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Mr. Ected

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1. I have a follow-up question

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:06 AM

Feb 2017

After 30+ of right wing hate radio and television, are the American people afflicted with their own propaganda-induced mental illness?

Yes, Trump is stark raving mad.

But the Deplorables are also ill. They see Democratic success as failure. They see comical bluffing as strong leadership. They see the world upside down, because they have been relentlessly conditioned to do so.

Our. People. Are. Sick.

And Mr. Trump is the result, the symptom of our mass illness.

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from the failing New York Times....'Is It Time to Call Trump Mentally Ill?' [View all] spanone Feb 2017 OP

I have a follow-up question Mr. Ected Feb 2017 #1

I hear you. Silver Gaia Feb 2017 #6

thank the biblical deity starshine00 Feb 2017 #7

You have a point BBG Feb 2017 #9

That's a very interesting thought. Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #10

Whatever they are -- 'sick' is a common description -- they have not freely chosen to be so. ancianita Feb 2017 #19

It all goes back to the FCC rules changes implemented during the Reagan administration. George II Feb 2017 #22

What a great post. It deserves it's own forum for discussion. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #23

No doubt a certain percentage of Americans are. MineralMan Feb 2017 #32

I was just writing up a post on this topic! GliderGuider Feb 2017 #33

Absolutely 100% true. It's very disturbing because a symptom of the illness is that they cannot Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #41

Where's James Coburn bmbmd Feb 2017 #2

Where are the fucking "Beatles"? world wide wally Feb 2017 #16

Trump is nuts, but McTurtle and Eddie Munster Ryan won't do anything to upset their agenda if Dustlawyer Feb 2017 #3

These people believe Trump will do a lot of things for them... Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #4

Is someone who denies reality and is a sociopathic, pathological Cha Feb 2017 #5

The denial of reality part could lead us to that conclusion. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #14

His behavior has never been effectively checked. Ever. I have posted he's a 70 year old bully KittyWampus Feb 2017 #25

Any other low IQ sociopath would be in jail by now. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #29

Well, duh. Ya think?!? catbyte Feb 2017 #8

All of these so-called pundits and medical "professionals" BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #11

It was time six months ago, a year ago, five years ago .... kwassa Feb 2017 #12

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #13

In the absence of an examination and diagnosis, no. Orsino Feb 2017 #15

With Trump's Narcissism he cannot face being poor. gordianot Feb 2017 #17

It is so glaringly obvious but people want to "pretend" he is sane for some delusional reason. world wide wally Feb 2017 #18

It is a shame we are even having to have this discussion. Brogrizzly Feb 2017 #20

Welcome to DU! panader0 Feb 2017 #24

Welcome to DU Brogrizzly. Auntie Bush Feb 2017 #30

Welcome to DU :-) Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #31

Thanks! Brogrizzly Feb 2017 #34

I like the name! I live in Montana so I kind of have a "Griz" thing Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #35

I like the cat, defensively poised. Brogrizzly Feb 2017 #36

Oh better than that. I pissed off Richard Spencer himself good and proper a few days ago. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #37

No way! May I ask how? Brogrizzly Feb 2017 #38

Pretty simple. I told him I hope the next Nazi-puncher he runs into tries harder. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #39

Ahahahaha! Brogrizzly Feb 2017 #40

He comes off as delusional,but yet careful mainstreetonce Feb 2017 #21

" malignant narcissism, which is characterized by grandiosity, sadism and antisocial behavior. " Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #26

Only if they want to promote bigotry loyalsister Feb 2017 #27

And a reminder, our prisons are full of the mentally ill Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #28