On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:28:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 2:23:19 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:01:07 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> >> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
>> >> >> >for years before we were here.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
>> >> >> >> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
>> >> >> >> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
>> >> >> >> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
>> >> >> >of young girls.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You call this a ceasefire?
>> >> >
>> >> >John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
>> >> >nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
>> >> >he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
>> >> >with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
>> >> >into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
>> >>
>> >> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
>> >> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
>> >> one doesn't change reality.
>> >>
>> >Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
>> >joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
>> >knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
>> >nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
>> >disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
>> >feeling*.
>> That has nothing to do with what I said.
>
>So, I don't get to hate folks who insult me? Well, hmmmph!

Is it an insult? Asshole is an insult. Narcissist is a diagnosis or an
attempt at diagnosis.

Trump's a narcissist. 70 million Americans love him!