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NJCher

(43,523 posts)
18. there are people who are damaged from the word go
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:44 AM
Sep 2025

Nancy Spungen, for example.

There's this book I read a long time ago about Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. You may remember them as punk rockers. I am not in the habit of reading such books, but I recall being attracted to this one because it is a topic of interest to me: people who get all the bad genes (or encounter insurmountable adversity at a very young age). They're a human mess. Well, that was Nancy, according to her mother in her book And I Don't Want to Live this Life.

She describes Nancy as being a screamer and a crier well into childhood. i won't belabor her long history of antisocial behavior, but it's everything from being a prostitute to threatening to kill a babysitter with scissors and something similar with her child psychiatrist. Violent behavior toward her sister. She was murdered.

I think Kennedy could be one of them. He has so much wrong with him. All those creepy, horrible instances to which he never should have exposed to children.

Trump himself is a masterpiece of bad genes and unfortunate incidents in childhood.



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The entire Kennedy family is embarrassed by this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #1
its ok. they are only embarrassed. not sorry. Tetrachloride Sep 2025 #13
No real action... summer_in_TX Sep 2025 #15
"do or do not-- there is no try" Tetrachloride Sep 2025 #16
what were they supposed to do? travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #21
I don't blame her. Sometimes crappy mothers have great kids. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #2
And sometimes great mothers have crappy kids. liberalla Sep 2025 #7
I think you have this reversed. AllyCat Sep 2025 #14
Jr is the crappy kid but I don't blame the mother. Nor would I give credit to a crappy mother who had a great child. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #20
I didn't know that PatSeg Sep 2025 #3
Ethel was left a widow of 11 kids. Feel Good Inc Sep 2025 #6
I can only imagine what it was like for PatSeg Sep 2025 #11
i can't imagine one minute being a shoe-in for president MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #30
You are probably right PatSeg Sep 2025 #32
Though he was not a public person TNNurse Sep 2025 #23
No, actually I don't PatSeg Sep 2025 #26
It's not just one thing. Losing a parent is big MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #31
"" AllaN01Bear Sep 2025 #4
The kid took a wrong turn and developed sicko republicon "values" BoRaGard Sep 2025 #5
I worked a few seasons in Hyannis and got to see that family in action Warpy Sep 2025 #8
Your comments here are interesting and well stated. Thanks. (Old issues of "Prevention" - funny stuff). FadedMullet Sep 2025 #9
"Junior really needs to be impeached for negligence and gross incompetence..." OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #22
From Simpsons: Robert F Quimby Jr bmichaelh Sep 2025 #10
I gave RFK Jr the benefit of the doubt because of the murder of his father and how he found out mountain grammy Sep 2025 #12
wow did not know that mikenash54 Sep 2025 #17
there are people who are damaged from the word go NJCher Sep 2025 #18
One more NJCher Sep 2025 #19
Chump's childhood was a mess also FakeNoose Sep 2025 #25
Junior has done more damage than his family has done good RainCaster Sep 2025 #24
He should have been aborted. dalton99a Sep 2025 #27
Let's not bring abortion into this, please. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #28
A Kennedy Republican? czarjak Sep 2025 #29
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