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Old 11-22-2010, 07:27 AM   #19 (permalink)
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the most charismatic people of all time were psychopaths.
Who generated this list of *most charismatic people of all time* of which you speak?

IMO, JFK was one of the most charismatic of all time. Hardly a psychopath. Same with Jackie O and even JFK jr. Not psychopaths, I'm pretty sure.
I think plenty of people would classify Angelina Jolie as charismatic. I suppose it's possible she's a pyschopath but for her rainbow family's sake, I hope not.

Muhammed Ali? Charismatic. Hell, Conan O'Brien is charismatic. He seems like the farthest thing from a psychopath you can get.

I could go on. And one person's charismatic is another person's supercreep. Some of Charles Manson's followers said he was charismatic but I quite clearly see psychopath. Same with David Karesh and Jim Jones, both who were described at length as being charismatic.

So I'd have to say that I heartily dissagree with your subjective assertion that "the most charismatic people of all time were psychopaths".
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