Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

27. I do not know how sane people

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #24)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 03:06 PM

Oct 2015

can in the long run coexist with people who have wholly abandoned reason and logic and whose thinking is so profoundly disordered. The true believers are ineducable and unchangeable. As Charlie Pierce has observed they are more like victims of brain-eating prion disease than normal humans. I have thought for a few years now that this country will split apart. How and when I do not know but it is, I believe, inevitable.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

30 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Study finds conservatives more likely to be psychpaths [View all] Maraya1969 Oct 2015 OP

Completely sensible randys1 Oct 2015 #1

All you have to do is look at their talking heads and elected officials. Kalidurga Oct 2015 #2

And the surprise here would be....? villager Oct 2015 #3

Is this a news bulletin like "Water is wet". At least someone is proving what liberals and LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #4

They're such mean bastards - how can they not be at least sociopaths? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #5

well half the country will be surprised by this Doctor_J Oct 2015 #6

Indeed 2naSalit Oct 2015 #7

Not at all surprising. hifiguy Oct 2015 #8

"Medicine to the Dead". Wow. n/t zentrum Oct 2015 #11

Where are today's Thomas Paines? smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #17

Al Gore was hammering the drums about it hifiguy Oct 2015 #21

Masses shmasses. People stand up for reason right here every day. Hortensis Oct 2015 #23

In other news, a bear was spotted shitting in the woods meow2u3 Oct 2015 #9

Yup. How it's always felt. zentrum Oct 2015 #10

,,,,, ejbr Oct 2015 #12

Cue conservative heads exploding in 3, 2, 1.... meow2u3 Oct 2015 #13

And in the health care debate, I was stunned to learn . . FairWinds Oct 2015 #14

I always felt their behavior was driven by parasites. A good worming may restore mental health. Laser102 Oct 2015 #15

This makes sense unfortunately in view of the main traits of pschopathy, The Dark Triad. appalachiablue Oct 2015 #16

We can't, ultimately. It's one or the other. hifiguy Oct 2015 #22

Hmmm. "One or the other" sounds like something a strong conservative Hortensis Oct 2015 #24

I do not know how sane people hifiguy Oct 2015 #27

Nice to prove what we've all known. They R F N nuts! Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2015 #18

Our controlling Oligarchs Thespian2 Oct 2015 #19

But don't assume they don't exist amongst liberals. Psychopaths applegrove Oct 2015 #20

Then they are not really liberals right? A fake liberal if you will. Maraya1969 Oct 2015 #29

I don't think most psychopaths believe in anything they pretend to follow. It is only about applegrove Oct 2015 #30

The CEO's of Exxon doomed us to Global Warming back in the 1970's Utopian Leftist Oct 2015 #25

Yeah, most of them are dumb and mean Warpy Oct 2015 #26

Absence of empathy should be right up there though it's not noted. Nt JudyM Oct 2015 #28