Jersey Girl wrote:EAllusion. Have you seen this? Harvard psychologist is saying that he thinks Trump's recent statements meet the criteria for a psych hold.
Were he in the civilian sector touting his great and unmatched wisdom, then threatening to financially destroy a person or business, maybe...maybe...it could meet the criteria. In the case of President I think that while this is an interesting idea it's a slippery slope/dangerous position to take.
You have more experience with this than I do. What do you think about it?
A danger to oneself or others? Grandiosity combined with an economic threat? I don't really see it (the criteria represented) myself.
Without reading the article, I can say with strong confidence that does not meet the threshold for involuntary commitment. Is it a troubling sign of mental illness? Yeah. You need a lot more to meet criteria than that.
subgenius wrote: yes, political rhetoric...still lost on some. Have you always been so easily manipulated, or are the hair-fires just that contagious?
Somehow I have developed the impression that you do not take anything from Trump seriously. He just creates the satisfaction of upsetting liberals. There certainly is a point to that. He is quite a blowhard with little substance. People do sometimes worry though.
huckelberry wrote:He just creates the satisfaction of upsetting liberals.
You have to ask why that gives anyone satisfaction, though. What kind of a whiny little douche bag do you have to be to get satisfaction from upsetting liberals?
The unmovable Trump base is mostly unmovable because they are so dense.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
huckelberry wrote:He just creates the satisfaction of upsetting liberals..
While there is satisfaction in that, at times it is just too easy to accomplish...its like playing with a cat with a laser pointer, eventually it gets boring...but you will do it again tomorrow. Nevertheless, it is a great way to distract the cat and makes one feel like a good pet owner.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires...seek discipline and find your liberty I can tell if a person is judgmental just by looking at them what is chaos to the fly is normal to the spider - morticia addams If you're not upsetting idiots, you might be an idiot. - Ted Nugent
subgenius wrote:yes, political rhetoric...still lost on some. Have you always been so easily manipulated, or are the hair-fires just that contagious?
Neither the Kurds, nor their children, see it as so harmless.
But who cares about those guys, right? You’re prepared to write them off in exchange for saving some 23 cents in Federal taxes, anyway.
So now that Trump's policy with Syria is aligning with Obama's former policy you have a problem...ok!...I forgot how you protested Obama's position with Syria, so you legit have a leg to stand on with your criticism of Trump and concerns for your Kurdish brothers and sisters.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires...seek discipline and find your liberty I can tell if a person is judgmental just by looking at them what is chaos to the fly is normal to the spider - morticia addams If you're not upsetting idiots, you might be an idiot. - Ted Nugent
subgenius wrote:So now that Trump's policy with Syria is aligning with Obama's former policy you have a problem...ok!...I forgot how you protested Obama's position with Syria, so you legit have a leg to stand on with your criticism of Trump and concerns for your Kurdish brothers and sisters.
Yes, we all recall when Obama negotiated with the Kurds to withdraw their defenses in exchange for security commitments, then reversed course and reneged on those promises out of the blue to leave them to invasion.
It was so memorable that you'll have no trouble providing 2 or 3 links recalling that event.
Yes, this part of Obama's policy...I knew you would agree.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires...seek discipline and find your liberty I can tell if a person is judgmental just by looking at them what is chaos to the fly is normal to the spider - morticia addams If you're not upsetting idiots, you might be an idiot. - Ted Nugent
canpakes wrote:Neither the Kurds, nor their children, see it as so harmless.
But who cares about those guys, right? You’re prepared to write them off in exchange for saving some 23 cents in Federal taxes, anyway.
So now that Trump's policy with Syria is aligning with Obama's former policy you have a problem...ok!...I forgot how you protested Obama's position with Syria, so you legit have a leg to stand on with your criticism of Trump and concerns for your Kurdish brothers and sisters.
The alignment you want to pretend exists isn’t there. What does exists is a lack of imagination to resolve the goal intelligently. I would have expected nothing different from an Administration that sees every problem limited to a solution that only a minority of ideologues prefer.
Regardless, the Trump team’s cavalier approach to the problem matches your own dismissal of it (and I missed your approval of Obama’s approach, which you claim is the same, yes?), and you’re still wrong about Trump’s plan merely being rhetoric.