Barbara Ehrenreich Is Raising Hell for The Emerson Avenger's Unitarian Jihad?!
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. . .
I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed up to hit a pedestrian or, or course, stop to kick a pedestrian who has already been hit. From which it followed, of course, that one would never ever -- on pain of deletion from dozens of Christmas card lists across the country -- vote Republican.
Wouldn't it be smart to--instead of calling ourselves atheists--get some friends together on Sunday morning, hang out for awhile, have coffee, call yourselves Unitarians? They're not bad people; we could do that too. We could even build special buildings and say that's our special Unitarian place where we go Sunday mornings for our special things.
I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed up to hit a pedestrian or, or course, stop to kick a pedestrian who has already been hit. From which it followed, of course, that one would never ever -- on pain of deletion from dozens of Christmas card lists across the country -- vote Republican.
Wouldn't it be smart to--instead of calling ourselves atheists--get some friends together on Sunday morning, hang out for awhile, have coffee, call yourselves Unitarians? They're not bad people; we could do that too. We could even build special buildings and say that's our special Unitarian place where we go Sunday mornings for our special things.
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(1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
(2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
(3) believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
(4) requires excessive admiration
(5) has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
(6) is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
(7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
(8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
(9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
from The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV