Tired Old Cliche – “In short, “Political Madness”, according to Dr. Rossiter, can/does exist equally across the political spectrum. You’ve chosen to selectively present only certain excerpts to support your contention of “Liberal Madness”.”

Your incorrect analysis of Dr. Rossiters work, in my opinion, is the problem with so many Americans. Like you, people don’t want to read and understand in a comprhensive manner. You want to Google all the answers to life’s most difficult questions, of which this is one.

Here is an example: If you were going to have hip replacement surgery and you read, out of context, that up to 20% of those who have the surgery die. You would incorrectly deduce that hip replacement surgery causes death. The fact is that patient age, co-morbidities, ambulatory status etc. combine to cause increased mortality.

Tired Old Cliche – “It appears, though Dr. Rossiter definitely writes from a “conservative” perspective, this book talks alot about the general psychology of “affinity” … what makes a person identify with certain groups to the exclusion of factual knowledge which may disturb his/her sense of affinity.

Dr. Rossiter is a board certified general and forensic psychiatrist with 40+ years experience. He is not writing from a “conservative” standpoint as you suggest, he is writing from a professional, expert opinion on mental health diagnosis of which he is qualified to do.

The book, if you read it, is based on the destructive behaviors of the liberal mind that have steadily undermined individual freedom and property rights in America. That’s it, nothing more, nothing less.

Your assessment is incorrect. The title of the book is: The Liberal Mind – The Psychological Causes of Political Madness. Those who support individual freedom and property rights are right thinking people, those who do not are wrong thinking people. Collectivism is not just an “affinity” it is a psychopatholgy as defined by Dr. Rossiter in his exhaustive writing on the subject. The issue is more complex than you make it out to be. Read the book.