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Is the right wing suffering from paranoid delusions?
Symptoms of delusions as described in Wikipedia:
1. The patient expresses an idea or belief with unusual persistence or force.
2. That idea appears to exert an undue influence on his or her life, and the way of life is often altered to an inexplicable extent.
3. Despite his/her profound conviction, there is often a quality of secretiveness or suspicion when the patient is questioned about it.
4. The individual tends to be humorless and oversensitive, especially about the belief.
5. There is a quality of centrality: no matter how unlikely it is that these strange things are happening to him, the patient accepts them relatively unquestioningly.
6. An attempt to contradict the belief is likely to arouse an inappropriately strong emotional reaction, often with irritability and hostility.
7. The belief is, at the least, unlikely, and out of keeping with the patient's social, cultural and religious background.
8. The patient is emotionally over-invested in the idea and it overwhelms other elements of his or her psyche.
9. The delusion, if acted out, often leads to behaviors which are abnormal and/or out of character, although perhaps understandable in the light of the delusional beliefs.
10. Individuals who know the patient will observe that his or her belief and behavior are uncharacteristic and alien.
20 Answers
- A M FrantzLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
There has always been a minority on left and right that believed in bizarre conspiracies and absurd fantasies. What is striking about the current environment is that marginal and absurd delusions (Obama is really a Kenyan, health care reform is a conspiracy to murder seniors, or veterans, or conservatives, FEMA is building concentration camps to put conservatives into, etc) are migrating from the fringes to become core beliefs of 'mainstream' Republicans. This of course is another way of saying that the 'mainstream' right is increasingly not mainstream at all, but captives of delusional fantasies.
- 1 decade ago
1. Patient was elected by black vote and nothing more!
2. Time for change and/or yes we can!
3. No birth certificate!
4. Won't show birth certificate!
5. He sure there is, but where?
6. Leave him alone, he an American!
7. President!?
8. White cop, black professor for a beer at the White House!
9. boarding Air Force 1!
10. President!?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Do the liberals have Stockholm Syndrome?
Emotional bonding with the captor/abuser
Seeking approval from the captor/abuser
Depending on the captor/abuser for security and purpose of existence
Befriending and caring for the captor/abuser
Resenting police and authorities for their rescue attempts
Losing one's own identify in order to identify with the captor/abuser
Seeing things from the perspective of the captor/abuser
Valuing every small gesture of kindness, such as letting them live
Refusing freedom even when given the opportunity
- 1 decade ago
People do not know what is good for them, or the country. Paternalism is a great idea that has been over looked.
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- GreenLv 71 decade ago
It seems that way for a lot of the social conservatives. It seems like just about every forum I visit has its own group of conspiracy people, in real life I see them all the time too.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
you're a freaking hypocrite you loser.
you voted for a guy that was connected with bill ayers who attempted to bombing the pentagon, went to a church with a pastor who said "god *** america", he was the lawyer for acorn at one point, (a criminal company, which liberals don't care about WHAT SO EVER..) nobody knows where his "real" birth certificate is, nobody knows who is "ACTUAL" father is.....and plenty more to come..
YEAH, I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO THE REAL ONES ARE THAT suffered from paranoid delusions!
You see how many bad things and secrets obama has? And bush? Ahem, what is that? Are those empty words coming from your mouth? I thought so :) GIve me a reason for everything i just listed up there, and i'll be happy :)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Let's be fair, the right does not have a monopoly on paranoid delusions.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Number 7 is spot on but I wonder if the right wing will admit to recognizing themselves.
