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Let's explore the four (4) subtypes of sociopaths:

    COMMON SOCIOPATHS are the largest subtype and have a weak or unelaborated conscience. They are not ashamed by the same things as you or I would be ashamed of. They are like feral children grown up, taking pleasures and gratifying impulses at every opportunity or temptation. They especially enjoy and take pride in bending or breaking the rules. As teenagers, they are often runaways. As adults, they are often geographically mobile, living in shelters, or taking advantage of welfare systems. They are experienced shoplifters. They have quite active sex lives. They are usually of average intelligence, but don't do well in school and never seem to break out of low-paying dead-end jobs. Nevertheless, they seem genuinely happy with their lives, unburdened by any sense of negative self-worth or the fact that they have not been a functional, contributing member of society.

>    ALIENATED SOCIOPATHS have never developed the ability to love, empathize, or affiliate in real life with another person. They will show more emotion toward their pet or a personal artifact than toward a person. Or, they may hate animals and live out their emotional life by watching TV (identification with soap opera characters is a common pattern). Dating and marriage relationships will be very barren and empty. They won't get along with the neighbors. They live in a shell. They have a cold, callous attitude toward human suffering or any social problem in the society they live in. They just don't care because it's outside their range of empathy. Most will believe they are justified in this because they feel they were cheated in some way themselves by society, and a few will be more than happy to rant and rave about it to anyone who listens. They are chronic complainers, and underneath it all, they would like to see nothing better than all of society destroyed.

    AGGRESSIVE SOCIOPATHS derive strong, yet nonperverse gratification from harming others. They like to hurt, frighten, tyrannize, bully, and manipulate. They do it for a sense of power and control, and will often only drop subtle hints about what they are up to. They polish their aggressive, domineering manner in such a way to disguise any intimidation others might feel. They seek out positions of power, such as parent, teacher, bureaucrat, supervisor, or police officer. Their style is one of passive aggression as they systematically go about sabotaging the ideas of others to get their ideas in place. In their spare time, they like to hunt or occasionally do sadistic things like find stray dogs and cut them up. They are usually effective at getting their way, and are especially vindictive if resisted or crossed. They don't follow the social norm of reciprocity like others do.

    DYSSOCIAL SOCIOPATHS identify and hold an allegiance with a dyssocial, outcast, or predatory subculture. Any subculture will do, as long as it runs counter to established authority. They are capable of intense loyalty, and even a feeling of guilt and shame, within such limited circles. They seem to continually fall upon bad luck and bad companions, however. While they will constantly complain that none of this is their fault, behind it all is a kind of self-defeating mechanism in the poor choices they made themselves.  

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Well actually, Misst, ANY of them could be dangerous---what if Mr Poor Impulse Control decided that pushing you off the curb as the light changed seemed like a good idea?    They're not all violent, they're not all Ted Bundy, but the thing is, you never know

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ORIGINAL: IronBear

For me people displaying sociopath tendencies, raise a jolly large red flag and I'd advise others to stay well clean and never give personal information. Certainly if threats or violence is displayed I will happily make a quiet call to a couple of colleagues in Law Enforcement so they have it on file. 

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

You're right, they are not ALL dangerous in and of themselves.  I think it's easier for them to BECOME a threat because there is NO internal censor at all.  If your mom wanted to trip you, I am betting that she would have a notion that it would be mean, that you could be hurt, and she would feel badly.  A sociopath would have no clue about anything but Hey!  Seems like a good idea!

The ones in that fourth category... perfect suicide bombers, drug mules, gang enforcers...  because they do as they are told, with NO CONSCIENCE. 

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I heard a friend recently talking about her ex dominant and she used the word 'sociopath'.

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A physician may or may not have any expertise about this personality type.
If you simply want to argue the existence of this personality, I’m done. 

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Now THERE we are on the same page!  Like I said, you can be a jerk without it being a diagnosis!!  There are all sorts of folks flinging around words like "bipolar" and "sociopath" and "borderline personality" based on very little.   It IS possible to see if a person has a trend toward something, there are checklists on the internets, but IMO they should be used to help us watch out and not get burned (again) by false charm.

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ORIGINAL: InTonguesslut

...As i said in my original post here i can equate with most everything listed to qualify for being a sociopath but does it make me one?

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If i was arguing the existence of this personality type i would not have pasted a long explanation of the differing types now would i?