**Generalized rebelliousness over petty things is a danger flag** — but only in adults. For people under ~35 in Western countries, some rebelliousness is normal development (assertiveness without aggression is a learned skill). In someone with life experience, it signals internal strife. **The CIA perspective** on this type (Category #8: The Exception): "Feeling of suffering a gross injustice" combined with a conviction that their claim is obvious to all and any refusal is "willfully malignant." **The distinction matters**: This chapter's use of "exception" differs from the previous chapter (Overlooking), where it meant ignoring base rates. Here it means someone who believes they're being uniquely wronged by the world. **Practical test**: Someone who regularly gets worked up over nothing, who frames minor inconveniences as systemic injustices, who can't distinguish between what's worth asserting and what's worth shrugging off. If they're over 35 and this is their baseline pattern, it's a reliable danger flag. The CIA manual notes this type is also likely to defect or rebel against new authorities if they defected from old ones — the pattern transfers. The "true defector" has a history of opposition to authority that doesn't stop at borders.