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NJCher

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18. there are people who are damaged from the word go

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:44 AM

Sep 2

Nancy Spungen, for example.

There's this book I read a long time ago about Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. You may remember them as punk rockers. I am not in the habit of reading such books, but I recall being attracted to this one because it is a topic of interest to me: people who get all the bad genes (or encounter insurmountable adversity at a very young age). They're a human mess. Well, that was Nancy, according to her mother in her book And I Don't Want to Live this Life.

She describes Nancy as being a screamer and a crier well into childhood. i won't belabor her long history of antisocial behavior, but it's everything from being a prostitute to threatening to kill a babysitter with scissors and something similar with her child psychiatrist. Violent behavior toward her sister. She was murdered.

I think Kennedy could be one of them. He has so much wrong with him. All those creepy, horrible instances to which he never should have exposed to children.

Trump himself is a masterpiece of bad genes and unfortunate incidents in childhood.

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Just a quick reminder that Junior's mother, [View all] no_hypocrisy Sep 1 OP

The entire Kennedy family is embarrassed by this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Sep 1 #1

its ok. they are only embarrassed. not sorry. Tetrachloride Sep 1 #13

No real action... summer_in_TX Sep 1 #15

"do or do not-- there is no try" Tetrachloride Sep 2 #16

what were they supposed to do? travelingthrulife Sep 2 #21

I don't blame her. Sometimes crappy mothers have great kids. twodogsbarking Sep 1 #2

And sometimes great mothers have crappy kids. liberalla Sep 1 #7

I think you have this reversed. AllyCat Sep 1 #14

Jr is the crappy kid but I don't blame the mother. Nor would I give credit to a crappy mother who had a great child. twodogsbarking Sep 2 #20

I didn't know that PatSeg Sep 1 #3

Ethel was left a widow of 11 kids. Feel Good Inc Sep 1 #6

I can only imagine what it was like for PatSeg Sep 1 #11

i can't imagine one minute being a shoe-in for president MadameButterfly Sep 2 #30

You are probably right PatSeg Sep 2 #32

Though he was not a public person TNNurse Sep 2 #23

No, actually I don't PatSeg Sep 2 #26

It's not just one thing. Losing a parent is big MadameButterfly Sep 2 #31

"" AllaN01Bear Sep 1 #4

The kid took a wrong turn and developed sicko republicon "values" BoRaGard Sep 1 #5

I worked a few seasons in Hyannis and got to see that family in action Warpy Sep 1 #8

Your comments here are interesting and well stated. Thanks. (Old issues of "Prevention" - funny stuff). FadedMullet Sep 1 #9

"Junior really needs to be impeached for negligence and gross incompetence..." OldBaldy1701E Sep 2 #22

From Simpsons: Robert F Quimby Jr bmichaelh Sep 1 #10

I gave RFK Jr the benefit of the doubt because of the murder of his father and how he found out mountain grammy Sep 1 #12

wow did not know that mikenash54 Sep 2 #17

there are people who are damaged from the word go NJCher Sep 2 #18

One more NJCher Sep 2 #19

Chump's childhood was a mess also FakeNoose Sep 2 #25

Junior has done more damage than his family has done good RainCaster Sep 2 #24

He should have been aborted. dalton99a Sep 2 #27

Let's not bring abortion into this, please. ShazzieB Sep 2 #28

A Kennedy Republican? czarjak Sep 2 #29