Are Liberals Out of Their Minds? Why do modern liberals think and act as they do? The radical left's politics and its destructive effects on our basic freedoms have provoked many to speculate on what makes these people tick. The Liberal Mind answers the question. This book is the first systematic analysis of the political madness that now threatens to destroy the West's greatest achievement: the American dream of civilized liberty. In his penetrating analysis, Dr. Rossiter reveals modern liberalism's assaults on: The freedom of adults to make good lives for themselves by cooperating with others, The ability of families to raise children to be self-reliant and mutual, and The morals, rights and laws that protect our freedoms. Modern liberalism's irrationality can only be understood as the product of psychopathology. So extravagant are the patterns of thinking, emoting, behaving and relating that characterize the liberal mind that its relentless protests and demands become understandable only as disorders of the psyche. The Liberal Mind reveals the madness of the modern liberal for what it is: a massive transference neurosis acted out in the world's political arenas, with devastating effects on the institutions of liberty.
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Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr., M.D. received his medical and psychiatric training at the University of Chicago. He is board certified in both general and forensic psychiatry and has diagnosed and treated mental disorders for more than forty years. He has been retained by numerous public offices, courts, and private attorneys as a forensic psychiatrist and has consulted in more than 2700 civil and criminal cases in both state and federal jurisdictions.
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98 of 117 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a 35 year old "recovering" Liberal. In the past 4 years or so I discovered what conservatism actually was through stumbling upon authors such as Sowell and Hayek. It turns out that I have been a conservative my entire life, I just didn't know it, because I didn't know what conservatism actually was, and I didn't recognize the folly of the Progressive ideology that was forced upon me from an early age.
I agree with other reviewers that this book is dry and can be a stuggle to get through. The first 300 pages painstakingly build the foundation for the last few chapters. Basically the author reasons that Liberals, especially the hard Left, are projecting their childhood trauma upon the world of politics. The modern Liberal agenda is not compatible with liberty. Overall he makes a good case.
I would not say that this is required reading or a book that would change the mind of a Liberal. I would say, however, that it is a worthwhile, interesting read and would make a good addition to any conservative collection.
I agree with other reviewers that this book is dry and can be a stuggle to get through. The first 300 pages painstakingly build the foundation for the last few chapters. Basically the author reasons that Liberals, especially the hard Left, are projecting their childhood trauma upon the world of politics. The modern Liberal agenda is not compatible with liberty. Overall he makes a good case.
I would not say that this is required reading or a book that would change the mind of a Liberal. I would say, however, that it is a worthwhile, interesting read and would make a good addition to any conservative collection.
264 of 328 people found the following review helpful
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For years I have tried to discuss rationally with liberals/socialists. The only result I could get was to doubt my arguments, no matter how solid they were, because reason didn't seem powerful enough to move them. I could see that the liberal agenda was economically unsound and even against the basic facts of human nature. Just when I was giving up any possibility of ever understanding the liberal mind and its irrational assaults on reason and human nature, I came across Dr. Rossiter's book.
For the first time I could confirm a long held impression that liberals have some problem in their way of thinking. The Liberal Mind convincingly states that what appears to be just normal people worried about real social and political problems is in fact a neurosis which manifests itself in trying to manipulate those who just want to live their lives autonomously and cooperatively by attacking their freedom. Dr. Rossiter gives a complete description of signs, symptoms and causes of this neurosis. And a didactical one, for he emphasizes and repeats key concepts all through the book, so that when introducing new concepts the fundamentals are never out of sight.
Anyone who still understands man as an autonomous and cooperative being must read this book. The Liberal Mind is a wonderful guide through the sophisms the liberal neurosis creates in the mind of those affected by it, even if the liberal agenda has already dominated the mentality of almost a whole country.
For the first time I could confirm a long held impression that liberals have some problem in their way of thinking. The Liberal Mind convincingly states that what appears to be just normal people worried about real social and political problems is in fact a neurosis which manifests itself in trying to manipulate those who just want to live their lives autonomously and cooperatively by attacking their freedom. Dr. Rossiter gives a complete description of signs, symptoms and causes of this neurosis. And a didactical one, for he emphasizes and repeats key concepts all through the book, so that when introducing new concepts the fundamentals are never out of sight.
Anyone who still understands man as an autonomous and cooperative being must read this book. The Liberal Mind is a wonderful guide through the sophisms the liberal neurosis creates in the mind of those affected by it, even if the liberal agenda has already dominated the mentality of almost a whole country.
268 of 334 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased this book to illuminate the wellspring of a slightly different topic, Why liberals feel socialism is superior to freedom, given the evidence of the last 120 years and the blood spilled by governments against their own people. Rommels book "The Black Book of Communism" details the horrors, but not the "Why". Given the evidence of total failures of Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Castro, the African Communist states, the current clown Hugo Chavez plus the failures of the European states in both production and sheer vitality (their demographic populations will disappear within 50 years given current birth rates) you would think that even the liberal's would be demanding an overhaul of their own philosophy, or even second thoughts. Not so.
Throughout the centuries man has stumbled from one leadership model to another: Roman Emperors, Kings and Fuedalism, Popes, Aristocracy, and Socialism. All are dead ends for those who wished to rule over the individual. Everything from gun control to Gulags have been tried by the socialist state without achivement, yet they use the same methods over and over. To repeat the same action over and over and expect different results is the very definition of madness. This book gives the "Why"
Throughout the centuries man has stumbled from one leadership model to another: Roman Emperors, Kings and Fuedalism, Popes, Aristocracy, and Socialism. All are dead ends for those who wished to rule over the individual. Everything from gun control to Gulags have been tried by the socialist state without achivement, yet they use the same methods over and over. To repeat the same action over and over and expect different results is the very definition of madness. This book gives the "Why"
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Honest
The rest of the reviews here are so chocked with straw men for a text that begins with the assumption that people with a different political philosophy, one that has existed for... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Asteria
5.0 out of 5 stars
Liberals Are Crazy
I recommend this book to everyone who is willing to find and learn the truth about liberal politics and their mind set.
Published 21 days ago by Michael R. Vanetti
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fine example of conservative propaganda!
Anyone interested in the right's current use of propaganda literature need look no further than Rossiter's Liberal Mind. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Intrekid
4.0 out of 5 stars
After glancing.....like!
Have not had time to read this yet, but have skimmed and like it and think that I will learn something!
Published 1 month ago by Barbara G. Caldwell
5.0 out of 5 stars
hits the nail on the head
EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS. THIS BOOK WILL OPEN YOU EYES AS TO HOW THE LIBERALS ARE BRAINWASHING AMERICA. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dan Decker
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unsupported assertions, awfully written, boring garbage
Boy, was I looking forward to this book! As someone working in mental health myself, with conservative/libertarian moral philosophy, I was a fairly receptive target for Rossiter. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John L
5.0 out of 5 stars
Liberalism is a form of mental retardation, I get it now.
Ever since the country seemed to have fallen into the dark ages in 2008 especially when the real side of liberalism in America reared it's ugly head I have been so angry and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tired of Fad Diets
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Liberal Mind--(Its mamas fault)
This is a great work. Rossiter starts with birth and leads you through the development of the liberal thinker and provides reasons for their neurotic behavior. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Charles E. Linn
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The Liberal Mind
This book is a great read and sheds a lot of light on what's wrong in our country today! A must read!
Published 2 months ago by Diane E. Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why are liberals the way they are? Read this book & find out!
This book was written by a psychoanalyst I believe & it is NOT political by any means whatsoever. No bashing. No name calling. Just facts. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Loomis
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