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  Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

  by John Aquila in

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  i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

  or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

  or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  I was at a place about 15 years ago where I was considering doing something to the GB, but I could not come up with a good plan that would allow me to do what I had in mind so after many long hikes 20+ miles up and down the the foothills to work off my anger at what they done to me my anger subsided. Thankfully I reached a place where that obsession wore off and I was able to move on with my life and make the best of my remaining years.

  I do find consolation though in the way things are happening to this mind control cult as they struggle to keep their Faithful and Discreet Salve fantasy alive and the blunders that wishful thinking is causing them to make. Some of my family is still in and refuse to talk to me and it hurts but my need for revenge on those bastards called the Governing Body is being satisfied by the vast exposure they are now facing as the internet become a household tool for vast amounts of the world's population and will only get worse.

  But I too have wondered when someone will reach a breaking point and gun a couple of them down, I think the possibility is very real and the odds will only increase as the GB pursue their totalitarian heartless course of disfellowshipping dissenters. Eventually they are going to piss off the wrong person who is very unstable with anger issues over whatever. I think that is why they give no advance notice of when a GB member is going to give a talk at a convention in an effort to minimize the risk of this happening.
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  Distructive Narcissistic Leadership and The Governing Body

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/narcissistic_leadership.

  narcissistic leadership is a leadership style in which the leader is only interested in him/herself.

  their priority is themselves - at the expense of their people/group members.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_leader

  A toxic leader is a person who has responsibility over a group of people or an organization, and who abuses the leader–follower relationship by leaving the group or organization in a worse-off condition than when s/he first found them. The phrase was coined by Marcia Whicker in 1996 and is linked with a number of dysfunctional leadership styles.[1] Other names include the little Hitler, manager from hell, The Toxic Boss and boss from hell.[1] Their leadership style is both self-destructive and ultimately corporately harmful as they subvert and destroy organizational structures.[2]
  Ashforth discussed potentially destructive sides of leadership and identified what he referred to as petty tyrants, i.e.leaders who exercise a tyrannical style of management, resulting in a climate of fear in the workplace.[3]
  Basic traits[edit]
  The basic traits of a toxic leader are generally considered to be either/or insular,[1] intemperate,[1][4] glib, operationally rigid, callous,[1] inept,[4] discriminatory,[1] corrupt[4] oraggressive[4] by scholars such as Barbara Kellerman. They boast that they are supposedly clever, always criticize other staff members and avoid or dislike to be asked awkward questions about their leadership style.[2] These may occur as either:

  • Oppositional behaviour.[2]

  • Plays corporate power politics.

  • An overcompetitive attitude to other employees.[2]

  • Perfectionistic attitudes.

  • Abuse of the disciplinary system (such as to remove a workplace rival).

  • A condescending/glib attitude.[1]

  • They are shallow and lack self-confidence. Toxic leaders are not confident with themselves and become aggressive to cope.[2]

  • Poor self-control and/or restraint.[4]

  • Physical and/or psychological bullying.[4]

  • Procedural inflexibility.[2]

  • Discriminatory attitudes (sexism, etc.).

  • Causes workplace division instead of harmony.[1]

  • Use "divide and rule" tactics on their employees.[4]

  • Arrogant[2]

  • Irritable[2]

  Aggressive narcissism[edit]
  This syndrome is also the 'Factor 1' in the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, which includes the following traits:

  • Glibness/superficial charm[2]

  • Grandiose sense of self-worth

  • Pathological lying

  • Cunning/manipulative[2]

  • Lack of remorse or guilt[2]

  • Callous/lack of empathy[2]

  • Shallow emotional affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)

  • Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

  Other traits[edit]
  Many are also authoritarian, autocratic [2] and/or control freaks to varying degrees, who tend use both micromanagement, over management and management by fear to keep a grip of their authority in the organizational group. Micromanagers usually dislike a subordinate making decisions without consulting them, regardless of the level of authority or factual correctness.[1] A toxic leader can be both hypocritical and hypercritical of others, seeking the illusion of corporate and moral virtue to hide their own workplace vices. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a form of lying.[1] [5] They are sometimes maladjusted,[2] and afraid of change [2] They can also be both frightening and psychologically stressful to work with.[1]
  The U.S. Army defines toxic leaders as commanders who put their own needs first, micro-manage subordinates, behave in a mean-spirited manner or display poor decision-making.[6]A study for the Center for Army Leadership found that toxic leaders in the army work to promote themselves at the expense of their subordinates, and usually do so without considering long-term ramifications to their subordinates, their unit, and the Army profession.[7]
  Tools of a toxic leader[edit]

  • Workload: The setting up to fail procedure is in particular a well established workplace bullying tactic that a toxic leader can use against his rivals and subordinates.[8][9][10]

  • Corporate control systems: They could use the processes in place to monitor what is going on. Disciplinary systems could be abused to aid their power culture.

  • Organizational structures: They could abuse the hierarchies, personal relationships and the way that work flows through the business.

  • Corporate power structures: The toxic leader controls who, if any one makes the decisions and how widely spread power is.

  • Symbols of personal authority : These may include the right to parking spaces and executive washrooms or access to supplies and uniforms. Narcissistic symbols and self-images (i.e. workplace full of self-portraits).

  • Workplace rituals and routines: Management meetings, board reports, disciplinary hearing, performance assays and so on may become more habitual than necessary.

  Inevitably the victim’s workplace performance, self-esteem and self-confidence will decline as employee(s)’ stress inclines. Heavy running costs and a high staff turnover/overtime rate are often also associated with employee related results of a toxic leader.[1]
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  Distructive Narcissistic Leadership and The Governing Body

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/narcissistic_leadership.

  narcissistic leadership is a leadership style in which the leader is only interested in him/herself.

  their priority is themselves - at the expense of their people/group members.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Oubliette

  Request denied. Sorry pal.
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  Distructive Narcissistic Leadership and The Governing Body

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/narcissistic_leadership.

  narcissistic leadership is a leadership style in which the leader is only interested in him/herself.

  their priority is themselves - at the expense of their people/group members.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_leadership

  Narcissistic leadership is a leadership style in which the leader is only interested in him/herself. Their priority is themselves - at the expense of their people/group members. This leader exhibits the characteristics of a narcissist: arrogance, dominance and hostility. It is a sufficiently common leadership style that it has acquired its own name.[1] Narcissism is most often described as unhealthy and destructive.To Linda L. Neider and Chester A. Schriesheim, "narcissistic leadership (preferably destructive) is driven by unyielding arrogance, self-absorption, and a personal egotistic need for power and admiration."[2]
  Narcissism and groups[edit]
  A study published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests that when a group is without a leader, a narcissist is likely to take charge. Researchers have found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups.[3] Freud considered "the narcissistic type... especially suited to act as a support for others, to take on the role of leaders and to... impress others as being 'personalities'.":[4] one reason may be that "another person's narcissism has a great attraction for those who have renounced part of their own... as if we envied them for maintaining a blissful state of mind—an unassailable libidinal position which we ourselves have since abandoned."[5]
  According to the book Narcissism: Behind the Mask, there are four basic types of leader with narcissists most commonly in type 3 although they may be in type 1:[6]

  1. authoritarian with task oriented decision making

  1. democratic with task oriented decision making

  1. authoritarian with emotional decision making

  1. democratic with emotional decision making

  Michael Maccoby stated that "psychoanalysts don't usually get close enough to [narcissistic leaders], especially in the workplace, to write about them."[7]
  Corporate narcissism[edit]
  According to Alan Downs, corporate narcissism occurs when a narcissist becomes the chief executive officer (CEO) or other leadership roles within the senior management team and gathers an adequate mix of codependents around him (or her) to support the narcissistic behavior. Narcissists profess company loyalty but are only really committed to their own agendas, thus organizational decisions are founded on the narcissist's own interests rather than the interests of the organization as a whole, the various stakeholders, or the society in which the organization operates.[8] As a result, "a certain kind of charismatic leader can run a financially successful company on thoroughly unhealthy principles for a time. But... the chickens always come home to roost".[9]
  Neville Symington has suggested that "one of the ways of differentiating a good-enough organisation from one that is pathological is through its ability to exclude narcissistic characters from key posts."[10]
  Productive narcissists[edit]
  Simon Crompton has distinguished what he calls "productive narcissists" from "unproductive narcissists".[11] Maccoby acknowledged that "productive narcissists still tend to be over-sensitive to criticism, over-competitive, isolated, and grandiose," but considered that "what draws them out is that they have a sense of freedom to do whatever they want rather than feeling constantly constrained by circumstances," and that through their charisma they are able to "draw people into their vision, and produce a cohort of disciples who will pursue the dream for all it's worth."[12]
  Others have questioned the concept, considering that "the dramatic collapse of Wall Street and the financial system in 2009 must give us pause. Is the collapse due to business leaders who have developed narcissistic styles"—even if ostensibly productive?[13]Certainly one may conclude that at best "there can be quite a fine line between narcissists who perform badly in the workplace because of their traits, and those who achieve outrageous success because of them."[14]
  Impact of healthy v. destructive narcissistic managers[edit]
  Lubit compared healthily narcissistic managers versus destructively narcissistic managers for their long-term impact on organizations.[15]

  Characteristic	Healthy narcissism	Destructive narcissism
  Self-confidence	High outward self-confidence in line with reality	Grandiose
  Desire for power, wealth and admiration	May enjoy power	Pursues power at all costs, lacks normal inhibitions in its pursuit
  Relationships	Real concern for others and their ideas; does not exploit or devalue others	Concerns limited to expressing socially appropriate response when convenient; devalues and exploits others withoutremorse
  Ability to follow a consistent path	Has values; follows through on plans	Lacks values; easily bored; often changes course
  Foundation	Healthy childhood with support for self-esteem and appropriate limits on behaviour towards others	Traumatic childhood undercutting true sense of self-esteem and/or learning that he/she doesn't need to be considerate of others

  See also[edit]

  • Charismatic leadership

  • Collaborative leadership

  • Control freak

  • Empathy

  • Empire building

  • Healthy narcissism

  • Leadership accountability

  • Machiavellianism

  • Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

  • Narcissism in the workplace

  • Narcissistic rage and narcissistic injury

  • Queen bee syndrome

  • Toxic leader

  • Toxic workplace

  • Workplace bullying
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  Favorite Music Video

  by WildTurkey in

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  what is your favorite music video?

  after shes my cherry pie, i like foo fighters learn to fly

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMR2MbM6L3g

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWX7YXGRKHo
  
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  Favorite Music Video

  by WildTurkey in

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  what is your favorite music video?

  after shes my cherry pie, i like foo fighters learn to fly

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmledXBSBxU

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtznhONzY1c
  
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  Favorite Music Video

  by WildTurkey in

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  what is your favorite music video?

  after shes my cherry pie, i like foo fighters learn to fly

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ThVzPQBilghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ThVzPQBilg

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld877LeeCMI
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  Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Governing Body, Mathew 24:14 One or Two Word Comments For The Tots

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  remember those one word comments that the infants and preteens would make to be a part of the indoctrination sessions.. i think probably governing body and faithful & discreet slave might become more and more the favorite even surpassing jehovah and jesus..

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Bringing back old memories?
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  The Ultimate Tight Pants video for TMIII, God save us all!

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  tight pants.

  hope he sees it.

  doubtful.

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  AM#3 eat your in denial gay heart out.
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  Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Governing Body, Mathew 24:14 One or Two Word Comments For The Tots

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  remember those one word comments that the infants and preteens would make to be a part of the indoctrination sessions.. i think probably governing body and faithful & discreet slave might become more and more the favorite even surpassing jehovah and jesus..

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  Remember those one word comments that the infants and preteens would make to be a part of the indoctrination sessions.

  I think probably Governing Body and Faithful & Discreet Slave might become more and more the favorite even surpassing Jehovah and Jesus.