Bjorning: Nothing about what he said suggests mental illness. It does pretty clearly mark him as evil, though.

This shithead was my rep. until the GOP redistricted him to a safer set of Zip codes: "Tell you what – I do want to 'ethnic cleanse' by deporting white progressive Democrats – with a special bonus for rich ones with an Ivy League degree," Roy tweeted. "I really do not like 'those people.'"

San Antonio U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he wants to 'ethnic cleanse' white progressiveswww.sacurrent.com In a tweet defending Donald Trump's plan to deport 20 million migrants, Roy said he wants to deport "white progressive Democrats - with a special bonus for rich ones with an Ivy League degree."

seems like a cool guy™️ with no mental illness!

Nothing about what he said suggests mental illness. It does pretty clearly mark him as evil, though.

"Mental illness" isn't binary. Wanting to deport people who are American citizens sounds like a serious anger issue.

Why would we simultaneously soft-pedal this guy's abusiveness by calling it "anger issues" and smear mentally ill people with his shit?

I have some experience with Chip and his staff, and there's a real whiff of sociopathy about the dude. Running around on the border with his gun, fantasizing about murdering innocent people, public outbursts of rage. He's a preacher's son, too. God knows how he got damaged, but he ain't normal.

No, I hope to God being an abusive asshole isn't normal, but why is it that people seem to feel that calling him mentally ill is more of an insult?

Do we think he's not fully responsible for his behavior? Do we think he's compelled by some organic or trauma-based cause to behave the way he does? Or is he just a fucking asshole?

I have no idea.

Sorry, I don't think it's a smear of mentally ill people to say that, say, Charles Manson was mentally ill. I don't see "anger management" is a soft-peddling of anything, either. Anger is the most destructive force in human nature.

Anger management issues are not by themselves a form of mental illness (though they can be indicative of certain conditions if sufficiently severe). And yes, Manson was mentally ill. Mental illness and evil can certainly coexist, but this does honestly sounds like garden-variety white supremacy.

Were we talking about Charles Manson? Or were we talking about a pretty basic white supremacist asshole?

Is "asshole" a psychiatric condition? Serious question.

No, it's not, whether or not you think it is.

Fuckin A

Thanks.

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