Posted on 02/12/2020 4:24:58 PM PST by Its All Over Except ...
The data speaks for itself.
A new survey of more than 8,000 people has found that those who identify with left-wing political beliefs are more likely to have been diagnosed with a mental illness.
Ann Coulter’s “liberalism is a mental disorder” catchphrase has become something of a clichéd meme, but the data appears to support it.
Carried out by Slate Star Codex, the online survey collected a wealth of data from respondents about their education, demographic, lifestyle and political views.
The results show that people who occupy the farther left end of the political spectrum are more likely to have been “formally diagnosed with depression, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.”
In addition, the results show that the highest percentage of respondents (38%) who admit being diagnosed with forms of mental illness also identify politically as Marxists.
In comparison, just 12.1% of conservatives say they have been diagnosed with a mental disorder.
While the survey is by no means scientific, it does give an insight into how disturbed people are more likely to be attracted to fringe leftist beliefs, which in a lifestyle sense usually encourage degeneracy and a lack of moral responsibility.
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And when we can’t hear them they get mad, hence the source of their anger!
Interesting study, corroborates what we knew already.
The more leftist they are, the more hateful, unbalanced and obsessive they are.
The Bernie Bots, Code Pink hags, “social justice warriors” are clearly a bunch of lunatics who should be heavily sedated or institutionalized.
No! Do tell...
I’m stunned, I tell ya.
Duh!
Geez. Just look @ the uglies lowlife that are positioned behind Dimwitz candidates
The television screams mental illness
I certainly would not argue with that. Leftists and Rats are totally insane.
Reminds me of another Far Side cartoon..... Two Prison Guards in the electric chair switch room....one tells the other to “Flip the switch on and off real fast”.......
Of course! A large portion of Democrats do drugs, and that’s the cause of the mental illness.
LIEberalism IS a mental disorder!
ALL LIEberals are mentally disturbed!
The fact is, Slate Star Codex is an intellectual blog run by a self-avowed left-leaning psychiatrist, Scott Alexander. He has written some good pieces, most notably his 2014 piece on tribalism where he effectively calls out his fellow leftists for being hypocritical when it comes to tolerance. (If you have an hour, I'd recommend reading it.)
As such, it is extremely likely that affinity bias will result in mentally-diagnosed leftists being overly-represented in this biased survey. Furthermore, it is extremely likely that right-leaning folks won't even know this blog exists, leadng to conservatives likely being underrepresented. Finally, most normal people (and especially conservatives) don't respond to polls, let alone ones where they VOLUNTARILY reveal their DSM-5 diagnosis (if they have one).
Yes, the reporter notes "the survey is by no means scientific". But I expect sensational reporting on the left, not our side.
Funny.
They is what they is and they ain’ts no more.
Always good to have verified proof of their obvious mental derangement’s.
Very clever use of “TDS”:
Trump Derangement Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3815859/posts
Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a social mental illness that manifests itself in the refusal to accept the results of the 2016 elections. This ailment belongs to the category of political psychosis. Unlike most other mental disorders, TDS is a contagious disease that can cause epidemics and even pandemics.
This syndrome is caused by the new neuropathologic coronavirus Bacillus Anti-Trumpicus (2016-nCoV). The virus, entering the human brain, selectively eats only those neurons responsible for a coherent political worldview. Theoretically, the disease is incurable, although some countries have announced successful attempts to combat the epidemic and control the spread of infection.
More at the direct link:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/02/trump_derangement_syndrome_diagnosis_and_treatment.html
It’s Michael Savage who came up with it.
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