Now, Devin Patrick Kelley, Motive-A Bully's Satisfaction?

First Rader, then Paddock,

Now, Devin Patrick Kelley, Motive - A Bully's Satisfaction? 

By ABC-AntiBullyingCrusador

There is just so much evil activity these days, what with all these shootings going on, it's hard to make sense of it all.  That is to most of us, being normally minded, caring people.  The psychopathically minded, are people born with a lack, or diminished ability, (within a spectrum of severity), to experience empathy or caring feelings for others.  These are the same caring feelings, that build strong caring families and relationships with others, and is the source of most people's enjoyment and satisfaction in life. 

Being very differently motivated, psychopathic minds think in ways that are unimaginable to others.  They actually feel a type of satisfaction, even enjoyment, over the pain, suffering or misfortune of others, that they often cause for the sole purpose of their own selfish satisfaction.

Even worse, some psychopaths are also very intelligent, and are referred to as "successful psychopaths".  They are "successful" in that their intelligence makes it possible for them to mimic normal caring emotions, while actually void of the sometimes troubling emotions that most of us express.  This leaves an appearance of mental stability, while actually capable of the most heinous crimes imaginable. For this reason, "successful psychopaths" are the most dangerous.

Good examples of these bottom of the barrel psychopathic minds, are Stephen Paddock, the famous "no motive" Las Vegas mass shooter, and the out-of-memory to most people, Dennis Rader.

Dennis Rader, was a serial killer who took people's lives, one or two at a time spanning between 1974 and 1991.  Rader enjoyed, even LOVED what would sicken most normally minded people, once bringing a corpse to his church, and taking a selfie with it, well before "selfies" were even a thing.  His wife and daughters had no clue, law enforcement arriving simultaneously at Rader's home to inform his wife, while taking Rader into custody a short distance away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader

Both Stephen Paddock and Dennis Rader are "successful psychopaths" who committed the most heinous crimes imaginable, while being so smart, they were undetectable as criminal psychopaths. I consider both of these psychopathic criminals, "pure evil", in that they seemed ONLY motivated by their own satisfaction, even enjoyment, derived from the experience of playing-out these gruesome scenes, that they themselves cause.   If more people remembered Dennis Rader, there wouldn't be so much confusion about Stephen Paddock's lack of motive.
 
Now, Devin Patrick Kelley, walks into a Baptist church in Texas and starts shooting into the congregation killing 26.  Once again, the confusion of investigators, victims, and casual bystanders alike, about what the motive might be, is palpable.

As more information becomes known about Kelley's history, it's like a barely perceivable collective sigh of relief, that maybe this time, there's a reason, even a motive.  Not just a bully's (psychopath) satisfaction, having no reason or sense at all-

-A Bully's Satisfaction - Pure Evil-

By  ABC-AntiBullyingCrusador

Articles with related content on this website are titled and dated below.  Their title links may be listed in more than one area on the right margin of this article.  All of them can be found on the BLOG ARCHIVE by Month and Year.

"Hatefulness Without Prejudice" Sept. 2017

"Pure Evil, Unrecognized and Hidden" Oct. 2017

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Hatefulness Without Prejudice, Workplace/Adult Bullying

Hatefulness Without Prejudice, Workplace/Adult Bullying. By ABC-AntiBullyingCrusador

I am in my 50s and have never been affected by prejudice as a child or as an adult where I live in the state of Connecticut.  I have not been spared from hatefulness however and have learned about one of the most painful types of hatefulness there is.  It is hatefulness without prejudice, a hatefulness for no reason at all, referred to as "bullying". Children deal with school yard bullies who steal their lunch money and push them in the mud while adults are faced with a more serious version.

I first experienced adult bullying on my job, which is referred to as "workplace bullying".  It was a job that I loved and thrived in for over 25 years, finally forced out by a "serial bully boss" after 30 years.   Adults can be bullied by just about anyone, sometimes people they least expect, like a new neighbor or a new pastor at their church. The most likely places to find workplace bullying is in education, health care and in any of the "helping professions".

By "bully", I don't mean just the arrogant and the rude, but those with a level of psychopathy, having physical or emotional mental disorders which compels them to behave in this way. Bullies are thought to feel a type of satisfaction, and enjoy causing others emotional distress.  They actually plan emotional assaults against their targets.  Many bullies are incapable of feeling empathy or suffer from feelings of inadequacy and shame brought on by harsh early childhood experiences. The best performers may be targeted for this reason.  Bullies cannot be reasoned with because there is no real reason for the abuse other than the bullies whim or need to subjugate, control or even eliminate from a group, or cause others to shun the target.

Targets of  bullying are rarely believed and are faced with denial at every turn because hatefulness for no reason, just doesn't make sense. This type of hatefulness leaves no physical scars, only the emotional distress of a target who becomes obsessed searching for the reasons why suddenly someone they trusted, would turn against them and manipulate others against them as well. Family, friends and bystanders become more skeptical by the targets emotional distress, while the reasons that targets obsessively search for, simply don't exist. 

I was brought up to be proud to be an American and was taught that our country of the equal and the free, is a place where any child can dream of, and actually become president some day.  Being a girl, I knew this was not true.  Prejudice, although never mentioned, made this dream a lie to all but white, Christian, boys.  The last two presidential elections, has finally made this dream a reality, for both girls and children of color . This is a positive sign that prejudice, a terrible type of hatefulness, is losing against the increasingly popular consensus that all people are created equal.

Can we really beat Workplace/adult bullying, a hatefulness without prejudice or reason?  It's my belief that we can.

Let's learn to Recognize it, name it, and end workplace/adult bullying together!

ABC-AntiBullyingCrusador

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