Is delusion a mental illness?

@HumanEarth I just explained why a flat tax is unfair. As a poor person, your taxes would go up. If that's what you want, feel free to send the government more money voluntarily.

Please provide a link to wherever you got that quote. I suspect it's from some fringe publication that completely mischaracterized whatever they think happened at the UN. The problem with the UN isn't that it's some all-powerful entity bent on world domination. For the most part, it's useless. We have two major wars going on right now, and the UN basically has their thumbs up their asses.

@LeopoldBloom

https://zenit.org/2024/05/26/analysis-towards-a-one-world-government-general-assembly-negotiates-the-future-of-the-un/

@HumanEarth Zenit appears to be a Catholic publication put out by an evangelizing group. I wouldn't call them an unbiased source. Fears of the UN instituting a one world government have been around since before the UN existed.

@SomeMichGuy Did you not see where I said I was trying to find the videos of what I saw because you were thinking I saw it on the local news or they were people on the street. I was trying to show you some of what I saw.

@midnightrose Ok. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks for setting me right on your context.

@Spoiledbrat Multiple citizens testify to their experiences with Haitian immigrants to city council. One of them details witnessing Haitian immigrants killing ducks at a pond.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/09/full_replay_residents_of_springfield_ohio_speak_about_wave_of_haitian_migrants_at_city_commission_meeting.html

@SumKindaMunster [media=https://youtu.be/9SeMHr-sYuM?t=14]

@AthrillatheHunt correct! A big difference!

@AthrillatheHunt Precisely. The rumors about them eating pets in Ohio are racist at their core. They're basically saying, "These people don't know how to behave in civilized society. We should send them back." And I've seen no sign of that. They recognize that the animals roaming the streets in this country are not for food. They know when they've got it better than they did back home. Nobody's going to go around hunting the neighbor cats when they can get meat at a reasonable price at the corner store.

@LordShadowfire yup. it’s just absurd . In other words , par for the course .

@Guardian I’m convinced Trump was on a speedball of coke and beta blockers.

@LeopoldBloom with a touch of dementia thrown in for good measure!

@pancakeslam I don't know. Revelation 13 has a pretty good description of him. 😆

@pancakeslam maybe one antichrist from each team? We could be opposing cheerleaders!

@Handfull1 I mean, their side has a guy who convinced all of his followers to wear his mark on their foreheads, wants to implement tariffs, dreams of creating massive detention camps for immigrants, has arguably violated all ten commandments, and has many of his followers convinced he's the second coming of Christ. He's even suffered from a supposedly lethal wound to the head from which he recovered in less than a day. How much more Antichristy can he get?

@Spoiledbrat where did I say anything different?

@Handfull1 I thought you were talking about voters when you said..."Do we really want a totally delusional person with his finger on the button regardless of his policies"

@Spoiledbrat nope!

@SumKindaMunster Harris is ahead in most polls.

@Handfull1 If we elected Presidents by Popular Vote, yes. But we use the electoral college and Trump is still favored.

https://substack.com/@natesilver/p-146002606

@SumKindaMunster either way it will be a close race!

@darkmere1983 so was Jack the Ripper!

@darkmere1983
...and I think that you are also a legend just like Trump, a legend in your own mind.

@darkmere1983 Not for the reason you might think:

@SW-User wrong. Things were much better. We didn’t have very high unemployment or a ridiculously high amount of migrants crossing the border. So keep taking drugs ok??

@Moneyonmymind unemployment was very high, although much was do to Covid. Migrants must have been an issue or Trump wouldn’t have promised a wall with Mexico to pay for it. He had 4 years and didn’t deliver. You should at least get your facts straight.

@Handfull1 again you people are shifting blame. Accept Biden was a terrible president boomer.

@Handfull1
No guarantees? But what if your Psychiatrist declared you mentally ill and was about to ship you off to a mental institution?

Would you just take his word that you are mentally ill because you have delusional thoughts about something which in his opinion, confirms his assessment of you?

@swirlie so delusional thoughts are productive in society? Many schizophrenics have delusional thoughts that are not productive even for themselves. You’re doing a lot of hypotheticals with me. I’m not running for President.

@Handfull1
No, you're not running for President, but we were all children at one time.

Did you not believe that Santa Clause was real for a while, until you decided that he wasn't real at all? Were you delusional before or after that decision was made about Santa's reality?

Trump believes that he won the debate with Kamala, but only recently has he been admitting that he actually lost the 2020 Presidential election to Joe Biden.

Did Trump win in 2020 or did he lose? Your answer will depend on what you want to believe is real, no different than Trump wanting to believe that he won the debate with Kamala Harris. Are you delusional or is Trump?