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NuclearDem

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3. Unrec.

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 07:51 PM

Mar 2014

If you're one word away from the title of a Michael Savage book, then you're wrong.

Conservatism is not a mental illness. Conservatism is irrational, founded on greed, hate, and confirmation bias, but it's not mental illness.

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Psychology Today: Conservatism as a Mental Illness [View all] Triana Mar 2014 OP

. LWolf Mar 2014 #1

Agree, Something Is Wrong With Them Upstairs colsohlibgal Mar 2014 #2

Unrec. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #3

Yup nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #5

As Jon Stewart expresses here, they're looking for Daddy, er, Vladdy: freshwest Mar 2014 #4

Classic case of authoritarian personality disorder. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2014 #6