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samsingh

(18,432 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2012, 11:28 AM Dec 2012

Could Crazy Wayne be Suffering from a Mental Illness? [View all]

Are we going to find out someday that Crazy Wayne was himself suffering from a mental illness, such as paranoia, delusions, bipolar, narcissistic disorder, ...

... and a generation of gun policies (or lack thereof) were drafted through the advise and threats received from someone suffering from such disorders?

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Could Crazy Wayne be Suffering from a Mental Illness? [View all] samsingh Dec 2012 OP

Really? HappyMe Dec 2012 #1

Perhaps his name, Wayne, is part of his problem LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #2

Note how many are from Texas. louis-t Dec 2012 #4

Maybe it was the most popular middle name in TX? nt LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #8

Hmmmm. louis-t Dec 2012 #35

i've heard of that connection as well. it's weird. samsingh Dec 2012 #22

LaPierre Disease. Hoyt Dec 2012 #3

that he has passed on to become a pandemic samsingh Dec 2012 #31

Wayne is delusional and paranoid. Lint Head Dec 2012 #5

and his articulation of a fortified police state as a model for America samsingh Dec 2012 #30

In the United States, paranoid and delusional is Coyotl Dec 2012 #6

So true libodem Dec 2012 #7

Good one! Denninmi Dec 2012 #20

LOL. Truth in jest. nt laundry_queen Dec 2012 #21

paranoia is a clinical condition that afflicts some personalities samsingh Dec 2012 #23

I'm as anti-gun as they come, but I don't think it's a great idea to assign mental illness Chorophyll Dec 2012 #9

It sort of cheapens and demeans legitimate sufferers of coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #10

Thanks. I appreciate your calling me civilized... Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11

Oh, I can imagine, I think. When it starts to get a bit intense, remember coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #12

Wow. I knew about him, but I didn't know the whole story. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13

I only stumbled upon Moore's story this holiday season while reading coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #33

Indeed. But thank you for sharing. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #39

People like that don't have enough statues. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #16

WOW! loyalsister Dec 2012 #44

As I wrote upthread, I had never heard of Moore before this holiday weekend, and I coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #50

Same here- particularly disability history loyalsister Dec 2012 #54

I am a gun owner and be aware that I have been insulted many times here on DU ... spin Dec 2012 #32

I believe you, absolutely. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #37

What I fear is that some of those who actually do need counseling ... spin Dec 2012 #42

it was not intended to belittle mental illness at all samsingh Dec 2012 #26

I know it wasn't intended by you and I'm sorry if I gave off those vibes (which were also not coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #36

thanks. samsingh Dec 2012 #45

I don't want.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #15

And that climate would be the *point* of such a registry, too. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #17

many who suffer are never going to be a threat to anyone samsingh Dec 2012 #27

Yep. "Thundering Asshole" is not, last time I checked, one of the DSM codes. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #18

actually, i'm being sincere in this discussion. he may be suffering from a mental disorder samsingh Dec 2012 #24

i believe its called MEGALOMANIA farminator3000 Dec 2012 #14

He HAS been diagnosed with a "nervous disorder" mainer Dec 2012 #19

wow. so he's either a coward or does suffer from some sort of mentral disorder samsingh Dec 2012 #25

Lots of the wealthy and privileged managed to find ways to avoid the draft ... spin Dec 2012 #34

On cowardice and Vietnam: you had, as I see it, 4-5 choices. You could coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #38

You summed it up nicely. I chose option 2 ... spin Dec 2012 #41

I just did not want you walking around thinking of yourself as a 'coward'. That seems coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #51

my brother chose the marines because they were not going to Vietnam anymore although the draft was riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #52

Well, as that famous militant poet John Milton once wrote, "They also coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #53

Oh dear, the plot thickens... n/t Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #47

More like suffering from 'fear' his gun-maker 'owners' would decommission him, elleng Dec 2012 #28

i think he feels security with a lot of guns and he's used this to make himself rich samsingh Dec 2012 #29

i think he's going to lose his job samsingh Dec 2012 #46

Right. elleng Dec 2012 #49

If we're talking about Wayne, he's winning Recursion Dec 2012 #40

his draft deferment was for nervous disorder KT2000 Dec 2012 #43

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