Himey;n38419 said:
According to Winston in his interview with Herbstreit, Winston believes himself to be a role model.
Either he is unapologetic for his behavior or he is truly THAT stupid. Anybody else catch that this morning?
He is both,. However the dominant trait is he is a Class A narcissist, imo..Intellect or lack of it is not the prime factor. I am not talking narcissist traits, narcissist personality. I mean character disorder type narcissist. Therefore lying to others and having no conscience is just who he is. People like this are good at lying to themselves, rationalizing behavior to fit their ideals of themselves, and compartmentalizing various contradictory actions and values without having inner conflict. If he does this, he can actually delude himself into buying his own lies. OTOH, it doesn't preclude intending to lie either, to meet his needs and goal. I think the disorder is a self protective reaction to early trauma and beliefs about self that are undeserved, ( at least often), but the defense mechanism and being so internally cut off from parts of self, ironically leads to actually doing horrible things to others and an inability to empathize although that can be faked. .