Professor rips into GOP: ‘Self-interest and self-righteousness are at the heart’ of Republican Party

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[oliverdarcy]

A tenured university professor penned an editorial in the Washington Post last week in which he skewered the Republican Party for its “self-interest and self-righteousness” and suggested President Obama had made a mistake for working with the GOP.

“Self-interest and self-righteousness are at the heart of the Republican Party,” wrote Professor Drew Westen in an article published last week in The Washington Post.

Westen, a tenured professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, also argued that President Obama has a “penchant for unilateral bipartisanship” and made the “mistake” of working with the same Republicans who had just “decimated the economy.”

[stars & stripes forever]

President Obama had made a mistake for working with the GOP

I don't recall any meeting the Obama had with the GOP.

[GenXteacher]

“Westen, a tenured professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University,”
So his background in these two fraudulent subjects gives him knowledge of politics? His opinion has about as much validity as a witch doctor’s.

[USMA '71]

Westen, a tenured professor of psychology and psychiatry

No offense to any Freepers but psychology and psychiatry may just be two of the most IMPRECISE "sciences" out there. Why should anyone believe this guy when it is obvious that his versions of reason and logic are clouded by his level of "higher learning"?

[dartuser]

Most smart people are the dumbest people I know.

[MNJohnnie]

Sever case of emotional projection. This Prof needs serious professional help

[Qbert]

The professor of psychology seems to exhibit classic Dichotomous Thinking- often found in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder... In his extreme way of thinking, the Republicans are everything "bad" in the world (greed, stupidity, violence, hatred, racism) and the Democrats and Obama are everything "good" ("caring about the poor", peace, kindness, etc.). There is no "gray" area for people who think like this.

Maybe the professor should get checked out...

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Professor Westen is self-interested and self-righteous.

He’s also a retard. When did the President try to work with Republicans?

[CSM]

“Are we to understand that the democrats are selfless and righteous?”

You got it! They are very selfish with your earnings and life, so they should be looked at with respect and awe!

[MNJohnnie]

Some time the jokes just write themselves. This story appears on the thread line right about a story about the lack of intellectual diversity and honesty on college campuses.

Professor rips into GOP: ‘Self-interest and self-righteousness are at the heart’ of Republican Party Thursday, August 02, 2012 9:49:30 AM · by oliverdarcy · 25 replies

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[BlatherNaut]

A tenured university professor penned an editorial in the Washington Post last week in which he skewered the Republican Party for its “self-interest and self-righteousness” and suggested President Obama had made a mistake for working with the GOP.

He wrote this to help advance the updated party line. The "Blame Bush" theme is so transparently silly now that nearly 4 years have elapsed since Bush was president that even democrats aren't buying it. So now the Obama message crafters are shifting the refrain from "Blame Bush" to "Blame the Republicans".

Poor Obama, acting in good faith, made an honest mistake when he attempted to work with the selfish Republicans./sarc

[AppyPappy]

(yawn)

[SaraJohnson]

Beats the “smart” professor’s offering of globalist oppression and hell at the center of his politics.

The elitists in both parties are gnashing their teeth at the sight of those uppity Americans rising up against their citizen of the world, amoral “rule.” Jerks.

[jimt]

The guy’s on acid.

[Teacher317]

uggested President Obama had made a mistake for working with the GOP.

Working with...

Working WITH?!?!?

Are you certifiable?!

(Oh, he's a psych prof. Yeah. They mostly are, actually, in my experience.)

[CSM]

“They are very selfish with your earnings and life..”

Ooops, meant SELFLESS with your earnings and life, so they should be looked at with respect and awe.

[TYVets]

We shouldn't be giving the professor a hard time.

His federal grant is about to run out and he is trying to get his name in the hat for another government freebie.

[Conservaliberty]

I agree with you; my first thought was, “pot, meet kettle.”

[Conservaliberty]

No offense to any Freepers but psychology and psychiatry may just be two of the most IMPRECISE “sciences” out there. Why should anyone believe this guy when it is obvious that his versions of reason and logic are clouded by his level of “higher learning”?

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I am inclined to agree with you. Unless restricted to treating mentally ill patients, psychology is pretty much bunk. Psychiatry, in the medical realm, is useful and necessary, but it is indeed imprecise. I am going to ‘come out’ here and admit that I have been diagnosed with bipolar-depression, generalized anxiety disorder, bulimia nervosa, and trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling). Psychiatry saved my life; without my doctors I would not be in the secure place that I am today. But—three years of medicine experimentation and titration—along with the fact that no combinations will work for the same people, and the fact that people are still not entirely sure how the medicine works, just that it does—indicates how imprecise the science is. Psychology is even more fuzzy, but I have benefited a lot from those who pioneered cognitive behavior therapy.

However, note that I say these things must be limited to the MEDICAL realm; when mixed with sociology, they immediately transform into bunk.

To sum up—medical use=good. Sociological use=total and complete bovine excrement.

Of course, sociology is pretty much bovine excrement anyway. :)

[aruanan]

“Self-interest and self-righteousness are at the heart of the Republican Party,” wrote Professor Drew Westen in an article published last week in The Washington Post.

You're projecting, Drew.

[nonsporting]

“The guy’s on acid.”

I thought he was self-medicating, too. I bet he wrote his own prescription. (He has doctorate in psychiatry)