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Bill Heath's avatar

I objected loudly and often to the multi-hundred Ivy League psychiatrists who diagnosed Donald Trump with all manner of psychiatric ailments - the ethics of the profession forbid diagnosing a patient one has not met. I agree with Jack Gallagher; the description rhymes with borderline personality disorder. There is a possibility of comorbidity with hystrionic personality disorder. Whatever else she is, she's not a person happy with her life.

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Susan Mercurio's avatar

Ethics? What has ethics got to do with politics?

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Hrothgar Pedersen's avatar

... so you say that and then say "but I'm not diagnosing anyone if I just say 'the description rhymes with such and such disorder'" 🤣 holy shit man

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Jack Gallagher's avatar

I'm actually not trying to be uncharitable. Consider that her actions, clearly having the effect of controlling the choices of others, if not the result of a disorder, might then be attributable to basic ill-intent. Would that not be much worse than if her actions were attributable to a disorder of some kind, in which case she would be less culpable, to the extent such actions might be pathological?

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russell b's avatar

No one gives a fuck what you think. I’d rather have a president with some ball than one that doesn’t know where the fuck he is. It doesn’t take a dr to see that we currently have a brain dead zombie in the White House.

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Bill Heath's avatar

I suspect you misread my words. It appears we are in violent agreement.

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