How do you see manipulative people? (A broad question!).?

Answer 1

Sociopathic, see people as pawns in their power game. No empathy with other people. No time for anyone who cannot serve a purpose for them. Devious and calculating, but can play the charmer to perfection as and when needed. Tend to gather a cohort of weak minded people around them to act as a power base, in order to exclude other people that they regard as a threat. Can be ruthless and cruel when offended. Will target people with whispering campaigns. I think that they actually suffer the most from their own behaviour, because they are incapable of creating normal caring relationships with people. Their behaviour can also be aimed at members of their own family.

Answer 2

Puppet Bush, is the product of his father's teachings. He may pretend to be interesting in our cry for our love ones who are dying overseas but he's not. He's greedy, he like making statements of who is in charge (which by the way it not him, but his dad) His semi-decision of many things have affected us beyond repair. If it was not for his fathers intervention after 911 we probably would be blown to pieces by now or was it to show it could be our savior or an act to start an oil, money war.

all i can say his prescription drug of choice probably is Valium for all the souls that hunts his dreams every night when he sleeps.

Our nation has turn up side down...where as china is making all of the American products we use today, EVERYTHING, even his underwear is specially made for him.

Rice, Collins is another story.
How would it look to the public if....hunting guy tried to commit suicide and the white house played it down to an accidental shooting gone wrong, what new.

Now that's a huge pay off.

Answer 3

Are you asking how we see them, so as to identify them, or are you asking our opinion on manipulative people? As far as I can see everyone manipulates to a certain extent, it is human nature. Anyone who is a Manager manipulates situations to get the best results they can. We manipulate our parents when we are small. However, some people use it to make selfish gain etc.

Answer 4

controlling bullying users, I recently helped out a so called friend (he called himself my friend although he had lost my friendship some time before) to get some stuff out of storage it took all day I had to take the day off work to do it I helped as he was giving the stuff to his girlfriend who I get on well with so I saw it as helping her out. In return he bought me a really cheap bottle of vinegar that he calls whiskey.
The next thing when I was working in the area the girlfriend lives I pop ed in for a coffee to say hi how are you as any friend should when they can (I think so anyway) the control freak boyfriend hits the roof when he hears about my visit and accuses me of trying to get into her knickers. The best is he has done the same in the past to his friends when the same has happened in reverse so I guess he is just a friend when it convinient to him but I see all manipulators like that idiot a bully

Answer 5

I feel manipulative people lack real self confidence they are often quite tragically sad, after all who actually likes to be manipulated? No one in reality. They often don't have friends and are unable to share any emotion with others other than anger. It is most often a learnt behaviour or a self protection mechanism.

Answer 6

Manipulative people are the kind, that imposes their will power upon weak structured personalities...they abuse power of communication in order to achieve their goals...this kind is wide spread amongst politicians and bureaucracy of every country known...they cause much trouble to every nation throughout the globe, because they usually don't really care about public interest, but try to fill their pockets instead ...

Answer 7

Some people who are manipulative don't even know that they are. (A young child vying for affection and attention may manipulate teachers, parents, or siblings with behavior)

Some people are manipulative because they have to be to survive. (A single mom trying to get out of a bad situation, may manipulate the welfare system)

Some people are manipulative because they need to blame their shame elsewhere. (A drunk may manipulate the into family feeling it's their fault he drinks)

Some people are just devious sick and wrong, and they manipulate for control or gratification. (A sexual predator may manipulate their victim into not telling)

And tons of other possibilities. ( I'm sure you have your own theories)

I see manipulative people as people. People that manipulate.
(Did I just get manipulated into answering this?)

Answer 8

I absolutely hate them. I look down upon people who take advantage of others. When you really look for it, you can easily develop a keen sense of whos manipulative and whos not, but never assume because that can lead to other problems.
I always avoid anyone who i suspect to be manipulative.

Answer 9

They are selfish and so into their own ways and beliefs. And they could be cunning and subtle in their manipulations. I once knew someone so manipulative that she even makes me feel guilty for buying something that she does not approve of, even though that thing is for my own use. Whew, am so relieved when our friendship ties got broken and that she lives far away from me now.

Answer 10

They are very selfish people who use others for their own ends without caring who they hurt in the process.

Example: A friend who just left her husband lived with me for awhile. She was dating my boyfriend behind my back. She was dating him because (she said) she really wanted to date a close friend of his. So I lost my boyfriend & a person I thought was a good friend & she lost him when he figured her out. Plus she had to find a new place to live.

Manipulators/Users. Not nice people. They are poisonous to everyone around them.