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Voting Republican Syndrome (VRS)
How to recognize it, how to treat it.
Chances are, someone you know votes Republican. After all, nearly forty-three million US citizens voted Republican at the last Presidential election and Republican politicians keep getting elected to Congress and to various offices in the fifty States. This is a clear indication that the most serious mental health crisis facing the USA in the last sixty years is still running rampant.
Contagion usually occurs during childhood but other mental illnesses such as Addictive Personality Disorder and Sudden Onset Religionism are both strongly associated with VRS and may be cofactors in its development.
With so many people suffering, it’s almost certain that you’ve come into contact with someone who has this debilitating illness. It may be a colleague or it may be a family member. Early signs include an inability to comprehend simple facts, a highly restricted vocabulary, an uncontrollable need to blame people with dark skins for all the ills of the modern world, and an incurable addiction to Fox News. Other strong indicators of Voting Republican Syndrome include deep-seated sexual inadequacy, a fear that one is secretly homosexual, Type II diabetes, and membership of the National Rifle Association.
It is important to stress that there is a small group of people for whom voting…
