I know folks want an easy explanation for why Trump is the way he is, but you're not going to get it using ableism. Your jokes about Trump needing meds/to be committed don't hurt him, they hurt the mentally ill people around you.
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It's hard for some people to accept the fact that people like Trump are terrible. They want a reason or an excuse for the ignorance and cruelty but there usually isn't one. Some people are really shitty, the end.
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I'm reading a book titled "Why Does He Do That?" About abusive men. The author states that abusive men very rarely have a mental illness. Most of them have an entitlement problem, not a mental illness.
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I fucking love this book, currently reading and I want to buy one for every person ever
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I've heard good things about that book, I'll have to read it at some point.
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And, he’s what, 72? He’s in decline like most elderly people. So, add that to his narcissistic personality and you get someone who seems to be mentally ill. He’s not mentally ill. He doesn’t have dementia. He’s a cruel, selfish, old man in cognitive decline.
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Exactly. Today I saw someone say he has dementia because his vocab is smaller than it was 25 years ago. But that's not dementia, that's just old age combined with someone who hates reading.
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Yep. He’s everyone’s racist grandpa with money and power. That’s it. There’s no diagnosis needed.
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He's Archie Bunker with Jed Clampett's Money!
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I had a regular who was on the spectrum, and I remember having talks with staff reminding them that while we should of course be empathetic humans, the core of most of their issues weren't about their autism but rather about being a spoiled brat. Call a fucker a fucker.
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I agreed that diagnosing him isn't helpful to the country, etc. Where it has been oddly helpful for me is being able to point to his behavior when explaining what it's like to deal with a narcissist. Most ppl can't understand unless they've been under the thumb of one.
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What a much better way to describe him. Some people are just naturally mean and clueless and that's Trump.
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