Posted by
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By
Joe Mariani. June 14, 2003
I've often wondered about the curability of
Liberalism. I have no doubt that it can be
classified as a mental disease, spread by
corrupted memes. Memes are defined as "A unit of
cultural information, such as a cultural practice
or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by
repeated action from one mind to another" (
http://dictionary.reference.com/). Memes are considered
a cultural analogue to genes, and if that analogy
is carried to its logical conclusion, can mutate
as genes do. When genes
or memes mutate,
however, the effect is more often harmful than
beneficial. Like "bad" genes, corrupted, mutated
memes can propagate traits that are harmful, like
cultural equivalents of sickle-cell anemia,
hemophilia, or Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome
(ok, I never heard of it either... but trust me,
it sounds much cooler than it is).
Some mutations are carried on because they once
had a benefit that outweighed the harm they do.
Sickle-cell anemia protects the sufferer from
malaria -- better to be anemic than dead!
Malaria was common, and relatively untreatable,
for most of human history... but NOW sickle-cell
anemia has no redeeming protective ability due to
modern medicine. Similarly, Liberalism once had
a purpose. At one time, "classic" Liberalism
meant protecting and spreading freedom, being
generous to less fortunate people and countries,
and caring for all people, everywhere. Those are
good values, which deserved to be passed on to
future generations. However, somewhere along the
way, a corrupted subspecies of Liberalism took
root and grew... and has become the dominant
strain.
As simply as I can put it, Modern Liberals firmly
believe that the average person is a danger to
himself and others. They believe that the
purpose of government is to protect us all... not
from external enemies, but from internal
enemies... inside our heads. Liberals
believe that people need to be protected from
themselves; that they are incapable of making
rational decisions; that people are sheep who
need to be led. And they believe that
they, the Liberals, are the proper
shepherds. Liberals have a complete disdain for
the "common herd", and show it in every plan they
acclaim, in every law they propose, and in every
phrase they utter.
Liberals have an unhealthy fear of human
differences, and yet also have a hatred of
the "normal". For instance, they believe that
people -- and by "people", they mean "you" -- are
not capable of responsible gun ownership, because
you just might go wild and shoot someone,
controlled by something scary inside your head
that you don't even know is there, and can't fix.
They believe that you, if you ever had ancestors
from Africa, are unable to compete on an equal
basis with people of European descent -- nor can
you females compete on the same level as males,
nor any of you non-white-males compete with white
males equally. They believe that you need to be
helped, protected, given advantages, and consoled
(with money) when you fail. They believe that
you white males are full of secret hatreds that
you don't even realise you harbor, and that you
need to be trained not to express -- and if you
DO express your "wrong" opinions, it can cause
actual harm to others. Liberals believe that as
children, you should all be taught that you are
no different than anyone else -- no winners, no
losers, no ranking, no grades, no pass, no fail,
no punishments and no rewards -- and then want
you to "celebrate your diversity". Is this not
the sign of some kind of mental disease?
Rational people, uninfected by Liberalism, know
that Americans have always been able to own guns,
and only the crazies or criminals abuse that
right -- and that banning guns would not remove
those elements from society. Rational people know
that skin color and ancestry are immaterial when
it comes to intelligence and potential -- both
distributed evenly throughout the human race.
Above all, rational people know that LIFE IS NOT
FAIR... that in any field of human endeavor, some
people will rise above others, and that life is
competitive. Why do Liberals want to cripple
children by lying to them about life instead of
preparing them for it? It's the sign of a mental
disease. Do you wonder why school shootings have
become so common? It's what happens when those
coddled kids raised in an unrealistic world,
believing that everyone's the same, get a bloody
nose when they run into the reality that
the good-looking football players get to date the
cheerleaders, and they don't.
Fortunately, I believe that kind of
Liberalism is curable. Many people infected with
it learn as they get older that life just doesn't
work that way. Others can be cured
by "intervention", but that takes a great deal of
patience. Those sorts of Liberals aren't the
truly dangerous ones, however... it's the Radical
Liberals that need to be stopped.
Radical Liberals are the ones that want to
interfere -- via the government -- in every
aspect of your daily life. They want to ban Oreo
cookies because the fat in them is bad for
children. They want to sue McDonald's because
their food makes you fat. They also want to
institute a "fat tax" on televisions, junk food,
and cars... the idea being that you won't sit and
watch TV with a bag of Cheetos, and you'll walk
to the store instead of driving. How much do
these people want the government to run your life
for you? The answer is: TOTALLY.
They want to replace your flush toilet with a
chemical toilet, and return you to the days
of "thunder mugs" and chamber pots, which have to
be emptied by hand. They believe that YOU are
not capable of running your own life, and want
the government to force you to do everything
their way. No choices for you -- you will
inevitably make the "wrong" one!
It gets even worse. Radical liberals founded and
control the American Civil Liberties Union, which
pretends to defend the civil rights OF Americans,
but actually defends the indefensible FROM
Americans. For instance, the ACLU defended that
Muslim convert that insisted she be allowed to
wear a veil for her driver's license photo,
totally obviating the reason for HAVING a photo
license -- to be able to identify the licensee.
They want to ban the Pledge of Allegiance
altogether. They seek to ban any display of
Christian symbolism, while defending the display
of any other kind of religious symbolism.
Their worst crime is defending NAMBLA, the North
American Man-Boy Love Association. That's right,
the ACLU is on the side of a group whose entire
purpose is to share tips on how to commit
illegal -- not to mention horribly immoral --
acts against children, and how to get away with
it.
Radical Liberalism is a mental disease, and one
that could be fatal -- not to the Liberals, but
to America. If someone approaches you with a
radical liberal idea, protect yourself from the
dangerous, corrupt memes with common sense and
rational argument! Don't let them tangle you up
in moral equivalencies, emotional appeals,
strawman attacks and other methods of Liberal
arguments. You can fight against the spread of
this mental sickness!
My biggest worry is this: if Liberalism becomes
correctly classified as a mental illness, are
they going to claim special rights, priveleges,
and Federal funding?
Are there going to be
programs to force businesses to hire their quota
of Liberals, under the "
Americans with
Disabilities Act"?
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See also: "Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder", By
Michael Savage. This book stayed on the Top 10
New York Times best-seller list for several months after its release on
April 12, 2005
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Liberalism is an actual mental disease!?
Liberals clinically mad, concludes top psychiatrist
Eminent doctor makes case leftist ideology is a mental disorder
November 12, 2008.
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
WASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start
identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is
making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental
disorder.
"Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern
liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which
our freedoms were founded," says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new
book, "The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political
Madness." "Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal
responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government
meet their needs from cradle to grave."
While political activists on the other side of the spectrum have
made similar observations, Rossiter boasts professional credentials and
a life virtually free of activism and links to "the vast right-wing
conspiracy."
For more than 35 years he has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500
patients as a board-certified clinical psychiatrist and examined more
than 2,700 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic
psychiatrist. He received his medical and psychiatric training at the
University of Chicago.
Rossiter says the kind of liberalism being displayed by both Barack
Obama and his Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton can only be
understood as a psychological disorder.
"A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss
the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral
integrity – as liberals do," he says. "A political leader who
understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in
talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose
economic and social equality on the population – as liberals do. And a
legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment
of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation's citizens,
corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state – as
liberals do."
Dr. Rossiter says the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:
* creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization;
* satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation;
* augmenting primitive feelings of envy;
* rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.
"The roots of liberalism – and its associated madness – can be
clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy
to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational
beliefs of the liberal mind," he says. "When the modern liberal mind
whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and
seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their
own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious."
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by Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr, MD