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EarnestPutz

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8. I think that your idea that he wanted to "make himself matter" is really the heart of this. Mental..

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 06:16 PM

Jul 2022

.....illness, in my opinion, is used as an explanation too often to explain away abhorrent behavior. Another DUer, (AZLD4Candidate) recently posted about this saying "Being an asshole is not a mental illness". Sums it up pretty well.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216889468

Readers, please read this. I think it's really interesting. FWIW.

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