How can you tell a Sociopath from a brainwashed person?

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3. Maybe the republican party is comprised of sociopaths and people afraid of the sociopaths

In the recent past, the few GOP'ers who bucked the 'party line' were pretty much beaten into submission. I think we are starting to see a growing trickle of members who might just break away and start thinking for themselves. Once you get a small but strong group that proclaim themselves to be more moderate, more could develop the strength of character to join them.

If this is even close to possible, we might see the radical tea party disappear through attrition and the repubs might return to a true conservative party.