack May 2020 #13

#Cheatgate seleff May 2020 #27

Dysfunctional Family. Horribly dysfunctional family. Solly Mack May 2020 #29

Maybe a touch of Stockholm Syndrome? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2

Not to derail, but Stockholm Syndrome is not an actual syndrome and was invented by a cop WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #8

Interesting. So maybe that's the wrong term for it, but it's true that The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #10

We're wired to love, and it's not difficult for manipulative parents to raise kids in a way that WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #16

Stockholm Syndrome is well known and documented (Google) Stainless May 2020 #20

My point is that it's not an actual syndrome recognized by the DSM, that it's a concept WhiskeyGrinder May 2020 #34

This does not shock me. Laelth May 2020 #4

Isn't it standard for untreated emotional and psychological disorders misanthrope May 2020 #11

That's the theory. Laelth May 2020 #18

Nobody "Dads" like Donald! Baked Potato May 2020 #6

I bet they don't let their own kids ski with Trump dawg day May 2020 #7

I also heard he was furious that Ivana was a much better skiier than he was. smirkymonkey May 2020 #14

What I recall (Vanity Fair?) is that Ivanka was a seriously good skiier . . . hatrack May 2020 #19

Ivana was a competitive skier and instructor dawg day May 2020 #21

In the case of Princess Grifty Sof-Tone (TM), I don't think it came from either side hatrack May 2020 #23

Now, now, it takes talent to speak only in that breathy monotone. dawg day May 2020 #31

Ivana even made fun of Trump's skiing kskiska May 2020 #33

That is something an immature teenager would do ... CatMor May 2020 #15

When he goes to prison nakocal May 2020 #17

obvious Locrian May 2020 #22

Explains a lot. smirkymonkey May 2020 #24

Fred Trump supposedly treated 45 pretty badly in his youth... regnaD kciN May 2020 #25

A lot of children were abused. smirkymonkey May 2020 #28

Nothing beats the thrill of ill-gotten victory over your 10-year-old son. VOX May 2020 #26

Who pushes a 10-year old child off to the side as he is racing down a ski slope? smirkymonkey May 2020 #30

A trump does that. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #36

He's just a source of wealth to them mokawanis May 2020 #32

Well, that explains Eric. Repeatedly falling on one's head can be a problem down the road. 11 Bravo May 2020 #35