Finally admitting he's attracted to kids
Feb 10, 2024 18:09:16 GMT -5
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Post by chrisurban on Feb 10, 2024 18:09:16 GMT -5
As pointed out, Lorne's "admissions" are often the result of thinking he will get something out of it in the end. They aren't so much admissions as they are a retelling of the narrative in hopes to satisfy whoever he is talking to or fits the scenario.
One thing I found interesting and wish we could see more of is how he interacts with authority figures. From the very little we got to see, it is very different. Who really knows what he is telling these people assigned to help him and on the flip side, who really knows what they are telling him. For example, the whole "Learn to say no", thing. Lorne was most likely told something a long the lines of "If you think it is in a bad idea, just say no", as in tell yourself no. However, his victim stance allows him to manipulate that advice into "Everyone is taking advantage of the fact I can't say no, even if it is a bad idea" .
I do think he is in some ways more honest with his specialists, but suffers from the same issue of trying to excuse or validate it. For example, he admitted to being aroused by the girl with the American flag on tv. Instead of looking at it from the perspective of, "It's wrong to be aroused by that", he instead most likely defended to his therapists saying, "It only aroused me, because what she was wearing was inappropriate", as if to suggest it is an everybody problem and not his problem. Then he changes it to, "I was not aroused by it, it just made me uncomfortable how she was dressed due to all the predators out there," for his catfish.
I also believe he was being honest in saying that he didn't have sex with Paula to his therapists, because it makes less sense to lie about it, but lying about it to his catfish makes his story more sympathetic.
Then there is his demented explanation of why he was aroused by the thought of kids he went to high school with or the girl from Little House on the Prairie. He tries to justify this by saying it's okay to think about young girls he was attracted to growing up, because they are adults now. Remember this is the same call where Lorne says "I'm not attracted to kids, Casey what are you doing?!?"
If Lorne truly admitted to anything, that would suggest he was capable of learning from it.
One thing I found interesting and wish we could see more of is how he interacts with authority figures. From the very little we got to see, it is very different. Who really knows what he is telling these people assigned to help him and on the flip side, who really knows what they are telling him. For example, the whole "Learn to say no", thing. Lorne was most likely told something a long the lines of "If you think it is in a bad idea, just say no", as in tell yourself no. However, his victim stance allows him to manipulate that advice into "Everyone is taking advantage of the fact I can't say no, even if it is a bad idea" .
I do think he is in some ways more honest with his specialists, but suffers from the same issue of trying to excuse or validate it. For example, he admitted to being aroused by the girl with the American flag on tv. Instead of looking at it from the perspective of, "It's wrong to be aroused by that", he instead most likely defended to his therapists saying, "It only aroused me, because what she was wearing was inappropriate", as if to suggest it is an everybody problem and not his problem. Then he changes it to, "I was not aroused by it, it just made me uncomfortable how she was dressed due to all the predators out there," for his catfish.
I also believe he was being honest in saying that he didn't have sex with Paula to his therapists, because it makes less sense to lie about it, but lying about it to his catfish makes his story more sympathetic.
Then there is his demented explanation of why he was aroused by the thought of kids he went to high school with or the girl from Little House on the Prairie. He tries to justify this by saying it's okay to think about young girls he was attracted to growing up, because they are adults now. Remember this is the same call where Lorne says "I'm not attracted to kids, Casey what are you doing?!?"
If Lorne truly admitted to anything, that would suggest he was capable of learning from it.