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| What motives drive false accusers? |
| 2018-09-26 |
| [NEO] The answer might seem obvious, but I think it’s more complicated than most people might think. Let’s leave out accusers who are telling the truth. I’m interested in the ones who are not. They can have multiple motives, too. This list is not all-inclusive, but here are the major ones: (1) Revenge. The person actually has hurt you in some way‐estranged spouses are notorious for this motivation‐but you’re making up a story with an accusation that can hurt them even more than the truth would, and you justify it by telling yourself they deserve it. (2) You’re a sociopath who enjoys lying and gets off on seeing people squirm. Makes you feel superior to all those stupid normals. (3) Someone has paid you money to lie. Additional potential motives follow: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Book deal. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-09-26 12:34 |
| #6 because it works |
| Posted by: Spomock Bonaparte6313 2018-09-26 11:36 |
| #5 Malice |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-09-26 10:28 |
| #4 I vote for "Münchhausen syndrome". |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-09-26 09:41 |
| #3 Communist Socialist 1930 Stalinist show trials. Democrats and the media used Stalins play book where accusations only without the need to introduce any evidence was acceptable in the Soviet Union for the good of the deep state. |
| Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-09-26 07:36 |
| #2 Lack of sufficient punishment. Hell, government officials lie before Congress, any of them severely punished? |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-09-26 06:59 |
| #1 I'll take "Follow the Money" for $500. Alex. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-09-26 03:45 |