Ben Carson did his level best to encourage the serial killer vote in an interview with GQ by likening Obama to a psychopath.
Pro tip on this, Ben: if you seriously want to get the job, you need to lighten up a little bit on the crazy shit.
If you don't mind getting clinical with it, calling Obama a psychopath isn't such a terrible thing. The detachment of emotion from one's actions is a powerful skill. If it's for the purpose of eating someone's liver, we have a problem with it but there's tremendous applause when Scully can land a monster jet aircraft in a river while scarcely making a splash.
So you're sitting at the controls of a huge jet aircraft with at least a hundred people aboard and you're advised, heya, the motors just quit. What sensible person can hear this without screeching, "Holy Jesus, we're going to crash!"
Scully switches instantly to Land-in-the-River process and executes it by the numbers. I mean nothing at all harsh in saying, whoa, that's a little bit abnormal. He said it's all just the training. OK, so he's a psychopath but he's modest psychopath.
I don't have serious knowledge of clinical psychology but I've spoken with those who do. People like Scully such as Formula One drivers or anyone who needs to maintain a huge level of cool while doing ridiculously dangerous things all show a measure of psychopathy, by the psychologist's definition of the term.
So Carson sort of skates on his use of the word ... but then he chucks the whole load into the fire by comparing America to Nazi Germany.
Another pro tip for Ben: when you're wanting to run the country, comparing it to Nazi Germany may not be your best tactic.
He's got some good ideas but the wingnut is strong in this one. I thought the other team might have a worthy play with this guy but that's fading. We've had too much wingnut already.
Pro tip on this, Ben: if you seriously want to get the job, you need to lighten up a little bit on the crazy shit.
If you don't mind getting clinical with it, calling Obama a psychopath isn't such a terrible thing. The detachment of emotion from one's actions is a powerful skill. If it's for the purpose of eating someone's liver, we have a problem with it but there's tremendous applause when Scully can land a monster jet aircraft in a river while scarcely making a splash.
So you're sitting at the controls of a huge jet aircraft with at least a hundred people aboard and you're advised, heya, the motors just quit. What sensible person can hear this without screeching, "Holy Jesus, we're going to crash!"
Scully switches instantly to Land-in-the-River process and executes it by the numbers. I mean nothing at all harsh in saying, whoa, that's a little bit abnormal. He said it's all just the training. OK, so he's a psychopath but he's modest psychopath.
I don't have serious knowledge of clinical psychology but I've spoken with those who do. People like Scully such as Formula One drivers or anyone who needs to maintain a huge level of cool while doing ridiculously dangerous things all show a measure of psychopathy, by the psychologist's definition of the term.
So Carson sort of skates on his use of the word ... but then he chucks the whole load into the fire by comparing America to Nazi Germany.
Another pro tip for Ben: when you're wanting to run the country, comparing it to Nazi Germany may not be your best tactic.
He's got some good ideas but the wingnut is strong in this one. I thought the other team might have a worthy play with this guy but that's fading. We've had too much wingnut already.
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