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(47,133 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,133 posts)Delusions are classified as a psychotic disorder.
A delusion is a false belief that is based on an incorrect interpretation of reality.
This false belief is held firmly, despite clear evidence or proof to the contrary.
It is very difficult to dissuade people from their delusions.
The types of delusions we see from Trump and his people seem to be persecutory and grandiose.
Other reasons people could make the ridiculous statement we are discussing is low intelligence, lack of education,
or perhaps being quite sheltered. Or the person is just lying for some gain.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,133 posts)LeftInTX
(25,383 posts)How can being white, be like being black in the 60s?
It just does not make sense.....
What is this person's complaint?
Is diversity killing them?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I was a young child during the sixties, but old enough to remember how poorly my Black parents were treated, and when I finally turned old enough to work at a factory in the seventies, how a highly trained Black Accountant who moved here to be near aging parents was reduced to working beside me on a dirty, hot manufacturing line, because the businesses in my city didnt hire Black Accountants or even any Black professional or sales person.
Irish_Dem
(47,133 posts)White males have never encountered what you described. It is a foreign concept to them.
I feel so bad for the black accountant.
So many talented people have been held back.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)for jobs without an adequate education. There was a time when a White male could go no further than high school and expect to get a job that provided a middleclass lifestyle, complete with vacation time. Those days are over, most of those jobs have been offshored, and the jobs that remain require a minimum of an associates college degree or a Trade School certificate.
Irish_Dem
(47,133 posts)well paying jobs. Men are not attending college like in the past. And the trades are begging for apprentices.
White males do not have the world at their feet like in the past.
And they are really acting out about it.
LeftInTX
(25,383 posts)Even back then, people had to work to get ahead....
My dad worked his a__ off. Sure, he had some privilege, but he also had a work ethic..It wasn't handed to him.
These creeps just wanna get a bunch of guns and take over the world....
Irish_Dem
(47,133 posts)Education was valued, there was a work ethic.
My parents grew up in the depression, so they were focused on putting food on the table.
And making sure their children got an education.
Bottom line is that they acted like responsible adults.
These guys are so lucky to live in America, yet they hate it.
Buy guns and play solider to overthrow the government.
I think they are spoiled, immature white guys.
In It to Win It
(8,254 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)KY...........
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)How it feels to be nervous when you see a police car, even when you are innocently going about your business.
But, will they change and demand a more equitable country for EVERYONE, or are they just butt-hurt whining and insistent on maintaining the status quo that favored them above everyone else?
Irish_Dem
(47,133 posts)And walk away.
Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Fucking cement for brains.
LeftInTX
(25,383 posts)This does not make sense...
Cannot compute.....