Posted on 03/31/2008 9:21:35 AM PDT by dvan
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 the two major candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination 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:
a.. creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
b.. satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
c.. augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
d.. 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."
Must be retiring, and actually fears for his country enough to pop up above the PC radar. Good, but way late. Adult child, cognitive dissonance, Marxist, neoliberal...same game, different name, all bad.
It’s a sickness. They can’t help it. Therefore we should form some sort of government program to deal with it./sarc
Our good friend Mr. James needs a handle on this forum so we can share information with him.
Lobotomies and electroshock all around! :)
Don’t you just love it?
To bad there is no cure.
Maturing and accepting fact, context, and history as relevant to the issues of our day basically blows liberalism out of the water. I find most Liberal ideology is based on feelings and emotions, and not the aforementioned parameters.
Late to the game. Savage has been doing this schtick for many years. Psychology is not a scinece.
It also shows published in October 2006. What the heck took so long for this to be recognized? Are there 12 copies and one of them finally made it into someone's hands that could trumpet it?
Liberals are always looking for another illness to get them off the responsibility rollercoaster - just think how many would love to cash in on this lifetime disability?
Cure: Lobotomy
Thanks
they could go to one of the states that still allows the barbaric practice of electroshock therapy.....
Of course we should establish a free government program for these unfortunates. We can offer free Lobotomies with the united health care plan and then they would never have to worry their little sick minds with global warming, pollution, black holes, hate crime, the great right wing conspirators, Rush, religious right, abortion, work ethics, or ethics of any kind. Gosh, what a relief!
This is dangerous. The Communists used to call dissenters mentally “imbalanced” and sent them to “re education” camps.
Let not do this to the political left or start down this road.
This is dangerous. The Communists used to call dissenters mentally “imbalanced” and sent them to “re education” camps.
Let not do this to the political left or start down this road.
I have often wondered what the results would be if liberals were given a pysch eval test.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
No source... I sense this thread will get pulled.
It seems the same thing that "grabbed" you about Savage grabbed me also. He often hits the bullseye others seemingly don't even know is there. Example: Marijuana. He's the only one in the media I've heard spell out the neuropsychotic dangers of Marijuana. Let's go over your list again:
He was right on the Dubai Ports debacle.
He was right on Immigration Reform.
He was right on the Nifong/Duke Lacrosse case, particularly now that the creature that falsely reported a crime is still free and not behind bars.
And, most recently, he was right about the 3Com Corporation sale to China that just fell through due to “political pressure from Washington”.
As you say, he's got the ability to hold your attention on the mundane everyday stuff as well. I love listening to him EXCEPT...
When he himself gets psychotic and abusive with callers. I find no excuse for mistreating others the way he does. I just turn the channel. It's a big problem for him. FYI, although he's accurate on many things, he's off the mark on many economic/free market issues and I think his grasp of the nonpolitical role of the Judicial Branch of government is weak.
Enjoyed your comments.
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