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amandaonwriting:

Character Flaws

1. Absent-minded - Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful.
2. Abusive - Characterized by improper infliction of physical or psychological maltreatment towards another.
3. Addict - One who is addicted to a compulsive activity. Examples: gambling, drugs, sex.
4. Aimless - Devoid of direction or purpose.
5. Alcoholic - A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess.
6. Anxious - Full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous.
7. Arrogant - Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. Inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. Snobbish.
8. Audacious - Recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; braze, disobedient.
9. Bad Habit - A revolting personal habit. Examples: picks nose, spits tobacco, drools, bad body odour.
10. Bigmouth - A loud-mouthed or gossipy person.
11. Bigot - One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
12. Blunt - Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. Frank, callous, insensitive, brusque.
13. Bold - In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. Abrupt, brazen, cheeky, brassy, audacious.
14. Callous - They are hardened to emotions, rarely showing any form of it in expression. Unfeeling. Cold.
15. Childish - Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile.
16. Complex - An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear. (List specific complex.)
17. Cruel - Mean to anyone or anything, without care or regard to consequences and feelings.
18. Cursed - A person who has befallen a prayer for evil or misfortune, placed under a spell, or borne into an evil circumstance, and suffers for it. Damned.
19. Dependent - Unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another.
20. Deranged - Mentally decayed. Insane. Crazy. Mad. Psychotic.
21. Dishonest – Given to or using fraud, cheating; deceitful, deceptive, crooked, underhanded.
22. Disloyal - Lacking loyalty. Unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable
23. Disorder - An ailment that affects the function of mind or body. (List the disorders name if they have one.) See the Mental Disorder List.
24. Disturbed - Showing some or a few signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness. Confused, disordered, neurotic, troubled.
25. Dubious - Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. Undecided, doubtful, unsure.
26. Dyslexic - Affected by dyslexia, a learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.
27. Egotistical - Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. Boastful, pompous.
28. Envious - Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages; covetous, jealous.
29. Erratic - Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behaviour. Eccentric, bizarre, outlandish, strange.
30. Fanatical - Fanatic outlook or behaviour especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject.
31. Fickle – Erratic, changeable, unstable - especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
32. Fierce - Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.
33. Finicky - Excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy. Too much concerned with detail. Meticulous, fastidious, choosy, critical, picky, prissy, pernickety.
34. Fixated - In psychoanalytic theory, a strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behaviour that persists throughout life. Fetish, quirk, obsession, infatuation.
35. Flirt -To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures; behaviour intended to arouse sexual interest. Minx. Tease.
36. Gluttonous - Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink. Voracious, ravenous, wolfish, piggish, insatiable.
37. Gruff - Brusque or stern in manner or appearance. Crusty, rough, surly.
38. Gullible - Will believe any information given, regardless of how valid or truthful it is, easily deceived or duped.
39. Hard - A person who is difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand. Hard emotions, hard hearted.
40. Hedonistic - Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
41. Hoity-toity- Given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous. Prone to giddy behaviour, flighty.
42. Humourless - The inability to find humour in things, and most certainly in themselves.
43. Hypocritical - One who is always contradicting their own beliefs, actions or sayings. A person who professes beliefs and opinions for others that he does not hold. Being a hypocrite.
44. Idealist - One whose conduct is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations. One who is unrealistic and impractical, guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.
45. Idiotic - Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.
46. Ignorant - Lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge.
47. Illiterate - Unable to read and write.
48. Immature - Emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.
49. Impatient - Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant.
50. Impious - Lacking piety and reverence for a god/gods and their followers.
51. Impish - Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
52. Incompetent - Unable to execute tasks, no matter how the size or difficulty.
53. Indecisive - Characterized by lack of decision and firmness, especially under pressure.
54. Indifferent - The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally, remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. Having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless.
55. Infamy - Having an extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act that affects how others view them.
56. Intolerant - Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion and narrow-minded about cherished opinions.
57. Judgemental - Inclined to make and form judgements, especially moral or personal ones, based on one’s own opinions or impressions towards others/practices/groups/religions based on appearance, reputation, occupation, etc.
58. Klutz - Clumsy. Blunderer.
59. Lazy - Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.
60. Lewd - Inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. Obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious.
61. Liar - Compulsively and purposefully tells false truths more often than not. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
62. Lustful - Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.
63. Masochist - The deriving of sexual gratification, or the tendency to derive sexual gratification, from being physically or emotionally abused. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.
64. Meddlesome - Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, given to meddling; interfering.
65. Meek - Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.
66. Megalomaniac - A psycho pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
67. Naïve - Lacking worldly experience and understanding, simple and guileless; showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgement.
68. Nervous - Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.
69. Non-violent - Abstaining from the use of violence. 
70. Nosey - Given to prying into the affairs of others; snoopy. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
71. Obsessive - An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.
72. Oppressor - A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures, to keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority.
73. Overambitious - Having a strong excessive desire for success or achievement.
74. Overconfident - Excessively confident; presumptuous.
75. Overemotional - Excessively or abnormally emotional. Sensitive about themselves and others, more so than the average person.
76. Overprotective - To protect too much; coddle.
77. Overzealous - Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
78. Pacifist - Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes. (Can double as a merit in certain cases)
79. Paranoid - Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others.
80. Peevish - Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction. Cantankerous, cross, ill-tempered, testy, captious, discontented, crotchety, cranky, ornery.
81. Perfectionist - A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
82. Pessimist - A tendency to stress the negative or unfavourable or to take the gloomiest possible view.
83. Pest - One that pesters or annoys, with or without realizing it. Nuisance. Annoying. Nag.
84. Phobic – They have a severe form of fear when it comes to this one thing. Examples: Dark, Spiders, Cats 
85. Practical - Level-headed, efficient, and unspeculative. No-nonsense. 
86. Predictable - Easily seen through and assessable, where almost anyone can predict reactions and actions of said person by having met or known them even for a short time.
87. Proud - Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem and will often shirk help from others for the sake of pride.
88. Rebellious - Defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
89. Reckless - Heedless. Headstrong. Foolhardy. Unthinking boldness, wild carelessness and disregard for consequences.
90. Remorseless - Without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.
91. Rigorous - Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
92. Sadist - The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. Deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
93. Sadomasochist - Both sadist and masochist combined.
94. Sarcastic - A subtle form of mockery in which an intended meaning is conveyed obliquely.
95. Sceptic - One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.
96. Seducer - To lead others astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt. To attempt to lead or draw someone away, as from principles, faith, or allegiance.
97. Selfish - Concerned chiefly or only with oneself.
98. Self-Martyr - One who purposely makes a great show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy from others, as a form of manipulation, and always for a selfish cause or reason.
99. Self-righteous - Piously sure of one’s own righteousness; moralistic. Exhibiting pious self-assurance. Holier-than-thou, sanctimonious.
100. Senile - Showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
101. Shallow - Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.
102. Smart Ass - Thinks they know it all, and in some ways they may, but they can be greatly annoying and difficult to deal with at times, especially in arguments.
103. Soft-hearted - Having softness or tenderness of heart that can lead them into trouble; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection. They cannot resist helping someone they see in trouble, suffering or in need, and often don’t think of the repercussions or situation before doing so.
104. Solemn - Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.
105. Spineless - Lacking courage. Cowardly, wimp, lily-livered, gutless.
106. Spiteful - Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; vindictive person who will look for occasions for resentment. Vengeful.
107. Spoiled - Treated with excessive indulgence and pampering from earliest childhood, and has no notion of hard work, self-care or money management; coddled, pampered. Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or over-solicitous attention.
108. Squeamish - Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
109. Stubborn - Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bull-headed. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute.
110. Superstitious - An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear from an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
111. Tactless - Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.
112. Temperamental - Moody, irritable, or sensitive. Excitable, volatile, emotional.
113. Theatrical - Having a flair for over dramatizing situations, doing things in a ‘big way’ and love to be ‘centre stage’.
114. Timid -Tends to be shy and/or quiet, shrinking away from offering opinions or from strangers and newcomers, fearing confrontations and violence.
115. Tongue-tied - Speechless or confused in expression, as from shyness, embarrassment, or astonishment.
116. Troublemaker - Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, intentionally or unintentionally.
117. Unlucky - Marked by or causing misfortune; ill-fated. Destined for misfortune; doomed.
118. Unpredictable - Difficult to foretell or foresee, their actions are so chaotic it’s impossible to know what they are going to do next.
119. Untrustworthy - Not worthy of trust or belief. Backstabber.
120. Vain - Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of their physical appearance. Lovers of themselves. Conceited, egotistic, narcissistic.
121. Weak-willed - Lacking willpower, strength of will to carry out one’s decisions, wishes, or plans. Easily swayed.
122. Withdrawn - Not friendly or Sociable. Aloof.
123. Zealous - A fanatic.

From The Character Therapist

justinspoliticalcorner:

By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of gun violence what climate deniers have done to the science of global warming. No wonder: When it comes to hard numbers, some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments are full of holes.

Myth #1: They’re coming for your guns.
Fact-check: No one knows the exact number of guns in America, but it’s clear there’s no practical way to round them all up (never mind that no one in Washington is proposing this). Yet if you fantasize about rifle-toting citizens facing down the government, you’ll rest easy knowing that America’s roughly 80 million gun owners already have the feds and cops outgunned by a factor of around 79 to 1.

Myth #2: Guns don’t kill people—people kill people.
Fact-check: People with more guns tend to kill more people—with guns. The states with the highest gun ownership rates have a gun murder rate 114% higher than those with the lowest gun ownership rates. Also, gun death rates tend to be higher in states with higher rates of gun ownership.

Myth #3: An armed society is a polite society.
Fact-check: Drivers who carry guns are 44% more likely than unarmed drivers to make obscene gestures at other motorists, and 77% more likely to follow them aggressively.
• Among Texans convicted of serious crimes, those with concealed-handgun licenses were sentenced for threatening someone with a firearm 4.8 times more than those without.
• In states with Stand Your Ground and other laws making it easier to shoot in self-defense, those policies have been linked to a 7 to 10% increase in homicides.

Myth #4: More good guys with guns can stop rampaging bad guys.
Fact-check: Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians in the past 30 years: 0
• Chances that a shooting at an ER involves guns taken from guards: 1 in 5

Myth #7: Guns make women safer.
Fact-check: In 2010, nearly 6 times more women were shot by husbands, boyfriends, and ex-partners than murdered by male strangers.
• A woman’s chances of being killed by her abuser increase more than 7 times if he has access to a gun.
• One study found that women in states with higher gun ownership rates were 4.9 times more likely to be murdered by a gun that women in states with lower gun ownership rates.

Myth #10: We don’t need more gun laws—we just need to enforce the ones we have.
Fact-check: Weak laws and loopholes backed by the gun lobby make it easier to get guns illegally.
• Around 40% of all legal gun sales involve private sellers and don’t require background checks.40% of prison inmates who used guns in their crimes got them this way.
• An investigation found 62% of online gun sellers were willing to sell to buyers who said they couldn’t pass a background check.
• 20% of licensed California gun dealers agreed to sell handguns to researchers posing as illegal “straw” buyers.
• The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has not had a permanent director for 6 years, due to an NRA-backed requirement that the Senate approve nominees.

h/t: Mother Jones

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

liberalbutnotpartisan:

Some good news today, as a Virginia Senate committee killed the GOP’s electoral college rigging scheme by an 11-4 vote. This vote came on the heels of a Virginia state senator who came out against the scheme; Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and Attorney…

tartantambourine:

A Cub Scout pack in Maryland may lose its charter if it maintains a policy welcoming gay families and members, a Scout official said Friday, raising once more a controversial issue that has roiled the Boy Scouts of America in recent years.

Pack 442 of Cloverly, Md., is conducting a poll of its members on its website about whether to retain its non-discrimination policy, which reads: “Pack 442 WILL NOT discriminate against any individual or family based on race, religion, national origin, ability, or sexual orientation.” The members have until Friday 8 p.m., to decide if they will keep the policy and possibly not be rechartered, or if they will remove it and return to a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy welcoming all families, according to a statement on the pack’s website.

Les Baron, Scout Executive of the National Capital Area Council, or NCAC, to which the pack belongs, confirmed that the pack could lose its charter if it maintains the policy, which he noted was against the Boy Scouts’ longstanding ban on openly gay Scouts or leaders.

OK, it’s official: I’m sorry I was ever a Cub or Boy Scout. Let’s hope this Cub pack in Maryland stands its ground. But adults who run the scouts everywhere ought to stand for human rights, including gay rights. Sorry to see the inhumanity of some adults inflicted on children.

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tartantambourine:

From a Washington Post editorial:

IN A SNEAK ATTACK notable more for its deviousness than its strategic acuity, Virginia Republicans engineered a bald-faced power grab Monday that would radically redraw the state’s electoral map without so much as a “yea,” “nay” or “maybe” from anything so trivial as a voter.

Taking advantage of the absence of a single Democratic state senator, GOP lawmakers in Richmond rammed through a radically gerrymandered map designed to hand them control of the 40-member state Senate, which is now split evenly between the two parties.

They were able to do so, on a vote of 20 to 19, because one Democratic senator was in Washington to attend President Obama’s inauguration. Touche, Republicans! Count that as a new low for hyper-partisanship, dirty tricks and the unaccountable arrogance of power.

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