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Personality disorders explain the 'Palestine' obsession.

JL;DR SUMMARY Lucy Tabrizi's essay contends that the traits associated with Cluster B personality disorders—such as borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, and antisocial tendencies—manifest in the behaviors of contemporary activism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israel Palestine ConflictActivismProgressive MovementsLeft Wing ActivismPolitical PsychologyCluster B DisordersBorderline Personality DisorderNarcissistic Personality DisorderHistrionic Personality DisorderAntisocial Personality Disorder

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Israel
"Nowhere is it more obvious than in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, where Palestinians are cast as wholly innocent and Israelis as wholly evil."
Palestinian Territories
"Nowhere is it more obvious than in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, where Palestinians are cast as wholly innocent and Israelis as wholly evil."

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