The ‘Disease’ That Drives The Democrats
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Posted By: FlyRight,
4/15/2026 9:41:14 AM
Argentina President Javier Milei recently had some sharp words for the political left. But his observation is backed by more than his experience. Research makes it clear that the various strains of leftism, from today’s American Democratic Party to Democratic Socialists to green radicals to the tens of millions of voters who are attracted to progressive candidates and policies, are fueled by an emotional crisis. We beg our brothers and sisters on the left to consider why they do what they do.
Milei, a defender of laissez-faire economic policy, said he once “thought being on the left was a mental problem.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Highlander 4/15/2026 11:00:18 AM (No. 2092991)
Assuredly, we already have known about the pathology of liberalism. It’s good to see somebody put it in text like this article. We’re not alone.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mofongo 4/15/2026 12:13:39 PM (No. 2093039)
Yet the vast majority of clergy and therapists are leftists. What do we do with that?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JimBob 4/15/2026 12:16:14 PM (No. 2093041)
Michael Weiner, a.k.a. "Michael Savage", formerly host of the 'Savage Nation' radio show and now podcast, long said that
"Liberalism is a mental disorder".
I agree, and this article backs that up.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 4/15/2026 12:19:06 PM (No. 2093044)
One can no more negotiate with liberals than one can negotiate with bacteria. Ideologies are irrational, by definition. Power is the only thing hat matters. The struggle for Freedom against totalitarian socialism will not be resolved until the former totally destroys the latter.
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downnout 4/15/2026 12:32:12 PM (No. 2093051)
Any time my acquaintances start bad-mouthing President Trump and can’t wait for the end of his term, I always ask them how such a move will improve their life. I have yet to receive an answer - other than a blank stare.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 4/15/2026 1:20:01 PM (No. 2093070)
#3 Savage was right when he also talked about the 3 Major themes:
Borders, language, and culture. This is what the Left is trying to change with the millions
of illegal aliens that poured into our country during the Biden years. The evil Left wants to destroy everything our country, Americanism, stands for. We're praying for our national preservation.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
crashnburn 4/15/2026 2:33:21 PM (No. 2093105)
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a correlation between mental health and church attendance. A lot of clergy might be liberal, but "Look not upon my sins, but on the faith of my Church". Our bishop is liberal, but my parish priest is pretty conservative. There was a very liberal priest at my former parish, but he kept his politics out of his sermons. He was my wife's favorite priest, despite his politics, but I always thought he was a little too glib in conversation. Still, I don't know how many times he came over to pray over my wife and give her the Sacrament of the Sick while she was on her death bed.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 4/15/2026 2:40:49 PM (No. 2093113)
Yes, this is why most leftists come across as bat poop crazy.....it's because they ARE.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 4/15/2026 5:55:13 PM (No. 2093181)
"For the sake of our republic, don’t be crazy."
I might point out that asking the Left to do something for the "sake of the Republic" is spitting into the wind. Part of the source of their great unhappiness is that they are self focused. When they don't get what THEY want, they become incensed. While they might claim they are going something "for democracy", they really are not. They are after personal goals that they claim are required for democracy.
When all your losses are taken personally, they become an assault on YOU. That is more painful and harder to set aside, creating higher levels of unhappiness.
This is all wrapped up in the great sense of entitlement that has become common. Society has been told that everyone is entitled to their own viewpoint and that all viewpoints are equally valid and valuable.
That is a lie.
There are many, perhaps most, things that can be shown to be correct or better vs. wrong or worse. Here is a simple one. Overeating and becoming overweight is bad for your health. So many people struggle with this problem and feel bad about themselves that we decided to "fix" it by telling people that they are "big and beautiful" and therefore "OK". But the reality is, they are NOT healthy. If someone tries, lovingly, to tell them they are risking their health, they can get angry. They blame the people that are concerned for their health. They are unhappy because they feel that the people they trusted are "against" them.
The same thing happens with so many Leftist issues that have been tried and clearly fail, but Leftists are angry that others won't accept what they want because they have personalized the issues.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
mifla 4/16/2026 6:23:55 AM (No. 2093267)
Liberals value intentions over results.
Conservatives value results over intentions.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/16/2026 7:55:11 AM (No. 2093294)
I grew up in an independent, real American area where family, hard work and accomplishment in honest endeavors was valued above everything else. I did not run into serious Liberalism until I began spending some time on various college campuses. Many professors were ravaged by the disease and they spread it to the more gullible students. Now it seems like it has spread to nearly one hundred percent of those "teachers" and their delusional mushbrained product. The trending philosophy is not in building something, it's tearing things down.
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I might be straying a bit far from the OP's subject...but here goes:. In addition to being focused on intentions instead of results, I've noticed that libs seem to think consequences for their (bad) decisions should fall on anybody but themselves. That includes taxes/other peoples' money, justice for wrong-doing (source of much hypocrisy!), and abortion (can't be inconvenienced).
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