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B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
15. Not mutually exclusive...
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 10:23 AM
Oct 2018

"Maybe it's mental illness, maybe blaming mental illness is the wrong approach. Maybe he has been an asshole and cornball all along, and blaming mental illness is pathologizing his personality flaws."

Maybe it's both!

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Puke. Vomit. Upchuck. Hurl! dchill Oct 2018 #1
Many men on the left and the right felt this about Hillary. Tavarious Jackson Oct 2018 #2
ah you cast my mind back to those days.. JHan Oct 2018 #3
I think most artists are Separation Oct 2018 #4
Yes... JHan Oct 2018 #5
I don't think most are but some are. Ever read Kay Redfield Jamison? nolabear Oct 2018 #36
I have not, but thank you for the suggestion Separation Oct 2018 #37
Yes. Or stated another way, best guess West is an Hortensis Oct 2018 #6
Juvenile authoritarians moondust Oct 2018 #7
Thanks for sharing your insight. brer cat Oct 2018 #8
You can be an A$$hole and be mentally ill... nt uriel1972 Oct 2018 #9
That's a completely fucked-up excuse, but at least that idiot spoke it out loud and on the media... VOX Oct 2018 #10
well said ++ JHan Oct 2018 #13
Fuck Kanye... this dimwit is BEYOND help!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2018 #11
Kanye's an uninformed, full of himself, jerk. Period. nt oasis Oct 2018 #12
He's a jackass - Barak Obama Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #22
I'll go with Obama's take, "jackass" it is. nt oasis Oct 2018 #24
yup Obama was right. JHan Oct 2018 #39
++ zentrum Oct 2018 #41
Yeah, but factoring in his excessive love for Trump and thoughts on slavery, that doesn't explain it TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #14
Not mutually exclusive... B Stieg Oct 2018 #15
you're right, it can be both. JHan Oct 2018 #16
Any man who feels emasculated at the sight of a confident, knowledgeable, competent woman needs Nitram Oct 2018 #17
I'm going to guess it's because she is smarter, stronger, and more ambitious than he is. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #18
K&R ismnotwasm Oct 2018 #19
Wow.. doesn't say much for a person's confidence Cha Oct 2018 #20
If you told me years ago that in 2018.. JHan Oct 2018 #29
I know! It's a funny ol Cha Oct 2018 #31
How? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #21
I saw Kanye's art on Saturday Night Live. JohnnyRingo Oct 2018 #23
you don't know that his reasoning was honest EleanorR Oct 2018 #25
Since sexism was a factor in the election..... JHan Oct 2018 #27
"Trump made me feel like a real man, and any focus on women emasculates me" sheshe2 Oct 2018 #26
The quote is me paraphrasing but yeah, that's it in a nutshell. JHan Oct 2018 #28
That says a lot more about him than it does Hillary Clinton. BlueStater Oct 2018 #30
Compared to Kris Kardashian and Krew? no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #32
looooooooooooooooooooooooooool JHan Oct 2018 #33
Dude, if you've got a pee-pee problem .. . hatrack Oct 2018 #34
If Kanye feels emasculated Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2018 #35
Absolutely. He emasculates himself. Don't need to say anything at all, and he does all it all ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #42
good jonfers9 Oct 2018 #38
welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2018 #43
Kanye must be quite a wuss if that's all it took. n/t Beartracks Oct 2018 #40
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