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gulliver

(14,071 posts)
33. Evil schmevil.
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:29 PM
19 hrs ago

Trump is more of a conqueror, jester, and throw in a little mob boss. The word "evil" gets thrown around superstitiously sometimes and often in a paranoid way. The word needs to mean something. It's an important word.

Looking at the state of our population in the world and in the United States, I'm about half worried that it's not possible to be elected to the Presidency unless you purposely act immature, a little nuts, and a lot unreasonable. It should be possible to reach the better natures of a majority of people, but there are a lot of people who are so lost in the "wonderful knowledge" they get from the Internet that reaching their better natures is a long shot. These things that are pleasing them hurt them somehow. Apologies to the Eagles.

If you want something closer to evil, look at the state of the psychology industry.

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The asshole needs an exorcist, not a psychiatrist. dalton99a Yesterday #1
Exactly! He is pure evil. Grim Chieftain Yesterday #3
It drives me crazy FHRRK1 Yesterday #2
Precisely. B.See Yesterday #8
Morally evil and mentally ill are not mutually excludve. wnylib 20 hrs ago #27
THIS malaise 20 hrs ago #30
I was going to posit the same thing - he is both. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #34
I'd agree they aren't mutually exclusive. He's B.See 14 hrs ago #43
And he's not dumb. He's a diabolical genius. nt pnwmom Yesterday #4
BULLSHIT. He is profoundly stupid. Even Rex Tillerson recognized that in his first term. AZ8theist Yesterday #6
Yes, he is mentally dull NJCher Yesterday #7
What that means is that his genius, i.e., his superpower, is in being evil. nt pnwmom Yesterday #15
He is completely immoral Cosmocat 20 hrs ago #31
Violence Whip-poor-will Yesterday #16
Or maybe he's gotten a free pass for evil, underhanded s---- that would've gotten anyone else LOCKED UP, long ago. B.See Yesterday #9
NOPE Skittles Yesterday #12
an evil genius wd intelligently pick his targets. mopinko Yesterday #22
It's just an issue of word choice NJCher 20 hrs ago #28
Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain Yesterday #5
Trump is sly...he knows how to manipulate racists BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #10
doesn't take "sly" to do that NJCher 20 hrs ago #24
He won't die and go to hell, Satan doesn't even BigmanPigman Yesterday #11
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 ..... ♾️ live love laugh Yesterday #13
Paint "Old Smokey" gold. BidenRocks Yesterday #14
I AGREE. THANK YOU, B.SEE. Cha Yesterday #17
Thank you, Cha. B.See 14 hrs ago #44
Trump has The Dark Triad Personality no_hypocrisy Yesterday #18
Thank you for your summary and your willingness to share your story. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #35
I think a person can be both evil and mentally ill. The notion calling Trump mentally ill is somehow harmful to those Vinca Yesterday #19
a psychiatrist once told me NJCher 20 hrs ago #25
He's at the center of a Venn diagram of evil, stupid, and crazy. Ocelot II Yesterday #20
What his best friend said about him... Kid Berwyn Yesterday #21
Malignant narcissism is a mental pathology Martin Eden 23 hrs ago #23
I've only been saying this forever. BlueTsunami2018 20 hrs ago #26
I will not grant trump the sympathetic response that "mentally ill" deserves. Totally Tunsie 20 hrs ago #29
Yes yes yes TommieMommy 19 hrs ago #32
Evil schmevil. gulliver 19 hrs ago #33
Technically incorrect. returnee 19 hrs ago #36
Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one Maru Kitteh 16 hrs ago #41
we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts agingdem 18 hrs ago #37
Regarding Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #39
Correct mvd 18 hrs ago #38
Evil is a religious construct and not very useful. He certainly IS mentally ill. Maru Kitteh 17 hrs ago #40
Frontal lobe dementia plus sadism: loves to hurt people, deliberately. lindysalsagal 14 hrs ago #42
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