Re: OT; I TOLD YOU SO


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WND Exclusive
Liberals clinically mad, concludes top psychiatrist
Eminent doctor makes case leftist ideology is a mental
disorder
Posted: November 12, 2008
6:33 pm Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily

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.

WND Exclusive
Liberals clinically mad, concludes top psychiatrist
Eminent doctor makes case leftist ideology is a mental
disorder
Posted: November 12, 2008
6:33 pm Eastern

© 2008 WorldNetDaily

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.

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"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."

Both sides make this ridiculous charge of mental illness. It's
a
sham.
Moreover, it's counterproductive, since it relieves the
adherent
of
responsibility. Mustapha Mond and his ilk are not mentally
ill.
They
are lacking in virtue.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue
appears
from
good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To
walk
safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of
wisdom
and the guidance of virtue.
Lord Buddha Shakyumuni

Ten Virtuous Actions??His Holiness The Dalai Lama

? Protecting and saving life.

? Giving and not taking what is not given.

? Treating your partner respectfully?respecting your marriage
vows.

? Speaking honestly.

? Speaking with the goal to bring harmony among beings.

? Speaking gently.

? Refraining from gossip.

? Being happy for others? accomplishments.

? Being loving toward all.

? Having a view that includes karma and understands the middle
way
between the two extreme views of eternalism and nihilism,
accompanied
by the two kinds of accumulations (of merit and wisdom).

Wait, wait- don't tell me, Buddha would be a liberal Democrat if
he
were alive today. And the Dalai Lama would be if he were american.
That's a classic!!!

Socrates, you need to quit trying to fit people into extremes. It's
not good for the mind. Especially this trumped up divisive political
system we have.

Tashi

Liberal Democrat an extreme?

Someone once asked Sabicas what the difference between flamenco
guitars, and classical guitars were. Sabicas said, there are only
good guitars, and bad guitars.

If I had to fit myself into a mold created by mere mortals yes I fit
into a Socialist Democratic mold........ I detest neocon war mongers
if that makes me an extremist so be it. I think it just makes me a
good human.- Hide quoted text -

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. a socialist policy is abhorrent to the British ideas of freedom.
Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the
object worship of the state. It will prescribe for every one where
they are to work, what they are to work at, where they may go and what
they may say. Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely.
No socialist system can be established without a political police.
They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very
humanely directed in the first instance.
Winston Churchill
=======================================
But ... socialism means also ... a period of introspection ... looking at
the way we have become humanly numb, change all that and see what can we
can
do to open our eyes to
the needs of our own making, all that for the purpose
of the greater good of our nation.
In fact the most socialist words have been uttered by
JFK. Ask what you can do for your ...
But to go further in the discussion we need to start drinking beer.

Alain

A lot of beer, but it's too early, and I've given it up for now. That
JFK quote stikes me as anti socialist, btw.

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I agree for the beer but disagree for the quote!
I prefer wine anyway!

Alain


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