Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/11/02/do-you-have-an-antisocial-pers.html
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH the reader can discover if he/she has the acute psychological disorder that qualifies him/her to be the Republican nominee for President!
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Iāve come to appreciate TTDB over the past few years. Bollingās art has developed along with his storytelling chops. So I say this as a fan whoās been won over.
Do not conflate mental illness with people who actually harm society on any level.
The vast majority of people who actually get diagnosed with psychological disorders are people trying, for better worse, to fit into a neurotypical world. Stigmatizing them by associating them with the likes of Trump and the GOP does no good whatsoever for the world.
I know itās old hat, regardless of your politics, to dismiss destructive individuals as crazy, and to psychoanalyze high-profile people despite having no direct contact with them. A generation of pop psychology has led to to a total disregard for it requiring real medical expertise. Itās a cop-out. Youāre not a psychologist and Trump is not your patient. Heās a monster because heās a vile person, not but because you think he ticks some boxes in the DSM.
Check your ableism.
I still like your comics. I hope you hear this. You seem like a really decent person.
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Thatās crazy talk!
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I just looked up antisocial personality disorder and that pretty much sums up what it is.
It also is hard to treat because if you want to recover from mental illness you need to want to get better, whereas people with ASPD tend to believe they are better.
I agree with you about armchair diagnosis though.
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Yea, I also recall a study that found a shocking number of top CEOās had one or more symptoms of sociopathy. Obviously thatās not a diagnosis, but maybe it shouldnāt be ignored.
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Itās really telling, and very depressing, when you think about the qualities our culture rewards. It doesnāt have to be this way, but how do we change it now??
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But itās MURICAN!!! to be a rich asshole prick that degrades women and looks down on the poor!
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YES
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Aside from conflating them with fictional characters like Hannibal Lector, one of the things that seems to irritate a number of people with actual ASPD is the amount of people who want to be like them.
The only thing I can think of is that women supposedly have 1/3 of the rate of ASPD to men, and thereās a huge gender gap among CEOs (especially in top companies). Correct that, and you might get a change in the qualities considered necessary to become a leader.
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I have an AntiStupid Personality.
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Itās funny absolutely terrifying because itās true!
But when talking about personality disorders, we are starting to get into people who harm society - narcissists, sociopaths, psychopathsā¦ These are also the types of mental disorders that arenāt popularly thought of as āmental illnessesā so much as clinical descriptions of people being assholes. Trump is a generally terrible person, but his being a narcissist is contributing to that.
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I have a stupid personality.
āBAD personality! BAD, BAD Stupid personality!ā
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Nailed it.
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Looky here. Spozinā Gentleman A in Whateverville wants a buncha 100-watt light bulbs for his porch and gentleman B in nearby Whatevercity says he caināt have any. Then Gentleman A sees Candidate T with a big hotel with it all lit up bright out front with a million lightbulbs and gold and everything. If Candidate T has already proven his strength by how he treats the help why then itās only a matter of time till gentleman A gets his 100-watt bulbs, right?
All this talk about alphabet disorders and fancy words just means Gentleman A needs to remind Gentleman B about his shotgun in the back room. Free country, aināt it?
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No society for you!! 2 years!!
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Satireā¦
From googles first hit.
noun
noun: satire
the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize peopleās stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
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###Do You Have an Antisocial Personality Disorder?
No ādisordersā that I know of, but I do often feel pretty damn antisocial.
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In the converse, we do a disservice to society by pretending that Trumpās behavior doesnāt align closely with the outward symptoms of sociopathy and clinical narcissism. You only aid Trump with calls to āCheck your ableismā.
I think a better approach is to recognize that mental illness is not homogeneous, so that we can both call out Trump, and others, for their anti-social behaviors and, at the same time, recognize that most mental illness does not lead to violence against others.
Trying to pretend that Trump isnāt showing anti-social behavior is like when cops in the DARE program lie to kids by exaggerating the dangers of marijuana rather than giving accurate information about relative risks.
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