The Paradox of the Masochist

For Freud, sadists come first and masochists spin out. For Lacan, it's just the opposite. All sadists are in fact masochists at heart. This is our masochist who can't handle the pain and as a result, have to dish it out on other people. Here we're dealing with Jesus as his masochistic component. The Catholic Jesus is about masochistic gets. He now occupies the place that God only experienced as a... for him.