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In reply to the discussion: If Trump is mentally ill, is it acceptable to mock him? [View all]torius
(1,652 posts)27. He couldn't pass the insanity defense
because he went out of his way to gather power. He's personality disordered, and that's different than mental illness. It may not be his fault that he has a PD. But rather than getting help, or trying his darndest to be a good person or at least not a rotten one, he chose to act on it, and in a way that harms others bigly. Therefore, yes, he can be hated, mocked, and ridiculed. Hitler probably had some mental/emotional issues too--did he have to act on them? No.
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If Cheeto Benito is successfully 25th'ed from office on the basis of mental illness
Cirque du So-What
Sep 2018
#3
I believe he is a malignant narcissist and a psychopath. And yes, I will continue to mock him. n/t
fleur-de-lisa
Sep 2018
#4
He boasted in his book that he punched a teacher as a kid. At what point do we say, that even as a
Doodley
Sep 2018
#21
And this is a question that needs an answer? You're kidding me, aren't you, when the answer is...
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#8
Okay, but if he is mentally ill (delusional, extreme paranoia and with onset dementia, for example)
Doodley
Sep 2018
#19
As regards tRump, there are individuals on this planet that have inflicted so much pain on others
Floyd R. Turbo
Sep 2018
#23