This article claims us Buddhists as psychopaths, what do you think?

What do you guys think about this?

For someone new like me in this path, this article really affects me.

https://jchronlettsci.org/2012/09/16/13/

Psychopath/Buddha

1. Abundant glib superficial charm/Love for all things.

2. Poverty of emotions, flat affect/Let it go, all is as it should be.

3. Unable to form strong emotional bonds/ ‘Spiritual detachment’.

4. Impulsive/Live for this moment.

5. Less fear, guilt, remorse/ ‘At peace’

6. Manipulative, change story to fit situation/ ‘Zen’.

7. Usually men/ Buddhas’ can only be men. Bodhisattva and higher ranks for females are a late edition. Oh yeah. Put that in your spiritual pipe.

8. Grandiose, arrogant, narcissistic/ ‘Enlightenment’, svakkhatdo (excellent beginning, middle and end; ‘Higher’ mind, wisdom and virtue ect).

9. Use others to feel powerful/ ‘Holy’. (also temples, progressive rank hierarchy ect)

10. Behaviourally prone to violate social norms/ Orange robes with sandals, a shaved head and extensive wooden beads: yeah that’ll about do it at most clubs. Especially after 6pm.

11. Parasitic lifestyle/ ‘Monk’.

12. Lacks realistic long term goals/ ‘Monk’.

13. Failure to accept responsibilities/ ‘Monk’.

14. Decreased startle response/ Meditation.

15. Shallow or flat affect/ Balance, centered.

16. Lacks true empathy, self serving/ reincarnation and Karma.

Buddhists are all psychopaths, that’s what it means.

And Buddhists, like all psychopaths, learn to justify their position as well as mirror the behaviour of those around. All in just the right mix to fit the current social climate. There are examples of this throughout history. It is this that also saves it in some respects from being classified pathological across the board.

It goes on and on...

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