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jwhop
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posted December 28, 2016 07:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
December 28, 2016
Progressivism as a mental illness
Charles Battig

As we ponder the temper tantrums by current progressives and offer analyses of the driving force behind blatantly bad behavior, we might consider the studies by psychiatrist Lyle Rossiter, M.D. in his 2011 book, The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness. His website offers a synopsis of his clinical findings, which include:

1. The laws and moral codes--the rules--that properly govern human conduct arise from, and must be compatible with, the biological, psychological. and social nature of man.

2. The liberal agenda's Modern Parental State violates all of the rules that make ordered liberty possible.

3. The modern liberal agenda is a transference neurosis of the modern liberal mind, acted out in the world's economic, social and political theaters.

4. The liberal agenda's Modern Permissive Culture corrupts the foundations of civilized freedom and is destroying America's magnificent political achievements.

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The Liberal Mind asks and answers the following critical question: Why would anyone want a political system that restricts personal freedom instead of enhancing it; denounces personal responsibility instead of promoting it; surrenders personal sovereignty instead of honoring it; attacks the philosophical foundations of liberty instead of defending them; encourages government dependency instead of self-reliance; and undermines the character of the people by making them wards of the state?

Dr. Rossiter’s studies may be condensed to the proposition that modern, progressivism is a form of mental illness, characterized by the failure of such individuals to grow up emotionally and thus remain in a perpetual infantile state. Their behavior is that of “Spoiled Brats.”

A companion read is the 2010 book Pathology of the Elites. How the Arrogant Classes Plan to Run Your Life by Michael Beran. He defines “false benevolence” as the cover used by progressives to impose a strict political and social control over the citizenry in the name of “enlightened pity.”

Amongst a plethora of such behavior, none is more typical and revealing than President Obama and his recent claim: “I am confident in this vision because I’m confident that if I -- if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it,” Obama told his former senior adviser, David Axelrod, on Monday’s “Axe Files” podcast. “I know that in conversations that I’ve had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say the vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one.”

Just count the number of times Obama uses the pronoun “I” in just these few sentences. A two-year old toddler might match him.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/progressivism_as_a_mental_illness.html

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LeeLoo2014
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posted December 28, 2016 08:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LeeLoo2014     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, no genuine psychiatrist/psychologist calls clients/people "mad", "loons", or "spoiled brats". Mr Rossiter shows himself with the title alone (as not being a mental health professional).

But it's good you keep posting this article from the ItellyouwhatAmericansshouldthink.com, since it is a very good example of right-wing authoritarianism, it displays all 3 criteria:

"1. The laws and moral codes--the rules--that properly govern human conduct arise from, and must be compatible with, the biological, psychological. and social nature of man.

2. The liberal agenda's Modern Parental State violates all of the rules that make ordered liberty possible.

3. The modern liberal agenda is a transference neurosis of the modern liberal mind, acted out in the world's economic, social and political theaters.

4. The liberal agenda's Modern Permissive Culture corrupts the foundations of civilized freedom and is destroying America's magnificent political achievements."

Authoritarian submission — a high degree of submissiveness to the authorities who are perceived to be established and legitimate in the society in which one lives.

Authoritarian aggression — a general aggressiveness directed against deviants, outgroups, and other people that are perceived to be targets according to established authorities.

Conventionalism — a high degree of adherence to the traditions and social norms that are perceived to be endorsed by society and its established authorities, and a belief that others in one's society should also be required to adhere to these norms.

The only problem you have here is that the "outgroup" is a global Terra majority, and it includes you, you are a progressive too (internet user, and I am sure you have a cool fridge). Still not tired of trashing yourself by trashing the hand that feeds you, huh? Grab a cool beer, cheers! It's on the Spoiled Brats, as usually.

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Enneline
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posted December 28, 2016 10:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Enneline     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Why doesn't Lyle join the Amish?

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Faith
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posted December 28, 2016 10:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Faith     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Right, jwhop.

You Totalitarians are way more sane.

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