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Tuesday, July 29, 2003

It's not a disease, it's an ideology 


Symptoms: Aggression against people or animals. Frequent bullying or threatening. Often starts fights. Used a weapon that could cause serious injury (gun, knife, club, broken glass). Physical cruelty to people. Physical cruelty to animals.
UHS Diagnosis: Conduct Disorder
True Condition: Conservative

Symptom: The patient is distrustful and suspicious of others, whose motives are seen as malevolent. Interprets hidden, demeaning or threatening content into ordinary events or comments. Persistently bears grudges. The patient responds quickly with anger and counterattacks.
UHS Diagnosis: Paranoid Personality Disorder
True Condition: Feminist


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(Via Eve Tushnet).
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