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gulliver

(14,097 posts)
33. Evil schmevil.
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:29 PM
May 16

Trump is more of a conqueror, jester, and throw in a little mob boss. The word "evil" gets thrown around superstitiously sometimes and often in a paranoid way. The word needs to mean something. It's an important word.

Looking at the state of our population in the world and in the United States, I'm about half worried that it's not possible to be elected to the Presidency unless you purposely act immature, a little nuts, and a lot unreasonable. It should be possible to reach the better natures of a majority of people, but there are a lot of people who are so lost in the "wonderful knowledge" they get from the Internet that reaching their better natures is a long shot. These things that are pleasing them hurt them somehow. Apologies to the Eagles.

If you want something closer to evil, look at the state of the psychology industry.

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The asshole needs an exorcist, not a psychiatrist. dalton99a May 16 #1
Exactly! He is pure evil. Grim Chieftain May 16 #3
It drives me crazy FHRRK1 May 16 #2
Precisely. B.See May 16 #8
Morally evil and mentally ill are not mutually excludve. wnylib May 16 #27
THIS malaise May 16 #30
I was going to posit the same thing - he is both. yellow dahlia May 16 #34
I'd agree they aren't mutually exclusive. He's B.See May 16 #43
And he's not dumb. He's a diabolical genius. nt pnwmom May 16 #4
BULLSHIT. He is profoundly stupid. Even Rex Tillerson recognized that in his first term. AZ8theist May 16 #6
Yes, he is mentally dull NJCher May 16 #7
What that means is that his genius, i.e., his superpower, is in being evil. nt pnwmom May 16 #15
He is completely immoral Cosmocat May 16 #31
Violence Whip-poor-will May 16 #16
He may be somewhat stupid; but even more so Profoundly Ignorant and doesn't care... electric_blue68 May 18 #45
Or maybe he's gotten a free pass for evil, underhanded s---- that would've gotten anyone else LOCKED UP, long ago. B.See May 16 #9
NOPE Skittles May 16 #12
an evil genius wd intelligently pick his targets. mopinko May 16 #22
It's just an issue of word choice NJCher May 16 #28
Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain May 16 #5
Trump is sly...he knows how to manipulate racists BlueWaveNeverEnd May 16 #10
doesn't take "sly" to do that NJCher May 16 #24
He won't die and go to hell, Satan doesn't even BigmanPigman May 16 #11
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 ..... ♾️ live love laugh May 16 #13
Paint "Old Smokey" gold. BidenRocks May 16 #14
I AGREE. THANK YOU, B.SEE. Cha May 16 #17
Thank you, Cha. B.See May 16 #44
Trump has The Dark Triad Personality no_hypocrisy May 16 #18
Thank you for your summary and your willingness to share your story. yellow dahlia May 16 #35
Woah especially about that last (then) possibility. electric_blue68 May 18 #46
I think a person can be both evil and mentally ill. The notion calling Trump mentally ill is somehow harmful to those Vinca May 16 #19
a psychiatrist once told me NJCher May 16 #25
He's at the center of a Venn diagram of evil, stupid, and crazy. Ocelot II May 16 #20
What his best friend said about him... Kid Berwyn May 16 #21
Malignant narcissism is a mental pathology Martin Eden May 16 #23
I've only been saying this forever. BlueTsunami2018 May 16 #26
I will not grant trump the sympathetic response that "mentally ill" deserves. Totally Tunsie May 16 #29
Yes yes yes TommieMommy May 16 #32
Evil schmevil. gulliver May 16 #33
Technically incorrect. returnee May 16 #36
Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one Maru Kitteh May 16 #41
we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts agingdem May 16 #37
Regarding Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Martin Eden May 16 #39
Correct mvd May 16 #38
Evil is a religious construct and not very useful. He certainly IS mentally ill. Maru Kitteh May 16 #40
Frontal lobe dementia plus sadism: loves to hurt people, deliberately. lindysalsagal May 16 #42
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