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LetMyPeopleVote

(156,451 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:26 PM 12 hrs ago

Yale Professor Timothy Snyder's clinical opinion about Trump's mental illnesses is something everyone needs to watch:

TFG is mentally ill

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Yale Professor Timothy Snyder's clinical opinion about Trump's mental illnesses is something everyone needs to watch: (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago OP

So, TSF is a self-invented character in a story that he's concocted for himself -- like an allegorical oracle 12 hrs ago #1

That pretty well sums it up. wnylib 12 hrs ago #3

Well put yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #4

Thank you. Still scary as hell, right? nt allegorical oracle 12 hrs ago #6

So scary! yellow dahlia 11 hrs ago #7

I had this same thought when he was in office the first time. Abolishinist 11 hrs ago #8

Oligarchs realized that this fictional character could be utilized to increase their wealth and power Martin Eden 2 hrs ago #9

Agree malaise 12 hrs ago #2

Amplify! Amplify! Amplify! yellow dahlia 12 hrs ago #5

allegorical oracle

(3,633 posts)

1. So, TSF is a self-invented character in a story that he's concocted for himself -- like an

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:36 PM

12 hrs ago

actor portraying a businessman or a POTUS in a film or on TV. So he's not lying -- his character is lying. He does nothing wrong because his character is always correct. Plus, everyone else is also lying. Very interesting.

wnylib

(25,064 posts)

3. That pretty well sums it up.

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:49 PM

12 hrs ago

It's like watching Don Quixote, but without the humor. Trump lives in a fantasy of his own creation and draws everyone else into it.

yellow dahlia

(446 posts)

4. Well put

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:54 PM

12 hrs ago

allegorical oracle

(3,633 posts)

6. Thank you. Still scary as hell, right? nt

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:57 PM

12 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(446 posts)

7. So scary!

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:00 PM

11 hrs ago

Been feeling like I am going to jump out of my skin for weeks...

I keep hollering at the top of my lungs. Thankful for the place to give voice on DU.

Abolishinist

(2,104 posts)

8. I had this same thought when he was in office the first time.

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:15 PM

11 hrs ago

Not as profoundly so as the Professor, but I have questioned whether or not he is truly "lying", as I was never sure if he knew the difference between the truth and what he proclaimed.

I doubt that even if he had electrodes placed on certain parts of his body, should he give the wrong answer when questioned, that he would have the ability to discern the truth. And that is scary.