Now do you see why the dog on the roof is a big deal?

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16. I don't think he's either, and I'm disturbed by how the word sociopath is thrown around on DU.

It became popular on here some years ago to call loads of people sociopaths, but it's usually not true. I think a lot of the people who say these things haven't had close dealings with a sociopath. It's completely possible to be a stuck-up, selfish jerk without being a sociopath.

I do not doubt that Romney truly does love his wife and children - a sociopath wouldn't. I don't doubt that he has genuine friends - a sociopath wouldn't.

That said, I also have zero doubt that from the way he's been raised and the professional and political circles he's run in his entire life that he is completely an utterly out of touch with what 90+ percentage of Americans would consider to be normal behaviour. This is a guy who for all intents and purposes lives in a different world than you or I. Ascribing this to a mental or personality defect does a disservice to the exposition of the truth about what the horrors of class divisions bring into our society.