So this is why Bill Barr is such a bully

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12. The thing is, that the article makes it clear that Barr has always been an asshole and a bully, but

it doesn't really get into WHY he was such a bully (along with his brothers). It hints at the fact that his father was a strict Catholic patriarch (who converted from Judiaism) and an authoritarian, but it really doesn't go into it any more than that.

I am sure someone could have a field day with a closer look into the upbringing of Bill Barr and the history of his family, including his very peculiar father who hired an unqualified Jeffrey Epstein to teach at Horace Mann and later wrote a creepy novel about "about a planet ruled by oligarchs who perform child sex slavery". Bullies just don't appear out of thin air. Especially not when all four of your sons end up being bullies. That's not a coincidence.

We have a little insight as to why Donald may have ended up the way he is, although I honestly think part of it is that he was just born defective. His parents, especially his father, certainly did a number on him.

I really wish someone would write a book someday about why so many high-level republicans are such bullies and sadistic pigs. What makes them this way? Is there some common thread? I think it would be a fascinating subject.