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Marengo

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54. We could call it ideological hygiene.

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Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:35 PM

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Should conservatism be classified as a mental disorder? [View all] Matrosov Aug 2016 OP

Yes - Obviously Yallow Aug 2016 #1

Belief in authority and rule of law should be classified as a ZombieHorde Aug 2016 #2

No loyalsister Aug 2016 #3

It eats their brains. It turns off the reasoning part of the brain. NightWatcher Aug 2016 #4

Go to opposite-world, aka Free-Republic. Old and In the Way Aug 2016 #5

Yuri Andropov would certainly approve... Marengo Aug 2016 #6

Are you familiar with the poster, ronnie624 Aug 2016 #13

Directed towards the author of the OP. As for the rest of DU, I suppose the responses... Marengo Aug 2016 #15

OP is the same poster outraged about shooting sports in the Olympics. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #19

Forget implying, I'll say it outright: Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #25

Big difference between political dissidents and conservatism Matrosov Aug 2016 #28

Most conservatives are simply anti-big government Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #31

Yet they love the idea of Constitutional amendments.. Matrosov Aug 2016 #32

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

You're seeking to label tens of millions of people mentally ill. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #37

Cool story, brah. I'm aware of the history of punitive psychology in the Soviet Union... Marengo Aug 2016 #48

At least you know your history Matrosov Aug 2016 #60

My impression is that you are attempting to classify dissent from anything other than... Marengo Aug 2016 #66

"Radical extreme repuliCONs," yes. lonestarnot Aug 2016 #7

Conservatism is a developmental disorder shadowmayor Aug 2016 #8

C=MI, baby....goes back over 15 years, when Salon table talk Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #9

Let's go with all the above MrScorpio Aug 2016 #10

Absolutely not. Nye Bevan Aug 2016 #11

Of course not. It's not even well defined in this context. nolabear Aug 2016 #12

Thanks for that canetoad Aug 2016 #16

+1 DawgHouse Aug 2016 #72

Says it all sarisataka Aug 2016 #14

No. Absurd. cali Aug 2016 #17

OFFS, no. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #18

No, but how about calling it a parasitic infection? Orrex Aug 2016 #20

I'm getting pretty goddamned tired of people cheapening mental illness. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #21

Psychopathy is also a mental illness Matrosov Aug 2016 #27

Cool story. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #30

Psychopathy is a personality disorder, which is not the same thing as a mental illness. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #78

Should conservatism be classified as a mental disorder? Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2016 #22

Begs the question if it were to be, then what? Marengo Aug 2016 #23

Good question. ancianita Aug 2016 #64

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

Mental health should never be politicized Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #24

No (nt) bigwillq Aug 2016 #26

Jesus Christ, listen to yourself. Brickbat Aug 2016 #29

I'm listening Matrosov Aug 2016 #34

Here's what you're not hearing: Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #36

A solid reply. I honestly cannot foresee a "rational" argument against it. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #39

What do you suggest be done sarisataka Aug 2016 #40

Ah, yes, so now I'm a Nazi.. Matrosov Aug 2016 #42

"I'm attacking them for their psychopathic drive to destroy everyone who is different." Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #43

Amazing, isn't it? sarisataka Aug 2016 #45

It would be humorous if the implications weren't so deadly. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #46

And what hypocrisy it is. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #47

Don't forget the Russian username Matrosov Aug 2016 #50

Yeah, woe is you. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #51

I've now made a distinction several times Matrosov Aug 2016 #61

Are psychopaths not victims of mental illness? Marengo Aug 2016 #71

And I've now rebuked your distinction several times. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #77

"Vile cancer of the nation" Dr. Goebbels, is that you? Marengo Aug 2016 #53

I truly wish you were sarisataka Aug 2016 #62

It always starts with the best of intentions sarisataka Aug 2016 #44

wenn es wie eine Ente quakt Marengo Aug 2016 #49

No BainsBane Aug 2016 #38

Um.............................. Initech Aug 2016 #41

I vote no. However once we perfect gene editing technology Docbroke Aug 2016 #52

We could call it ideological hygiene. Marengo Aug 2016 #54

That is catchier sarisataka Aug 2016 #55

It's all in the packaging. Everyone loves clean, right? Marengo Aug 2016 #56

Hygiene is important sarisataka Aug 2016 #68

I read part of that work. I can perceive the allure of the concept to certain personality types. Marengo Aug 2016 #69

Or 'ideological cleansing'... friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #58

I'd call it adding the success gene Docbroke Aug 2016 #65

After all of both I've seen on DU, I wouldn't say conservatism holds a monopoly. Marengo Aug 2016 #70

Maybe we should classify only mental disorders as mental disorders. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #57

No. It's almost an insult to those who have mental disorders sakabatou Aug 2016 #59

Even the conservatism of the Constitutional signers was flawed. It was exclusionary, period. ancianita Aug 2016 #63

"Everybody who disagrees with me is crazy!" struggle4progress Aug 2016 #74

some of them are treestar Aug 2016 #75

This is actually the same type of thing UnFettered Aug 2016 #76