Abnormal Psychology

The Abnormal Psychology book of the 1960s was a lot bigger than the Abnormal Psychology book of 2015.

 

In 2015, dissent, or disagreeing with government policies is now considered a maladaptive behavior that could belie a mental disorder, unless you were Karl Marx.

 

“Dissent is a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea (e.g., a government's policies) or an entity (e.g., an individual or political party which supports such policies). The term's antonyms include agreement, consensus (when all or nearly all parties agree on something) and consent, when one party agrees to a proposition made by another.

In some political systems, dissent may be formally expressed by way of opposition politics, while politically repressive regimes may prohibit any form of dissent, leading to suppression of dissent and the encouragement of social or political activism. Individuals who do not conform or support the policies of certain states are known as "dissidents". Several thinkers have argued that a healthy society needs not only to protect, but also to encourage dissent.^[1][2]

In a well-known letter to Arnold Ruge in 1843, Karl Marx wrote: "if constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair, it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be".^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissent

 

It is clear from the above that Karl Marx didn’t care about the outcomes that resulted from his “ruthless criticism of all that exists”.  Millions perished defending their property rights.

 

In the 1960s, Abnormal Psychology books included chapters on homosexuality classified as sexual deviate behavior and gender ambivalence caused by hormone imbalance and psychological programming resulting in neurosis. These abnormalities have since been declared normal.

 

Sociopathy was covered in the 1960s emphasizing prison inmates and serial killers and in 2015 to include wealthy investors and rulers of countries. It seems we have a number of sociopaths running the UN.

Supportive psychological programming could account for the increase in LGBT cases in disturbed children and adolescents.

 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader