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[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 70 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zink@programming.dev 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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 1 week ago (2 children)

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 -1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

... Psychopath is a slur?

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

It's a mind virus

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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?

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

What if Trump Derangement Syndrome were in the DSM?

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

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 1 week ago (2 children)

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 2 points 1 week ago

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