Leading Psychiatrist Says Liberalism is a Psychological Disorder
And, you call me crazy when I call Liberals, “Libtards.” Mwuhahahahaa!!!
Liberals clinically mad, concludes top psychiatrist
Eminent doctor makes case leftist ideology is a mental disorder
WND
WASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder.
“Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded,” says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, “The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness.” “Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave.”
While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and a life virtually free of activism and links to “the vast right-wing conspiracy.”
For more than 35 years he has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500 patients as a board-certified clinical psychiatrist and examined more than 2,700 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. He received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago.
Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by both Barack Obama and his Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton can only be understood as a psychological disorder.
“A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity – as liberals do,” he says. “A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population – as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation’s citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state – as liberals do.”
Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:
* creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
* satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
* augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
* rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.
“The roots of liberalism – and its associated madness – can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind,” he says. “When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious.”
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25 October, 2010 at 2:12 am
Interesting comments on this. Funny though, this study has very little science behind it. It’s more political hackery than anything else.
The Federal Government under the Bush administration did a study that concluded exactly the opposite of this wack job’s study. The study basically found:
“The report “Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition” cost $1.2 million and was supervised by the National Foundation as well as the National Institutes of Health. It found that conservatism is essentially a set of neuroses rooted in “fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity”.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/250462#ixzz13M8W3XL4
Dream on you right wing wackos!
Cheers!
25 October, 2010 at 8:28 am
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/aug/13/usa.redbox
“These are the same dimensions that contribute to loyalty and commitment to the group. Liberals might be less intolerant of ambiguity, but they may be less decisive, less committed, less loyal.”
You have proven yet again that Liberalism is indeed a mental disorder!
Kudos!
P.S. – The study you cite had this disclaimer:
“[This study] does not mean that conservatism is pathological or that conservative beliefs are necessarily false.”
Cheers
23 September, 2011 at 2:00 am
Scum
8 November, 2010 at 8:01 pm
The book is correct and I’m neither republican or democrat. Read this…
Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:
•creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
•satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
•augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
•rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.
26 April, 2011 at 11:01 pm
If liberalism is, indeed, a mental disorder, then how come it’s not listed in the DSM-IV as such?
27 April, 2011 at 3:00 am
Is every criminal already in jail?
27 April, 2011 at 8:39 am
Because the Liberals are running the madhouse.
Cheers
27 April, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Can you prove that “the liberals are running the madhouse”? I mean, if that were really true, then why are there so many conservative Christian therapists and psychologists?
Also, if liberalism is a mental disorder than conservatism must be a mental disorder as well. After all, conservatives believe that war and the death penalty are completely okay, yet abortion somehow isn’t okay (and keep in mind that innocent people are often sentenced to the death penalty and innocent civilians often end up dying in wars), that the Bible is error-free even though it was written, edited, revised, and translated by fallible, imperfect human beings, that everyone should own a gun (even those who are certifiably insane), that hatred has never caused any issues in the world and is somehow a good thing, that mentally ill people, disabled people, and poor people just don’t matter at all, that environmentalism is bad and we should just trash the planet as much as we want, and that capitalism is somehow a good thing even though it involves corruption, lying, greed, and selfishness, none of which are beneficial to society at all.
27 April, 2011 at 12:47 pm
why are there so many conservative Christian therapists and psychologists?
Because there are alot of liberals that need help?
War is sometimes necessary to preserve what you have from those who would take it away and then kill you. The death penalty, well I wouldn’t keep a dog locked in a cage for a lifetime, but thats just me. I hope the prison guards are loyal and willing to sacrifice their lives rather than run away if the crap ever hits the fan as so many liberals seem to want to happen. Comparing unborn babies with those who have taken anthers life destroying the family around them? Liberalism is a mental disorder. I hope the killers visit you first. Every single enemy fighter is dressed as a civilian, what do you propose, I am sure they are not all innocent, thats ok, blame us for their use of human shields, liberalism is a mental disorder. Much of the Bible consists of parables, it forces the reader to think, to analyze and then to choose, prolly never read it have you? All of your post is a collection of mental disorder, it is liberals that tore down the facilities that treated the mentally ill the disabled. Palin has a child that is disabled, see how liberals treat him? Liberalism is a dangerous mental disorder indeed. The difference between capitalism’s greed and corruption is people have a choice, with state sponsored communism, socialism, there is no choice and the corrupt give the orders. Liberalism is a , well, you know.
27 April, 2011 at 12:51 pm
How come you liberals are running around in the cleanest country in the world screaming that we are the worst people in the world, environmentally? Because if you went to oh say China or someplace else and tried that they would kill you and take your stuff. You liberals are so brave aren’t you?
25 May, 2011 at 11:55 am
Response to Hannah: Your concept of conservatism is seriously warped. I am conservative. I believe none of those things you stated as conservative positions and beliefs, nor do I know any conservatives that think any of these things. Your statements show you to epitomize the theory of liberalism as a mental illness. (Can you really think those things? Are you intending satire?) Holy cow!
23 September, 2011 at 2:21 am
Oh, Hannah….nice mischaracterization of what conservatives believe. I wasn’t aware that we think that everyone should own a gun (we contend that responsible citizens have the RIGHT to own a gun); that hatred has never caused any issues in the world (we’re certainly not celebrating Stalin, Mao, Hitler nor Jihadists); that mentally ill, disabled and poor people just don’t matter (we give more of our income to charity than liberals BY FAR) or that we should trash the planet (we simply ask for REASONABLE, RATIONAL responses to REAL data, not cooked books). I am definitely aware that we support capitalism…EVEN THOUGH it involves corruption, lying, greed and selfishness (you’ve just successfully defined human nature, by golly). Have you ever studied communism? Are you aware of the corruption, lying, greed and selfishness engaged by the ruling elite? They live large while everyone else is scrounging for tidbits on the ground. Are you aware that Russia intentionally starved millions of its own people in Ukraine while food surpluses were at an all-time high? Have you researched the “freedom” promoted in the Democratic Socialist state of China where breeding more than one child is a crime? Or how about the world of Islam where women are murdered for walking with the wrong man; where religious intolerance is so strict that to believe in any other religion is punishable by death. Have you been paying attention to the dynamics of these societies. I bet you’re on your iBook and sipping a Starbucks latte while you voice your disgust for capitalism. Guess what? Your computer was brought to you by capitalism!
From what I hear, the communists are looking for a few more useful idiots. I’m sure they’ll be glad to have you. You are a spoiled, ungrateful brat. I’m sure a taste of the grass on the other side of the fence will set you straight in short order.
But, hey…thanks for filling me in.
16 January, 2012 at 10:34 am
all your arguments are what is called “straw man” arguments, you make up something like “some people want all the babies to die in a fire!” and then you establish you moral superiority by saying something like ” but i say let them live!” and nobody ever gets around to just who it was that wanted the babies to burn in the first place. ect..
I don’t know any conservatives that believe any of that crazy crap you list off, all the ones I know just want the government to stop spending money we don’t have.
and now this, and remember i didn’t put this in your mouth, its a quote from your screed above: “yet abortion somehow isn’t okay” you said.
as if a baby of any size is ok to kill.
I am ashamed for you, because you don’t have the grace to be ashamed.
2 May, 2012 at 9:55 am
Wow. You should see a Doctor, even a leftist one, STAT. Your assumptions are rooted in some fantasy world cast by overly-simplified caricatures. Things are a bit more subtle than “the Bible is error free.” Really! I have to commend you though, you can spell and type well for someone who hasn’t escaped the bounds of an infantile emotional state.
25 May, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Here is the link of the article for the archive.
Only 38% of Dems claim excellent mental health
Results of Gallup poll no shock to shrink who authored book on liberal madness
Posted: November 12, 2008
6:38 pm Eastern
© 2011 WND
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57683
As for hannah…
I cannot argue that war seems to be a money making venture for Republicans. Yet Id rather be ready to defend my country than be a dhimmi like you and the demo-craps.
The death penalty for criminals is far more humane than wasting millions of dollars keeping criminals alive in prisons.
How is aborting a child in its mothers womb ‘ok’? Care to explain your ideology?
Not every Consevative is Christian. Conservatives run the gamot of religions and races. Your distain of the Bible is un-necessary.
Only repsonsible citizens should own guns. Those that are mentally ill should be out of society and placed within the walls of asylums. Of course you liberlas perfer to have the ‘nut jobs’ out on the streets. You have no solutions for the menatlly ill, chronically ill or the poor. You just feed thme to be ‘wards of state’.
25 May, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Jarod Loughler was just declared incompetent to stand trail, gosh, and I thought he was just a typical leftist. I guess they didn’t notice he was insane during his college application process.
25 May, 2011 at 5:48 pm
A Twitter post said Jarod was on antidepressants according to a family member.
The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRI antidepressants and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, agitation, etc. These side effects can also appear during withdrawal. Also, these adverse reactions are not listed as Rare but are listed as either Frequent or Infrequent.
Go to http://www.SSRIstories.com where there are over 4,300 cases, with the full media article available, involving bizarre murders, suicides, school shootings/incidents [58 of these] and murder-suicides – all of which involve SSRI antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc.
You would be surprised at how often SSRI’s have been implicated in horrific acts, yet, that fact seems to get covered up in the MSM. I guess HIPPA has been quite kind to big pharma.
25 May, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Yes, that is a problem we have today, mistaking the mentally ill for liberals. Listening to the radio earlier I thought to myself, just about every ad is trying to sell some sort of drug. You know, we really didn’t have this problem back when all we had were mainly what are described as illicit drugs. Whatever we are doing that we didn’t do before is turning our society into an angry hostile place to live. They used to make movies such as Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers but they don’t have to do that anymore as we have that type of stuff in real life now.
They say he has a irrational fear of lawyers but he could have got that anywhere. I don’t know if that is an arguement for sanity or insanity.
26 May, 2011 at 7:45 am
haa, CHUD, I remember that flick. Zombies from the sewer.
The pharma culture seems to fit in real nice will liberalism. Here is a situation where you go to a doctor and said doctor prescribes a med to take care of you. God help you if you actually chose to question the doctor and use of the med – no, one must never question an establishment setup to take care of you. And what a beautiful liberal thing medicine pills are. No need to take responsibility for oneself – just take a pill and profess to be doing all that you can for yourself. Never mind if said pill only works to mask the real problem; and don’t dare question other problems that crop up because of the pills, just go to the doctor to get more pills. Theeeeeeeere ya go….alllllll better now.
26 May, 2011 at 9:42 am
Looks like we could use big pharma on the Shultz thread, drool cups too.
25 May, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Pt 2:
If your take on being a enviro-mental-terrorist like ‘elf’ or other groups means to kill people and to take away thier rights to land or worse is not helping this planet.
And lastly how has:
communism, socialism and worse created any solutions for the problems of this planet?
Exactly… none…
16 June, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Nah just sneakier…
18 June, 2011 at 5:40 am
There is no question that liberals are very SICK,
Look at this communist thug that had the presidency purchased in 2008.
Self explanatory.
16 December, 2011 at 7:10 pm
As a centre, slightly right individual, i have known this for years as i live in Canada. A great place, that would even be greater with less cold hearted liberals.
15 January, 2012 at 12:19 am
Gord I’m in Canada too and I hear you. Actually conservatives from Canada are in a unique position because the liberals here make the US ones look like right wingers at times! Trust me friends to the south, you DON’T want liberals running your cities and country.
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