New Diagnosis?
Because I have been retired for several years now, I have had much more time to pay more attention to current events. I have learned that there is a plethora of illogical conclusions on important issues based on interpreting data illogically. This might be genetic, (recent studies have pointed toward a genetic basis of political biases such as conservative or liberal) but I have coined a term which might be more appropriate. I looked and couldn't find this term referred to anywhere, so I will claim that I discovered it, unless it is the medical literature. The term is "mind damaged" (as opposed to brain damaged). Although I could list hundreds of examples, I will use recent events at Columbia University as examples.
First, as you know, when the founder of the Minutemen was on the stage beginning his talk Columbia students (probably associated with La Raza) jumped to the stage shouted him down and forced him off the stage. The guards and Bollinger were nowhere in site. The Minutemen are not vigilantes; they don't kill or capture anyone. They just inform border patrol of the illegals crossing the border. (If you were observing someone breaking the law in public wouldn't you cal 911?) The Minutemen are just trying to prevent anarchy. They are law abiding citizens. Next, Columbia invited the president of Iran. He was identified as a participant in the Carter kidnappings; he opens and closes each talk in Iran by saying kill Americans; he advocates the annihilation of Israel and the U.S; he has 600 missiles pointed at Israel; he is lying about his nuclear research (you know, for commerce); he supplies weapons used to kill American soldiers; and he claims there are no gays in Iran. Meanwhile, it is a fact that around 4,000 homosexuals have been killed over the years. (Did you see the picture of the 2 gay teenagers hanging in public a few weeks ago?) HE is allowed to speak. So the law abiding citizens are denied their constitutional rights while a madman and liar is allowed to speak. If the Minuteman was allowed to speak, I would have no problem with having the liar murderer, kidnapper, gay slayer speaks. This is an example of persons involved in promoting him with speaking engagements appearing to being mind damaged. Their minds don’t to seem to be functioning properly.
One more item at Columbia is the refusal to let the ROTC meet on campus, or to allow Army professionals on campus ostensibly because of Clinton's don't tell gay decision for the military. Meanwhile, of course, the president of Iran executes gays. Is inviting him another example of mind damage at Columbia? In addition, the gay issue is not even the reason that Army is not allowed on campus. That is bogus. The real reason is that Columbia students and faculty hate the military. Proof is that the policy goes back to the 60's even before Clinton's decision. Their hate of, and demeaning of the military while exercising their free speech rights protected by the military might be another example of mind damage.
Maybe the editors of DSM-V can define this condition and add it to the new edition, to justify therapy.