Thread by @docrocktex26

At this point it’s pretty clear the issue isn’t just Trump’s mental health but also that of the millions of Republican enablers who support his sociopathy and cognitive impairment. He’s merely a symptom of a systemic sociopolitical disease.

https://twitter.com/EvanMcMullin/status/1149300008283492352

@EvanMcMullin Also the main reason we aren’t having sober mainstream discussions about Trump’s mental health is folk keep shushing mental health professionals and disavowing our duty to warn under the guise of “politically correct” Barry Goldwater ethics.

https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1147503266957279232?s=21

Bottom line is plenty of us have been having sober discussions re: Trump’s mental health since the day he descended that damn escalator but jack shit will be done about him or the manifestations of his disorder bc America prides itself on stigmatizing facts, science & integrity.

In other words...

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/816355524505726976?s=21

No matter how hard you shush the psychiatrists, Trump is still waking up every day and “functioning” as the same malignant narcissist/sociopath he’s always been with an added layer of ever more apparent cognitive impairment on top. His public record of behavior speaks for itself.

Every week folk are on here asking WTF they just saw/heard from him as if the fact that he’s mentally unstable isn’t a staple feature of his existence in the public eye for the last 4 yrs. Y’all can’t possibly still be surprised by this shit & you know damn well you were warned.

We told you he’d do everything he’s done and so far he’s done absolutely nothing to prove he doesn’t meet the applicable DSM criteria. He still hasn’t received a reputable neuropsychiatric evaluation despite his ongoing instability b/c his dysfunction has been normalized/enabled.

Millions of Americans see their own dysfunctional selves in Trump, he isn’t deviating from their social/behavioral norms therefore they’re incapable of seeing him as sick, dangerous or incompetent. He’s there because *they* wanted his dysfunction in the WH, soberly discuss that.

Crimes and legislation against women/children punctuate this era because Republicans created this disaster in their own socially dysfunctional and abusive image. This is and always has been a collective mental health issue that far exceeds Trump.

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/818496146389745664?s=21

Also I’m sick and fucking tired of all these “why do White evangelicals still support Trump” essays too. Maybe if y’all weren’t so busy denying and sugarcoating the *historical* sociopathy and abuse of White patriarchy/theocracy you wouldn’t have to keep feigning confusion. 😒

The GOP has been diligently impoverishing its base for the last 50+ years, not only intellectually/financially but morally and mostly on the grounds of hatred, fear and the privilege to oppress. They’d already ripped the social fabric to shreds before Trump won their nomination.

Trump is indeed sick and dangerous, but so is the GOP and so are the scores of Americans who willfully vote sociopathy into office every election and are still damn proud to support every ounce of this mayhem. Our whole society is sick and dangerous, discuss that soberly ffs.

Pretending Trump’s instability is a self-contained mental health crisis rather than a harbinger of the societal dysfunction that elected and continues to enable him won’t get us out of this mess. America’s sick and dangerous with no cure in sight.

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1102934309810393089?s=21

Start with soberly discussing how Republican ideology lacks empathy and human care if you truly want to understand why they willfully put the country in a sociopath’s hands. Stop acting surprised when they do it over and over again. #AmericanSociopath

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/1138128442380234755?s=21

Familiarize yourself with Stockholm Syndrome. Wrap your mind around the reality that hateful/fearful people are clinging to an abuser who shares their identity b/c said identity renders them less likely to be abused at all or to the same extent as others.

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/834889989242646528?s=21

Resist the urge to retreat to the false security of statements like “this isn’t who America is” when the facts on the ground continue to reveal that we’re surrounded and governed by broken people who delight in breaking other people with their votes/power.

https://twitter.com/docrocktex26/status/818502856458309633?s=21

There are layers of generational abuse, trauma, illness and indiscretion being self-medicated with fanatical religiosity and right wing partisanship in the communities most enthralled by Trump/the GOP. They create the conditions they lament then refuse all the viable remedies.

Until we start acknowledging and addressing the depletion of community resources for education, recreation, employment and healthcare that’s fueling this degree of social dysfunction in America, the ground remains fertile for sick & dangerous to not only thrive but win elections.