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Mary Trump's Book

Stacyhs said:
I would have, too. He showed himself to be a dishonest man who would screw over his own father in order to benefit himself...
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I suspect fred trump probably (secretly?) admired that trait in his son. Didn't donald trump express admiration -- in a read-between-the-lines kind of way? -- about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un having a family member murdered in order to 'get to the top.'
 
theprestige said:
If the subject is a diagnosis, then the degree is directly related. If it's a biography, not so much.
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You've spent months arguing in the "Trump has a mental illness" thread that no ethical mental health professional would make a diagnosis without interviewing the subject in person. Now, suddenly it's OK if Mary Trump is making a diagnosis even if she's never professionally interviewed him as a psychologist? Or seen him in years?

:jaw-dropp
 
Stacyhs said:
You've spent months arguing in the "Trump has a mental illness" thread that no ethical mental health professional would make a diagnosis without interviewing the subject in person. Now, suddenly it's OK if Mary Trump is making a diagnosis even if she's never professionally interviewed him as a psychologist? Or seen him in years?

: jaw-dropp
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Never said it was okay, just said it would be relevant.
 
theprestige said:
I think they're fine where they are. My only goal was to post an amusing sidebar about academic degrees next to author's names on book covers. The original positions of the posts were more than adequate for that purpose. Why? Do you think they should be somewhere else?
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Uh huh. Sure. And I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell ya for real cheap.
 
jeremyp said:
She’s Trump’s niece. Is that enough qualification to write a biography?
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The way I see it, wanting to write a biography is more than enough qualification to write a biography. Doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a *good* biography, though. And obvs being related to someone is no guarantee of quality in a biography. And - here's the thing - having a Ph.D. is also no guarantee. But you put it on the cover, and it gives the impression the writing in the book may be a cut above.
 
theprestige said:
If the subject is a diagnosis, then the degree is directly related. If it's a biography, not so much.
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Mary T's book isn't really a biography. It's more an expose and explanation of why Trump is what he is from her inside viewpoint.

theprestige said:
Where exactly do you imagine I moved the goalposts from?
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Not going down that rabbit hole with you.

theprestige said:
Not everything is about whatever bridge you have for sale, or whatever troll you imagine lives under it.
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Another example of your need to have the last word even when one is not required. Again, not going there with you. Ciao.
 
Stacyhs said:
Mary T's book isn't really a biography. It's more an expose and explanation of why Trump is what he is from her inside viewpoint.
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So the Ph.D. is neither here nor there.

Not going down that rabbit hole with you.



Another example of your need to have the last word even when one is not required. Again, not going there with you. Ciao.
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Belz... said:
Stacy, please. Theprestige is right. He's saying that placing your title on a book when that title is irrelevant to the topic of said book is silly. That's entirely independant of whether diagnosis at a distance is possible or reasonable.
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I disagree. But I don't care to argue it anymore. Which is why I didn't bother to even open his video.
 
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This question regarding Mary Trump putting her degree on the cover of the book is a red herring. I doubt a soul buying the book cares about the degree.

I don't need a clinical psychologist to tell me that Donald Trump has serious psychological problems. A fifth grader can see that the man is batcrap crazy.
 
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acbytesla said:
This question regarding Mary Trump putting her degree on the cover of the book is red herring. I doubt a soul buying the book cares about the degree.

I don't need a clinical psychologist to tell me that Donald Trump has serious psychological problems. A fifth grader can see that the man is batcrap crazy.
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I know you're using that in the popular slang meaning but psychopaths aren't crazy. That's one of the things that makes them so dangerous.
 
Stacyhs said:
I know you're using that in the popular slang meaning but psychopaths aren't crazy. That's one of the things that makes them so dangerous.
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Medical professionals don't use the word "crazy" at all. That said, I'm convinced that psychological problems are at the root of his issues.
 
theprestige said:
Obviously the publisher thinks otherwise.
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So maybe I exaggerated. 5 people might buy the book because it was written by a Doctor.

Maybe the publisher put the title on because the author wanted it on. I spend a lot of time around people with doctorates. Most could care less if you refer to them as Doctor, yet some insist upon it.

Like you almost never meet someone with a degree from Harvard who won't tell you within 5 minutes upon meeting them.
 
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