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azureblue

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9. I think it is

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 12, 2019, 03:40 PM

Jul 2019

the huge majority of the time, unusual beliefs, like flat earth, holocaust deniers, Rump nuts, People obsessed with HRC, are divorced from reality and live in their own self reinforcing world. Like cultists.

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Trump supporter tries to turn Toastmaster Table Topic into a pro-Trump statement, gets pounded [View all] byronius Jul 2019 OP

I would have added... genxlib Jul 2019 #1

12/12 was Bush v Gore announced, I think, but the decision was 12/11. I think. byronius Jul 2019 #2

Yeah, that was a dark day genxlib Jul 2019 #3

I agree Demonaut Jul 2019 #24

I have a problem with pathologizing political beliefs. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #4

Point taken. byronius Jul 2019 #5

That forty percent believes that 60 percent of the nation supports the debasement and destruction WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #16

Since I'm reading Plutarch, my response would be to look to the Roman civil wars. byronius Jul 2019 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #27

Would you not agree that any cultist has serious mental problems? GoneOffShore Jul 2019 #6

No. Simply holding unusual beliefs is not an indication of mental illness. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #7

I think it is azureblue Jul 2019 #9

Well, you're wrong. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #11

An alternate reality tazkcmo Jul 2019 #12

Denialism is also not a mental illness. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #13

Sure. tazkcmo Jul 2019 #14

If that's the only symptom -- no family history of mental illness, no indication of either sudden or WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #15

Denialism is associated with mental disorders. Ex. Trump's narcicissim denies flaws in his person. TheBlackAdder Jul 2019 #17

Right. But on its own, it isn't necessarily an indicator of mental illness. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #18

If someone repeatedly denies the truth, there probably is a DSM-IV issue afoot. TheBlackAdder Jul 2019 #25

I used to be able to talk to republicans PatSeg Jul 2019 #8

I'm still able to talk to them. anarch Jul 2019 #20

+1 byronius Jul 2019 #23

Yeah, that is about as PatSeg Jul 2019 #28

Do people in this club get to veto any topics? FakeNoose Jul 2019 #10

It happened so fast, and the new President of the club was taken aback. It just happened. byronius Jul 2019 #19

yeah, I would have gotten up and left... anarch Jul 2019 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2019 #26