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[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 70 points 2 months ago

You shouldn't blame Zionism on a mental illness. Zionism is a choice to be awful.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Faith isn’t the reason, it’s the excuse

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

I didn't say it was faith either. It's not mental illness or faith.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 19 points 2 months ago

To be fair the OP didn’t call it mental illness either. They said something was wrong with them as a person.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

It is a conscious decision to commit genocide, using Judaism as a cover to protect them from criticism. Intentionally bombing children does mean something is wrong with you IMO

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

religion is a powerful motivator, often used to get gullibles to commit awful crimes

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

They said they oppose genocide because they're not a psychop*th. That's not appropriate language. We don't use slurs, and we don't blame Zionism on ASPD.

[-] Ferretyfever0 2 points 2 months ago

... Psychopath is a slur?

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

I think all fascism is a mental illness.

Luckily, there is a treatment, as demonstrated by one of its most famous sufferers. It can even be self administered!

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

I'm all for suicide jokes, but equating fascism with mental illness is taking the joke too far.

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

More like a plague, but it is. It is genuinely a sickness.

Edit: fascists are not well, and should not be allowed to make decisions.

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Neurodivergent people should be allowed to make decisions. Fascists should be shot. That's the difference.

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure, because theyre a danger to the rest of us, it's incurable, and they're in terrible suffering. And also because it's funny.

[-] prole 2 points 2 months ago

It's a mind virus

[-] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Are bad/lacking morals a mental illness? Seriously, at what point do we draw the line? It's a curious topic.

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, they're not. When psychologists become the arbiters of correct morality and pathologise disagreement, society is fucked.

You're thinking of what happens when good people make the rules. But what if people like Freud were in charge of calling certain moral values illnesses? We already have enough problems with things like homosexuality being called a mental illness. What if Trump Derangement Syndrome were in the DSM?

[-] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

What if Trump Derangement Syndrome were in the DSM?

IDK but I've definitely self-diagnosed with it.

[-] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It’s working it’s way in there. Give it a few more years and they’ll be able to institutionalize us for TDS.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That's not what she does. Being a bad person or even being a psychopath is not considered a mental illness.

[-] Genius@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

In a certain sense you're right; psychop*th is Greek for "suffering soul". It's supposed to just refer to the abstract idea of mental illness. But in practice, it's a slur against ASPD. And even if that weren't the case, using the Greek word for mentally ill person as an insult is disgusting behaviour.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm talking about psychology, not history. Sociopathy is not considered an illness.

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