A Pennsylvania man is facing murder charges after fatally shooting and beheading his father — then uploading the gruesome aftermath to YouTube — claiming he was trying to arrest him for being “on the left.”
He’s not a psychopath; he’s psychotic. Those are very, very different.
Psychopathy and sociopathy are functionally identical; they’re personality disorders where a person largely lacks the capacity for empathy, and hence remorse. Being psychotic means that you’re experiencing delusions; you may be hearing voices, or having uncontrollable impulses to do things that would be out of character. His behavior, based on what he’s saying, is entirely delusional; he doesn’t even have internally consistent logic in his actions.
What an actual psychopath.
It’s truly harrowing there’s people out there that would brutally dismember their family because they dared show compassion to other humans
Fucking hell America
He’s not a psychopath; he’s psychotic. Those are very, very different.
Psychopathy and sociopathy are functionally identical; they’re personality disorders where a person largely lacks the capacity for empathy, and hence remorse. Being psychotic means that you’re experiencing delusions; you may be hearing voices, or having uncontrollable impulses to do things that would be out of character. His behavior, based on what he’s saying, is entirely delusional; he doesn’t even have internally consistent logic in his actions.