Knight of Swords Tarot Card: Be Careful About Your Attitude
One with a Knight of Swords personality in the negative sense of the archetype may very well be a control freak- not just a control freak, but a narcissistic control freak. This just might be somebody who, when they are not able to control somebody, will endeavor to belittle them and undermine them in every way that they can to fit the narrative of control they have in their mind. In this sense, they imagine how they want everything to be. Anybody who does not support this because they have ideas of their own, or simply are not aware or even care what their vision, is acting against the true flow of perfection, and are therefore an enemy of the vision.
To them, an enemy must be eliminated. To eliminate them, they talk badly of them, slander them, assume the worst from their intentions and relentlessly push this attitude toward them and insult them publicly. If they apologize for this public attack it is only to improve their image in the eyes of the victim out of fear of some reprisal from them. Likely though, this will only be a private, insincere attempt at gaining favor, but not a public one in front of the others that they went after their victim in front of. To apologize in front of the crowd would only be a sign of weakness, which they cannot allow to be seen.
A Knight of Swords personality in the negative aspect is a good person to avoid as much as possible. They care about their self and their image than they do about anybody else. You are just a bit player in the drama of their life, and if you do not recite the lines they expect you to recite, they will seek to eliminate you from the narrative. Be careful around these people. They will only drag you down. –– Jim Larsen