For The Left, The Wrong Kind of Politics Has Long Been A Sign Of Mental Illness
Armando Simón | Forensic Psychologist
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Toward the latter part of the Soviet Union’s existence, one of its tools for suppressing dissent was to declare people to be insane and lock them up in a mental hospital for political statements or activity — instead of jailing them. As with the Third Reich, unprincipled and opportunistic doctors could be found to collaborate in this travesty; sometimes, those doctors who refused ended up on the receiving end of this repressive tactic themselves. Religious persons were also subjected to this treatment, and even people who wrote the wrong kind of poetry, histories or novels. (Two excellent books on the subject are A Question of Madness, and Psychiatric Terror.)
In the United States, leftists have tried the same tactic but, because they lack absolute power, this tactic is diluted. Nonetheless, it shows their mentality and how similar they are to Communist totalitarians.
In 1964, there was the infamous case of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Because of Goldwater’s unapologetic and very vocal anti-Communist stance, leftist psychiatrists “diagnosed” him with practically every diagnostic label. They declared him to be schizophrenic, megalomaniac, paranoid, divorced from reality, aggressive, narcissistic, with poor hostility control, rigid, immature and, of course, they brought up Hitler and the Nazis a lot. (Leftists always compare their opponents to Nazis and Hitler; it’s a kneejerk reaction). Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon were likewise “diagnosed” by leftists, also for being anti-Communist. And, of course, this past year we saw an avalanche of numerous bogus diagnoses on Donald Trump, accompanied with demands that he be removed from office once it became obvious that screaming at the skies had no effect on his presidency. At least one former resident of the Soviet Union saw the parallel. Both Communist China and North Korea have also referred to Trump as insane. To my knowledge this tactic has never been employed by a conservative towards a Democratic president; only leftists have done so.
It gets better. Joy Behar, who is Jewish, compared Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith to mental illness. In this, she also borrowed a page from the Soviet Union when religious persons were also declared to have mental illness because of their faith.
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Yep, the die-hard alt-LWN are showing their mental illness.
Don't get pissy if you are not a die-hard LWN. This just applies to those who use this banter as a device to make themselves feel better.
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