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It might not be autism (in fact, it probably isn't), but it's obvious to even the casual observer that there is something very wrong with Jonathan Mack Sweet.
I've recently talked with an old college friend of mine about Sweet's mental issues. She has a Ph.D. in psychology and says that it's not really possible to come up with a solid diagnosis based solely on the crimes he has confessed to and the odd behavior he acknowledges and the persona he adopts on the Internet.
She does find it very unlikely that he has Asperger's syndrome or classic autism. His deranged "art" is a major reason for this conclusion. People on the autism spectrum tend to be fascinated with geometric patterns and realism; their art tends to be incredibly precise; they are literally incapable of producing what Sweet does -- work that someone versed in the terminology of art criticism would call idiotically sloppy, childish crap.
Another major reason she is disinclined to an autism diagnosis is the fact that, based on the photos he posts, Sweet lives in a pigsty. Someone on the autism spectrum would find this intolerable. Their world has to be fanatically well-ordered for them to function. For example, no one with autism would be spastically jerking the power cord out of a laptop and moving it to various places around the house so he can post terroristic threats or watch kiddie porn or do whatever else it is than Sweet must do in secret. In the autistic world, the laptop would be located in "the laptop place" and it would stay there. If anyone moved it, there would be a tantrum. Ditto for the ObamaCable remote. No one would dare to move it from its place – much less lose it -- because the consequences would loud and unpleasant and would last until it was back where it belonged. (Of course, it's quite possible that Sweet's brother -- or even his mom -- hid the remote or threw it away just to screw with him after he did something particularly subhuman.)
So, if he doesn't have autism, what is his problem? What other disorders are associated with his utter lack of empathy and theory of mind, his criminal behavior, his death threats, his delusions of grandeur and the many other symptoms of mental illness he manifests on a regular basis?
I'm glad you asked.
My friend lent me a book, The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty by Simon Baron-Cohen, a psychology professor at Cambridge. It’s a fascinating and insightful work.
The author agrees with my friend’s opinion about the low probability of someone with Sweet’s symptoms being autistic.
But he puts forward a couple of possibilities that fit Sweet. And one stands out: narcissism.
Here is Baron-Cohen’s list of the major characteristics of a narcissist. A patient must present at least five of the nine symptoms to be diagnosed with the disorder.
(1) A grandiose sense of self-importance. Check. Regards himself as a brilliant political thinker, despite never having had an original though in his life and having practically no knowledge of political science, history or economics. Thinks he is a great cartoonist and writer despite mountains of evidence that he is laughably inept at both.
(2) A preoccupation with fantasies of success and power, beauty, or ideal love. Check. Will soon be returning to Arkansas State University “in triumph.” Is the founder of a nascent political movement, the Teapot Dome Party, which will rule the world within a few years. Will become a wealthy and respected writer and artist once he defeats The System and connects with his tens of millions of potential fans (i.e., illiterate, racist troglodytes).
(3) A belief that he is “special” and should associate with people who are also of high status. Check. He is very “special” indeed. Easily the intellectual and social equal of people like Rush Limbaugh and Stephen King.
(4) A need for excessive admiration. Check. Still fantasizes about being showered with gifts and worshiped “like a god” for his illiterate, error-filled and unoriginal work at a tiny college newspaper 20 years ago. Incapable of understanding that he was being mocked and hazed by his fellow students rather than being idolized and rewarded.
(5) A sense of entitlement. Check. Often says that it is simply his due to be able to sit back and “let the goodies roll in.” Regards his “small government stipend” (i.e., the Steam Tug Crazy) as vastly inadequate for someone of his talents and abilities. Refuses to get a job; that is for lesser beings.
(6) A style of exploiting others. Check. His poor mother has a crown waiting in heaven. At least “Ashleigh” escaped.
(7) A complete lack of empathy. Check and double-check. Look at the way he discusses how the world would be different if his father were still alive. There is no mention whatsoever of him missing his dad or mourning the fact that he died so young or of his mom’s loss of the love of her life. Instead, there is a long, whining list of how Sweet’s own life would be better if Pater Sweet “was still with us.” Ditto for how he regards his mom. Like his dad -- and like all other humans in Sweetland -- Mater Sweet is an “it.” She is a machine that cooks and cleans and manages the household accounts and drives Sweet places. If she is attacked in the driveway, well, she can be replaced. Jonathan Mack Sweet cannot be replaced and would be foolish to risk taking a punch to save a washing/cooking/driving machine. Baron-Cohen makes it clear that people with zero empathy can be taught that certain things are expected of them. Autistic individuals, for example, can learn that if they suspect (they can never know) that someone is upset, they should be offered a cup of tea. (Cambridge, remember?) Sweet has been taught that he is expected to do something nice for his mother on her birthday, but having no empathy or theory of mind, he has no idea what that might be. So he takes her (i.e., she takes him) to Taco Bell, someplace he really loves, and buys them (i.e., she buys them) a greasy birthday feast. That poor woman.
(8) An envy of others or a belief that others are envious of him. Check. The entire reason behind the conspiracy to dump him at The Herald was the staff’s envy of his incredible popularity with the paper’s readers, clamoring mobs of whom stood outside the printing plant at 3 a.m. awaiting his latest unintelligible, unoriginal, sub-literate screed on a topic of interest to no one but himself. He is also bitterly envious of the staff’s subsequent success in the real world.
(9) Arrogant attitudes. Check. No-talent hillbilly assclown compares himself to Stephen King and Joe Lansdale. Claims that he is a genius (despite falsely boasting of a sub-genius IQ of 137). Further supports his right to be arrogant by citing his performance as a 10-year-old sideshow freak who toured the backwoods of Arkansas in a show known as Oddities of the Mind, in which he would describe all of his bowel movements for the previous six months in explicit and horrifying detail. Their size. Their shape. Their color. Their texture. Their smell. Their taste.
Based on his online persona, his self-published works and the activities to which he has knowingly or unwittingly confessed, Sweet scores nine out of nine.
He is a narcissist.
But wait, you say, aren’t narcissists supposed to be charming and better-looking than average? And what about Sweet’s history of violence and constant threats that there’s more to come? Baron-Cohen addresses these issues.
Narcissists do tend to be more charming and better-looking than average. And a history of violence is not part of the diagnostic checklist, unlike with, say, anti-social personality disorder. Sweet is clearly a major outlier in the charm and looks department. But a tendency toward violence is not uncommon with narcissists.
Baron-Cohen writes: “Narcissism can take different forms in different people. Some are very outgoing, wanting to steal center stage, being the boss of a company or the leader of a group. Others appears socially withdrawn as if shy, but they still have a sense of entitlement, expecting others to come to them rather than expecting to meet others half way, and angry that others are not doing more for them. Yet other types of narcissists may become dangerous, and this personality type has sometimes been thought to underlie the serial killer.”
At college, Sweet’s attempts to take center stage always ended with everyone else leaving the event or with him being suspended from the newspaper or in an assassination attempt. He seems to have learned that lurking in the shadows and fondling his bone knife is more his style.
I think that covers all the bases for Jonathan M. Sweet.
He’s a violent, socially retarded, ugly narcissist.
But because he hates being called autistic, I think we should stick with that.
Última edición:
s and rent a house together. They could carpool to buffet restaurants three times a day and in between meals masterbate with their own feces while watching cartoons or dialing china lines. That's a more realistic goal for the life he wants. He could even call the "group home" "ASU" because at this point what the hell.
