Hot off the presses! The January 6th Committee report.
OMG it's over 800 pages!
#politics #jan6 #committee #congress #investigation #HATH #insurrection
@grapho @LiberalLibrarian And that doesn't include transcripts.
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oh that's true!
well i can think of one very orange person who won't read any of it ....
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The only books that the Orange Man has read are books by Hitler, Nixon, and Reagan … and his own, of course (even though he didn't write it) …
#Politics
@OldCountryDoctor I think you are being generous that he has ever read any book outside primary school requirements.
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this is a good point: it seems quite clear that he has a severe learning disability [maybe dyslexia]. when he was a boy, though, that was poorly diagnosed [if at all] and so he was beaten for it, and shipped off to military academy.
who knows what childhood traumas he is still working out to this day. and i mean, sure, everyone has childhood traumas – but the rest of us don't take them out on the entire nation.
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My professional opinion: #Trump is a Machiavellian narcissistic sadistic psychopath (what is also called informally in the psychology literature as the evil tetrad = dark triad plus sadism). My training included psychiatry, not clinical psychology. Other professional opinions may differ.
@LordSpenserRoberts not sure what you mean by neurology student per se….but his father had it, and it may be a factor. It certainly will be later on…but I don’t want to give that ass any excuse to be found not competent to stand trial. @OldCountryDoctor @grapho @RationalLeft @LiberalLibrarian
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I am the neurology student, @Thumprhare. Sorry that was unclear.
@LordSpenserRoberts I guess, the term threw me. Neuroscience student. Or neurology resident. I put the term neurology immediately into the specialty in medicine—don’t mind me, I am tired and apparently becoming a curmudgeon. Lol
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@Thumprhare - no problem.
@LordSpenserRoberts fwiw, I would LOVE to see the results of the mini mental that they gave 45 when he was in office, and good clock drawing from him…but he doesn’t strike me in the throes of FTD (yet). I always worry when it’s brought up, that it will eventually be used by someone to excuse is PD…
I worry also that ppl remain so focused on preventing him from running and miss the line up of miscreants that are smarter and w/o impulsivity, waiting in the wings. But who are still fascists
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In any case, neuroscience and neurology are very closely related and depend on each other. BTW, many of us here, including myself, are curmudgeons! Curmudgeons of the world UNITE! ✊ 👊 💪
@OldCountryDoctor LOL, unite indeed !
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Best of luck with your studies! I know it's a challenging subject!
@OldCountryDoctor @Thumprhare @grapho @RationalLeft @LiberalLibrarian -
Thanks for the good wishes.
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Having personality disorders (including the worst combinations of those) does not, in fact, rule-out physiological changes that can also occur, particularly with increasing age. Those I cannot assess without medical imaging and a thorough neurological examination. None of these, however, are excuses for having an absolutely dreadful so-called "personality". #Trump should face the consequences of his actions nonetheless.
@OldCountryDoctor I think people often try to give him sor of pass for the idea of a comorbid condition…have you seen enough to render FTD impactful to this point? I have not. My guess given his family history he is at higher risk….but his driver is PDs and as you said he needs to be held accountable . Period.
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Absolutely no question about that! I'm sick of excuses.
@OldCountryDoctor yeh, I am like “NOPE that guy is totally competent to be held accountable” the willingness to give him some sort of mental health pass is beyond me
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All I can say is that better not happen and he MUST face ALL of the consequences of ALL of his actions … (Little bit of shouting here) #Trump
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- also agree the Trump should face consequenses no matter what
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_ neurology student here, I don't have @OldCountryDoctor 's qualifications but I see a lot of classic symptomology for frontotemporal dementia here and have wondered if that could not also be a factor.