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Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« on: February 16, 2008, 10:30:14 AM »
Wasn't sure where to post this. The MODS can move it if they so desire.This is an interesting article and describes our friends at the island to a tee..

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56494

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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 the two major candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination can only be understood as a psychological disorder.


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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 10:37:06 AM »
Can't wait for this to show up at the DUmp.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 11:28:44 AM »
As fun as it might seem how many so-called "studies" have declared conservatives to be timid, box-thinking sheep?

Scientificalism leaves me unimpressed.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 11:48:28 AM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on February 16, 2008, 11:28:44 AM
As fun as it might seem how many so-called "studies" have declared conservatives to be timid, box-thinking sheep?

Scientificalism leaves me unimpressed.

There is denial and wishful thinking, and there is common sense and reality.  Any "study" which hopes to paint conservatives as timid, box-thinking sheep can be disproved with common sense and reality.   Any "study" which hopes to disspell the notion that liberalism is a mental disorder can also be disproved with common sense and reality. 

Liberalism, when put into practice, is always a failure.  Conservatism, when put into practice, is always a success.  When these truths are considered by logical mind, it is impossible not to understand that to embrace and support liberalism is a mental illness.     
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 12:22:47 PM »
Good find, Bondai! :clap:
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 01:11:07 PM »
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 01:44:06 PM »
Damn!

Sorry, but even if the information is accurate, the World Weekly News is not a credible source for any information.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 01:54:12 PM »
Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 02:03:47 PM »
Quote from: The Night Owl on February 16, 2008, 01:54:12 PM
Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot.

Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot because you don't agree with what he said or do you have reasons?  How about enlightening us please.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 02:05:52 PM »
Quote from: The Night Owl on February 16, 2008, 01:54:12 PM
Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot.

Once again illustrating, and oh so well, the difference between this side, which bases evaluations upon content, and the other side, which bases evaluations upon who's saying it.

The cult of the personality, where the messenger is more "relevant" than the message.

I have no idea who this guy is, and what his qualifications are, but my first thoughts when reading this were, "what's he saying? is it credible?"

Since he's ostensibly a crackpot, one assumes that if he said the sky was overhead, primitives would disbelieve him.

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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2008, 02:22:05 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on February 16, 2008, 01:44:06 PM
Damn!

Sorry, but even if the information is accurate, the World Weekly News is not a credible source for any information.


World Net Daily...
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2008, 02:22:42 PM »
Quote from: The Night Owl on February 16, 2008, 01:54:12 PM
Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot.

Define "crackpot"
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2008, 02:43:13 PM »
Quote from: Bondai on February 16, 2008, 02:22:05 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on February 16, 2008, 01:44:06 PM
Damn!

Sorry, but even if the information is accurate, the World Weekly News is not a credible source for any information.


World Net Daily...
=World Weekly News
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2008, 02:46:03 PM »
Quote from: Bondai on February 16, 2008, 02:22:05 PM
World Net Daily...

World Net Daily is a kook site. In 1998, the founder and editor of WND was running around in circles screaming about how Bill Clinton was going to declare martial law so that he could stay in power. Good times, the 90s.

I guess no one should be surprised that a kook site like WND is peddling a book by a quack.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2008, 02:48:28 PM »
Quote from: The Night Owl on February 16, 2008, 02:46:03 PM
Quote from: Bondai on February 16, 2008, 02:22:05 PM
World Net Daily...

World Net Daily is a kook site. In 1998, the founder and editor of WND was running around in circles screaming about how Bill Clinton was going to declare martial law so that he could stay in power. Good times, the 90s.

I guess no one should be surprised that a kook site like WND is peddling books by a quack.

Look, you liberals can't make fun of conservative wing-nut sites.

That's *MY* job!
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2008, 02:48:32 PM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on February 16, 2008, 02:03:47 PM
Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot because you don't agree with what he said or do you have reasons?  How about enlightening us please.

Meet Lyle Rossiter...

http://www.uaadv.org/NCM-BTS/News-05-23-07WinCoJusticeOnTrial.html

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As part of the lawsuit filing is a report from Alan M. Jaffe, Psy.D., assistant professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School, that raised questions about Rossiter's report after reviewing it.

"It appears that the greatest part of his opinions are based on a review of records rather than actual clinical interviews," Jaffe stated. "It also appears that Dr. Rossiter was operating from a 'confirmatory bias' point of view trying to fit facts together based on the impressions that he had from the various records. A more thorough evaluation would have involved much more interviewing and psychological testing. Without this, this report is very much lacking in substance."

Rossiter did not respond to a phone call from The Rock River Times prior to publication.

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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2008, 02:54:49 PM »
By the way, even though WND describes The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness as being a new book, the book is actually from 2006. Classic sloppy reporting by WND.

http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Mind-Psychological-Political-Madness/dp/097795630X
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2008, 05:06:48 PM »
Quote from: The Night Owl on February 16, 2008, 01:54:12 PM
Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot.

Last question from me.  Did you know he was a crackpot when you said this or did you go looking for information to back up what you said after the fact?  Be honest, I won't give you grief either way. 
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2008, 05:08:00 PM »
Quote from: Bondai on February 16, 2008, 10:30:14 AM
Wasn't sure where to post this. The MODS can move it if they so desire.This is an interesting article and describes our friends at the island to a tee..

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56494

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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 the two major candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination can only be understood as a psychological disorder.


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Psychologists conclude libs are nuts. In other news, night is dark! :)
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2008, 05:36:33 PM »
Quote from: CactusCarlos on February 16, 2008, 05:06:48 PM
Last question from me.  Did you know he was a crackpot when you said this or did you go looking for information to back up what you said after the fact?  Be honest, I won't give you grief either way. 

My claim that Lyle Rossiter is a crackpot was based on what I read in the article I found after Googling around.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2008, 05:53:14 PM »
Quote from: Skizz on February 16, 2008, 05:08:00 PM



Psychologists conclude libs are nuts. In other news, night is dark! :)

...and water is wet and Vladimir Lenin hasn't been napping for the last 80 years.
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2008, 10:07:34 AM »
Damn, I'm sorry i made the post now...got everyone all riled up. His methods may be questionable, I don't know. What I found interesting was some of the explanations of why liberals act the way they do. I was thinking about reading the book but since everone thinks he is a crackpot I know I'll read it now.... :-)
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Re: Top psychiatrist concludes liberals are nuts!
« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2008, 10:25:25 AM »
I don't know, I find liberals, specifically the outspoken liberal activists, to be child-like in their ideas and methods. Oh from declaring that you will move to Canada if a Repub wins the presidency to ideal notions of being able to talk things through with anihilists.

I didn't need to google anything up, those are just 45 years of observations. 
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