I would agree with you on that footage. Upon first viewing it, I was disturbed by her laughter. Everybody I know whose seen it found it distasteful. It certainly wasn’t a normal reaction to hearing about a sadistic death, though she did say later on that the grisly details of his death had not emerged yet. Still, he was executed without trial and one should never rejoice in the death of any human being. I wouldn’t wish Khaddafi’s fate on my worst enemy.
That said, I’m not sure if her reaction - disturbing as it does appear on the surface - can be equated with a sociopathic disorder.
I think that’s perhaps taking a step too far, based on little evidence. It may be that she is lacking in certain social graces in public. The laughter looked feigned to me. It was as if she wanted to put on an image and it was most definitely the wrong one. That might be more of a social issue than a lack of empathy, or indeed nerves. Some people laugh at funerals - not because they are sociopaths but just because their emotions are heightened and its how it gets manifested in them. Nerves. Strange for most people but not an indication of callousness.
For instance, there was this rally where she started barking like a dog - talking about some advert in Arkansas. It was pretty weird too watch and extremely awkward. I almost felt sorry for her. It was as if she was
trying so hard to appear fun, jokey and likeable. She just couldn’t pull it off. I could see faces in the audience looking bemused. To me, that suggests a social issue of some sort.
Her reaction to the death of Osama Bin Laden in the famous situation room photo looked very feminine to me - as the only woman at the front, she appeared genuinely shocked and horrified by what she was seeing:
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She looked very human here, the most human in the photograph. Now, it could have been an allergy to something in the room that made her cover her mouth (as she claimed later on jokingly), but I think she was embarrassed after the photo since she was the only one gasping in shock. She doesn’t ever want to appear “weak”, I can sense that in her. Maybe I’m naive but I feel we may have seen a glimpse of something human and deeply feminine in this photograph, beneath her sometimes steely or awkward facade.
I generally side with Graham Greene when he said that “Human nature is not black and white but black and grey”. Very few people are white or black. Most of us are varying shades of grey. Perhaps we should extend the same presumption to Mrs Clinton as well?
I will admit that despite my derision for his public persona, I do not know Mr Trump personally. He might be decent to his friends and family. I judge his public persona and credentials for the presidency based upon it alone, not his conscience or lack thereof - which I cannot possibly read.
