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5. In psychology

Tue Oct 17, 2017, 01:37 AM

Oct 2017

“People low in trust of others are likely to believe that others are colluding against them,” the authors proposed. This sort of distrust, in other words, favors a certain kind of belief. It makes you more susceptible, not less, to claims of conspiracy.

Mental illness is real and doesn’t just happen to the poor .

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??? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #46

I think that's accurate True Dough Oct 2017 #3

A movie called , The Accountant... pbmus Oct 2017 #6

Is being plain evil now a mental illness? HipChick Oct 2017 #4

Evil is a religious term, overused and not descriptive enough pbmus Oct 2017 #7

Exactly MFM008 Oct 2017 #9

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Thanks for your candidness. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #18

you are right MFM008 Oct 2017 #44

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I'll go with yours. He was a psychotic MF who bought a lot of guns and wanted to use them. brush Oct 2017 #14

She didn't leave him. joshcryer Oct 2017 #23

We agree he was a psychopathic MF though, right? brush Oct 2017 #41

"He was a bombastic narcissistic psychopath" joshcryer Oct 2017 #21

Enough for who? whathehell Oct 2017 #26

I am truly sorry that there will never be a sufficient pbmus Oct 2017 #55

Thank you whathehell Oct 2017 #57

.... pbmus Oct 2017 #59

and I believe that's exactly the answer.. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #39

He had a jones for excess. He lost money because he needed the casino "excitement" more. Once WinkyDink Oct 2017 #8

That is an interesting angle. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #10

Or you could tell your uncles that, some say, republicans planned this... Tikki Oct 2017 #13

He cased other venues, blocked from one hotel's "shooter" suite because it was WinkyDink Oct 2017 #16

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Everybody's different, with different tolerances, needs, cravings, levels of adrenaline. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #17

I really think you're right Locrian Oct 2017 #32

Yes, I think that's an interesting angle to. LisaM Oct 2017 #51

Many low profile nutcases in gambling circles Awsi Dooger Oct 2017 #15

People 'crack up' every day. If Americans are 'paralyzed by fear,' it shouldn't be because TrollBuster9090 Oct 2017 #19

It is not difficult...look at all the guns he had...he wanted to experience hunting people... Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #20

I had a strange thought jmowreader Oct 2017 #22

If he had any problem with finances we would have known that almost immediately. former9thward Oct 2017 #37

A video poker player won't have anything to do with the Mafia Awsi Dooger Oct 2017 #50

With a notoriously deceitful, draft-dodging casino hustler as republican "leader" Achilleaze Oct 2017 #24

It's not going to be a reason that makes any god damned sense, so what's the difference? ProfessorPlum Oct 2017 #25

Well, it WOULD help in that... Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #27

That's true ProfessorPlum Oct 2017 #31

I get your point.. whathehell Oct 2017 #36

I'm sure it makes a difference to his victims & those directly affected whathehell Oct 2017 #28

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The gun nuts are confused and quiet... doodsaq Oct 2017 #34

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His guns were talking to him, telling him to do what guns do. hunter Oct 2017 #43

What's also unsettling is that it really isn't a topic of conversation anymore. Vinca Oct 2017 #47

When you buy a lot of things, you tend to use them Yavin4 Oct 2017 #49

Interesting. Motive isn't bothering me at all. Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #52

Yeah, it's not like he could come up with some great reason ProfessorPlum Oct 2017 #54

Same as usual: a disaffected white guy showing us all that he IS TOO powerful. Squinch Oct 2017 #53

A guy with a love of death toys and brainwashed by RW propaganda... Initech Oct 2017 #56

He knew he was going to die Corgigal Oct 2017 #58

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