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OAITW r.2.0

(28,686 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2022, 07:17 PM Nov 2022

Is Republicanism a mental illness? [View all]

Seems like more and more self-identified Republicans love guns, hate people of all stripes, hate ideas that promotr ptogrssive social policy and can't relate to people who don't think like themselves. As the Party shrinks, the people that remain are becoming more extreme in this illness. How long can "moderate" sane Republicans continue to exist in this Party?

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Is Republicanism a mental illness? [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 OP

Fascism is a mental illness and the Repuke party is infested with it. roamer65 Nov 2022 #1

Is being an asshole a mental illness? RockRaven Nov 2022 #2

Yes...... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #3

GOP...the party of sociopaths pecosbob Nov 2022 #4

I really think people should stop bandying around the term "mental illness." BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #5

One would certainly think so. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #7

I agree I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #9

It's really kind of sad to see here as much as I have lately. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #10

Yeah I get it. I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #11

Not all things that are bad are the result of being mentally ill Trenzalore Nov 2022 #6

I stand corrected. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #12

MAGA - yes. Moderate Republicans - no. patricia92243 Nov 2022 #8

Magats are sociopaths and I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #13

No, it's genetic, that's why it exists all over the world, in every race and culture throughout time Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2022 #14

Good point. So, there should be a way to determine the genetic markers that OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #15

I have always thought mental health are doing it backwards. Jamastiene Nov 2022 #16

Thanks for making a better post than I did. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #17

I really like this post. hunter Nov 2022 #18

Another possibility is drug induced anger and irratibility Prairie_Seagull Nov 2022 #19

Sadly, these people treat Republicanism like a tribal identity Bucky Nov 2022 #20

:a coven of nihilism. Power for power's sake. ; OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #22

Why do you think the Party is shrinking? former9thward Nov 2022 #21

Do you think it's growing? OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #23

The numbers don't indicate any shrinkage. former9thward Nov 2022 #25

None of those results indicate the growth, shrinkage, or size. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #29

When you increase House seats that is growth. former9thward Nov 2022 #30

The OP is about Republicanism, not the results of an election Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #35

The poster in the OP said the party was "shrinking". former9thward Nov 2022 #36

You shifted to "party success" Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #37

More of a personality disorder. Midnight Writer Nov 2022 #24

Well, in my wife's family aka-chmeee Nov 2022 #26

Chicken and the Egg metaphor, which came first? no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 #27

I think right-wing authoritarianism best explains it. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2022 #28

NTSA whistler162 Nov 2022 #31

No. Irrationalism, hatred and bigotry are not mental illnesses. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #32

"can't relate to people who don't think like themselves" Sympthsical Nov 2022 #33

They even have their own language DFW Nov 2022 #34