How does DARING to disagree with Miller make PJ "delusional"?

Originally posted by: O2bnVegas

Aww, now. 

 

After all, with Kevin on shore leave, I had to have somebody to pick apart!  LOL.

 

Candy


But the question, Candy, is: do you consider yourself to be delusional? (I'm assuming that you acknowledge that Biden won the 2020 election and is currently President of the United States, a view of reality that David has repeatedly told us is a sign of delusion.)

 

Just kidding, I'm not asking you to go down the David Miller rabbit hole :)

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

But the question, Candy, is: do you consider yourself to be delusional? (I'm assuming that you acknowledge that Biden won the 2020 election and is currently President of the United States, a view of reality that David has repeatedly told us is a sign of delusion.)

 

Just kidding, I'm not asking you to go down the David Miller rabbit hole :)


Me, delusional?  Oh, hell yes!!  No, I never doubted Biden won in 2020.  

 

Just enough delusional state to keep me sane and entertained in this world gone loco.  Some alcohol is beneficial to women; the daily crossword puzzle will sustain brain cell function; older movies, M.A.S.H. and Andy Griffith Show reruns daily prevent depression; the occasional casino gambling session is good for the soul.  What else?  Lots, but time to give the cat his insulin shot, heat up dinner and fall asleep to an old Bette Davis movie..."Jezebel" tonight, maybe?...  Life is good.

 

Candy

Labeling non-supporters of your favorite candidate as mentally ill (a la "TDS") is not a new thing.  Stalin did that; during his rule, the Soviet Union invented a new diagnosis, sluggish schizophrenia, which was characerized by a delusional belief that the current regime was bad for the country.  Guess where the treatment facilities were located.

Originally posted by: jstewa22

Labeling non-supporters of your favorite candidate as mentally ill (a la "TDS") is not a new thing.  Stalin did that; during his rule, the Soviet Union invented a new diagnosis, sluggish schizophrenia, which was characerized by a delusional belief that the current regime was bad for the country.  Guess where the treatment facilities were located.


It's a stupid and cheap shot. Trumpers are evil, ignorant, easily overstimulated, credulous, bigoted, unpatriotic (shockingly so!), think superficially, reason illogically, and speak disingenuously. They wave the flag back and forth while believing in NONE of the principles it stands for.

 

But "delusional"? That, they are not (mostly, anyway). Unlike Miller, I'm not going to exalt my own politicial opinions to the status of "anyone who doesn't agree with me is deluded."


Originally posted by: O2bnVegas

Me, delusional?  Oh, hell yes!!  No, I never doubted Biden won in 2020.  

 

Just enough delusional state to keep me sane and entertained in this world gone loco.  Some alcohol is beneficial to women; the daily crossword puzzle will sustain brain cell function; older movies, M.A.S.H. and Andy Griffith Show reruns daily prevent depression; the occasional casino gambling session is good for the soul.  What else?  Lots, but time to give the cat his insulin shot, heat up dinner and fall asleep to an old Bette Davis movie..."Jezebel" tonight, maybe?...  Life is good.

 

Candy


How on earth did you get your kitty to tolerate his daily insulin shot? The only thing I can think of that would work is to surround it with a treat...like get stuck, deal with it, then receive a munchie.

 

I know you can't delude your cat into thinking that the shot itself is a treat. Cats are realists :)

Albert, the cat, says "Meow...thanks for asking, Kevin."  

 

He doesn't like the shot.  I hate giving it.  And...it is TWICE daily, 12 hours apart, ideally "with a meal." 

 

So I plan, best I can, to make it happen at meal times.  As if cats had meal times.  Dogs are your friends; cats are your masters.

 

It helps to stand by as he eats something (anything), get the shot ready (a Flexpen...dial in the dose), and approach as if it is no big deal.  Bend down, pull up some neck (like momma cat does with her babies), inject in a smooth move (yeah, right).  Whereupon he will crouch down to escape the scene but I get him back and just go for it.  Sometimes it actually goes smoothly.  Afterward I gently rub his neck and he 'shakes' like a wet dog does, then he is OK!  He isn't one who takes a treat from the hand.   He usually proceeds to take a nap, his favorite activity.

 

How I wish they had Insulin for cats in pill form.

 

Candy 

 

 

Edited on May 18, 2024 3:56pm

Kevin, I can't agree that most Trump supporters are evil.  Yeah, some are (white supremacy folks and especially hypocritical evangelicals, for example, and of course the inner circle who only wants power), but I think the majority of people don't think about this stuff much at all.  The thought process probably doesn't go beyond the price of gasoline during the Trump and Biden tenures, or maybe believing the big lie about Democratic electoral fraud.  Also ask yourself what you'd think if you never saw any news at all other than what's on Fox.  Or, God forbid, got all your info from the FB posts that resonated best with you.

Originally posted by: jstewa22

Kevin, I can't agree that most Trump supporters are evil.  Yeah, some are (white supremacy folks and especially hypocritical evangelicals, for example, and of course the inner circle who only wants power), but I think the majority of people don't think about this stuff much at all.  The thought process probably doesn't go beyond the price of gasoline during the Trump and Biden tenures, or maybe believing the big lie about Democratic electoral fraud.  Also ask yourself what you'd think if you never saw any news at all other than what's on Fox.  Or, God forbid, got all your info from the FB posts that resonated best with you.


I think of it as "passively evil" rather than being actively evil and doing evil deeds. Trumpers support an evil man and his lackeys, and the actions of those folks hurt people. So yes, there's an intermediary between a Trump voter and the harm his vote causes. Decreases the degree, not the culpability.

 

I do agree that stupidity is the primary Trumper driving force rather than malevolence. Anyone with half a brain who takes even a few moments to step back and critically examine what Trump is and has been pitching will reject him and his stupid dogcrap. But so many people never get to that point.

 

I've been on the brink of reaching the conclusion that maybe Trump is the kind of leader this country deserves--if we have THAT many stupid racist baby-fascist fucks in the electorate, well, their votes count, too!

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

I think of it as "passively evil" rather than being actively evil and doing evil deeds. Trumpers support an evil man and his lackeys, and the actions of those folks hurt people. So yes, there's an intermediary between a Trump voter and the harm his vote causes. Decreases the degree, not the culpability.

 

I do agree that stupidity is the primary Trumper driving force rather than malevolence. Anyone with half a brain who takes even a few moments to step back and critically examine what Trump is and has been pitching will reject him and his stupid dogcrap. But so many people never get to that point.

 

I've been on the brink of reaching the conclusion that maybe Trump is the kind of leader this country deserves--if we have THAT many stupid racist baby-fascist fucks in the electorate, well, their votes count, too!


   TDS on display - again.

Unlike Miller, I'm not going to exalt my own politicial opinions to the status of "anyone who doesn't agree with me is deluded

 

kevin says that all the time tthat people who don't agree with him are delusional, stupid, racist etc.  See below.

 

If we have THAT many stupid racist baby-fascist fucks in the electorate

 

Looks like kevin didn't learn anything during his time out

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