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Henry Jeffrey responds to Frederick Kissoon
DEAR EDITOR,
Responding to an attack Mr. Frederick Kissoon made upon me I stated that, like Donald Trump, he consciously or unconsciously distorts facts, lies regularly, has difficulty logically following an argument and is prone to character assassination (For me ANUG is an idea that is bigger than ANUG itself. 26/04/2019). Mr. Kissoon promptly responded only to again demonstrate the above characteristics.
He stated ‘Jeffrey wrote that I got annoyed with him because as my Dean, he was not supporting me in UG’s attempt to end my contract in 1989. Nothing could be further from the truth.’ Firstly, I did not say that the letter was about his contract. I said ‘as I remember it,’ the letter was about his contract. The material issue was not about his contract but his sending a letter in 1989 that promised to do me harm. Secondly, UG usually gives three-year contracts and since he claimed to have started employment in 1986, 1989 would have been about the right time for his contract to be renewed. It is for Mr. Kissoon to tell us what is not truth, is he claiming that he did not send a letter or that the letter he sent was not about his contract or both? My original position does not allow him to provide a sensible response by conflating the two issues in the manner he did.
I said in my letter that Mr. Kissoon does not handle concepts properly and here we have it. Psychology Today tells us that the six common traits of narcissists are that they are prone to frequent lies and exaggerations; have the tendency to lift themselves up and put others down; rarely admit flaws and are highly aggressive when criticized and challenged; suffer from ‘trophy complex’, ‘I’m better than you!’ or ‘Look at how special I am — I’m worthy of everyone’s love, admiration, and acceptance!’; enjoy getting away with violating rules and social norms and enjoy spreading and arousing negative emotions in order to feel powerful, and finally, they manipulate and use control of others as an extension of themselves.
However, Mr. Kissoon claimed, ‘You do not have to be an educated person to know there are certain traits associated with narcissism. Narcissists are people who here, there and everywhere throw themselves openly in all circumstances and possess paraphernalia that make them noticeable. The opposite to narcissism is introverted personality.’ The opposite of an introvert is not a narcissist but an extrovert.
Furthermore, Mr. Kissoon confused the ways narcissists may express their traits with the traits themselves! That is, he purposefully (it would be extremely sad if this type of behaviour is not deliberate) attempts to deceive the public by defining narcissism as extroversion and then claiming that Jeffrey is more extroverted than he is and therefore more narcissistic! So not only is Mr. Kissoon’s definition incorrect but he also demonstrates the lengths to which he is prepared to go to win an argument.
But Mr. Kissoon exhibits these negative qualities not only in relation to Henry Jeffrey. In another article (It is impossible to comprehend the thinking of the APNU+AFC. KN 27/04/2019), he went upon another tirade, saying ‘‘Security falls to no other sector than the state. Yet in Guyana, the APNU+AFC leader has invented a concept called public security. There is no such thing elsewhere in the world. That is why you would never find the word “public” before security in any Cabinet in any government in the world. It has to be “national security. My guess is that the person(s) who thought up of those name changes is a basic fool not worthy of being part of a modern government.’ Yet a simple Google search shows that ‘The Ministry of Public Security was founded in 1948 as the Ministry of Police. Its Minister has three areas of responsibility – public security, law enforcement and corrections – and oversees a number of operational bodies: the Israel Police, Israel Prison Service, Israel Fire and Rescue Authority, Israel Anti-Drug and Alcohol Authority and the Witness Protection Authority.’
Like Donald Trump, Mr. Frederick Kissoon needs to be consistently fact-check as he seeks to satisfy his “trophy complex”, by lying and devaluing others. We have seen it here and how many times have we not heard these complaints from those he sought to chastise?
Henry B Jeffrey
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