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In reply to the discussion: Should conservatism be classified as a mental disorder? [View all]Matrosov
(1,098 posts)50. Don't forget the Russian username
Matrosov, a brave young men who threw himself onto a Nazi machinegun nest to save his comrades.
But let me guess, I'm not only a Nazi, because of that Russian username I'm also sitting in Moscow, having my pockets lined by Putin's Russian Troll Army, eh?
Then we wonder why HRC isn't going to pick up every single electoral vote in November, because shitting on conservatives, gun owners, etc, the vile cancer of the nation, is somehow disingenuous, even trolling, in the minds of many progressives.
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Directed towards the author of the OP. As for the rest of DU, I suppose the responses...
Marengo
Aug 2016
#15
Then you're saying petitioning for one's preferred social policy is a mentsl disorder.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2016
#33
I'm saying the source of one's preferred social (and fiscal) policy might be a sign
Matrosov
Aug 2016
#35
Cool story, brah. I'm aware of the history of punitive psychology in the Soviet Union...
Marengo
Aug 2016
#48
My impression is that you are attempting to classify dissent from anything other than...
Marengo
Aug 2016
#66
I'm getting pretty goddamned tired of people cheapening mental illness.
Act_of_Reparation
Aug 2016
#21
Psychopathy is a personality disorder, which is not the same thing as a mental illness.
Odin2005
Aug 2016
#78
To me, the pathologizing of politics seems more acceptable recently. Even scientific and therefore..
Marengo
Aug 2016
#67
Think of re-education camps when you think of how the right would "fix" the Left's pathology.
ancianita
Aug 2016
#73
A solid reply. I honestly cannot foresee a "rational" argument against it.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2016
#39
"I'm attacking them for their psychopathic drive to destroy everyone who is different."
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2016
#43
I read part of that work. I can perceive the allure of the concept to certain personality types.
Marengo
Aug 2016
#69
After all of both I've seen on DU, I wouldn't say conservatism holds a monopoly.
Marengo
Aug 2016
#70
Even the conservatism of the Constitutional signers was flawed. It was exclusionary, period.
ancianita
Aug 2016
#63