Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "“I took the knife and I just stabbed her.” Michelle Boat Admits to Killing on the Stand | COURT TV" video.
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@rong3378 Wanting to stab someone to death, and actually doing it, are a million miles apart. If the average person could be prosecuted for their evil thoughts about others, we'd all be wearing stripey suits and sitting on Death Row! Most people resist acting on their worst impulses for a whole spectrum of reasons, from morality to fear of consequences.
I doubt this woman will get any sympathy from female jurors, even if they too have been cheated on. She's very unappealing and unsympathetic. Her motive for the murder really isn't clear.
If she had brain cells in double figures, she'd pretend the girlfriend had cruelly taunted her about her romance with her husband, in the lead up to the murder. Even though her husband had left her, she WAS still his wife and people are generally sympathetic to that. Her only hope to save her skin, was to murder the victim's character in court and make the jurors hate her too. This she totally failed to do.
It's clear the only 'provocation' for butchering 'the other woman', was that she and her estranged hubby were in love. And that really doesn't explain such an extreme and horrific act of violence.
Her problem with the crime of passion claim, is that her actions were clearly premeditated. She stalked that woman, threatened to kill her, and then did - hunting her down, pursuing her and producing a knife, before stabbing her to death WEARING LATEX GLOVES! It doesn't take Columbo to know it wasn't an impulsive rage and loss of control.
God knows why she was so possessive with that guy anyway, he's no prize. Prize loser - as sexy as last week's limp lettuce, the type that could easily send you comatose mid-sex. I'm only surprised they split - they look perfectly well matched to me!
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@kate_m_k88 A Thorpe is correct, context is all. Most people know the meaning of the term 'narcissistic' and it does by definition apply to a lot of killers. What could be more narcissistic - ie self regarding and vain - than feeling fully entitled to kill a human being who displeases you, for whatever reason? That certainly applies to Michelle Boat, who murdered her victim in a coldly premeditated (NOT impulsive) ambush, purely because she and her estranged husband were in love, no other reason.
'Narcissistic Personality Disorder' is obviously a specific, clinical diagnosis and it too applies to a lot of killers. In fact the diagnosis has proved very helpful in understanding the motivations and the MO of dangerous abusers. I believe the famous 'Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse' should be taught to teens at school. It's a very useful template to measure abusive behaviour by, and escape anyone displaying it!
The conduct of abusers in romantic relationships follows a very predictable pattern. That's why it is so important people know that pattern - forewarned is forearmed.
Perhaps the narcissist word is overused now but I am glad the phenomenon is finally being widely recognised. The excellent YouTube channel LIVE ABUSE FREE, run by a professional in the field of psychology, has many useful videos on narcissistic abuse. It's crucial people understand that a narcissistic abuser does not necessarily present as cocky or dominant. Covert narcissists like Chris Watts wreak havoc on people under the radar, because they have perfected a totally false persona as a decent, passive, maybe even submissive, 'nice guy'. After he murdered his pregnant wife and two children, everyone who knew him was shocked - especially when it became clear his murders and the elaborate way he disposed of his family's corpses was pre-planned for at least weeks. This was no hot-headed loss of control - the three murders were executed in a with cold, premeditated ruthlessness.
I would argue covert narcissists are the most dangerous of all, because they are so skilled at manipulating victims' perceptions of who they are, when the fatal attack comes they are totally unprepared and defenceless to it.
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