mark, WHO says Dr. Rossiter is a "top psychiatrist"?
On Nov 16, 6:56 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 libe > > 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." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
