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In reply to the discussion: Psychiatrist: Calling Donald Trump Mentally Ill Is An Insult To The Mentally Ill [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I said it's a technical term used clinically and using it for a distanced diagnosis turns real people into your analogy. Watching a megalomaniac behave is not going to give you the real data you need to make an assesment. It's ableism. Especially when it comes from someone who knows enough about mental illness to know that people who live with it suffer and are severely stigmatized.
You keep saying "inability" as if you have been close enough to him to distinguish between inability and unwillingness. He definitely talks like he is entrenched in his own belief system, but fail to understand that he is getting results he wants. His lies about the election are making liberals scream fraud along with republicans enabling them to push for voting restrictions while some Democrats are so invested in removing him from office that they are wasting time on ableist talking points. It's more productive to engage people who are going to be hurt and pull together in resistance.