Blame Freud for Bill Bennet's Furor

I was surprised but now I am surprised that I was surprised. Dr. Bill Bennet, philosopher, Roman Catholic conservative layman, government secretary and radio host, mentioned that the authors of the book Freakanomics drew large conclusions about social issues, including political conclusions about the results of thirty years of abortion. They indicated that crime and voting trends today can be traced back to the fact that there have been millions of abortions by single mothers so their offspring are not around to vote or commit crimes.

The Dr. Bennet began to wax philosophical and said "If we were to abort all Black babies then crime rates would be lowered." He went on to say such an idea is awful, immoral and reprehensible. Dr. Bennet is strongly prolife and he and his wife are deeply involved in pro-life activities.

The response was immediate and volatile. People called him many bad names but the Cincinnati Enquirer wrote an editorial today calling him a "Racist, and stupid." was momentarily surprised that a major news paper would stoop to such a character assassination through mind reading. The Enquirer must be practicing black magic and reading a crystal ball. How else could they know Dr. Bennet's heart?

Nothing is more unfair than name calling and attacking another person's character without facts to back us up. Yet, the Enquirer is doing just that. At one time the worst thing one could be called was a Nazi. Now it is a racist. Who can we blame for bring such fine paper to its knees? We can blame Freud.

I see it all the time in counseling. Betty Boop weeps copiously because her husband Burt does not love her. And how does she know? She reads his thoughts. Never mind that he has pledged his undying love for Betty a thousand times or that he worked hard to bring home the bacon and buys Betty baubles and bubble gum. She "knows" he is not in love with her and has decided that he needs "counseling" from me to show him the error of his ways.

The more he protests the more guilty he looks. The more he asks her to explain exactly what he can do to prove his love the more Betty sees it as insincere. "If he really loved me he would not have to ask me what to do to prove it." His double bind is complete.

Many is the time that I hold up the universal sign for time out and make a whistling noise as I say: "Time out. You are practicing psychology without a license. You are practicing Freudian psychoanalysis and interpreting this man's inner thoughts as if you knew what they meant."

This is the idea many people have about psychology and counseling. Several people have asked me not to look too deeply at me lest I "read their minds" or practice thought control. I cannot read minds or control them. I am still trying to control my own and have no desire to control yours.

A few nights ago I watched a film about Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in WWII. Called "Battle Fatigue" in those days the film showed Gregory Peck as Dr. Newton, I think it was, as a heroic and brilliant diagnostician who read the minds of service men who suffered guilt and pain from the battle field and concocted incredibly insightful interventions to break though the denial and darkness of the feelings trapped within.

No wonder so many frustrated wives and husbands and editorial writers attempt to diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders in public by attacking the client rather than listening to their clear statements and feelings. Freud and Dr. Newton knew that those poor saps did not really know what they thought. They were delusuional and thought they were guilty. Betty's husband thinks he loves her but she knows better.

In the same way, Dr. Bennet is delusional and thinks he has not a racist bone in his body. But, let us read what he REALLY meant. He said that by aborting Black babies the crime rate would drop but I hate all abortions. But, we KNOW in his heart he REALLY meant that all Blacks are criminals. He is delusional. He is in denial.

Now I find it maddening that a man so strongly opposed to killing Black babies will be called a racist by those who strongly promote killing Black babies. The Left Wing of America is in love with abortion. They will destroy any politician who resists their philosophy. Yet, they are winning the PR battle with a man that hates all abortion and that includes aborting Black babies.

The Communists pulled this trick over and over again. They accused many people of violating the Socialist Belief System even though they had never said anything remotely agaisnt the Commie slogans. It was always trumped up by Stalin or his henchmen to test the loyalty of the leaders. The person was tried, found guilty and often confessed his crime. he was assigned to psychiatric treatment to make sure his thoughts were pure and he had been "rehabilitated."

The PC Police or the Thought Police in America are closely following that script. Only in PC State can a peron who abhors abortion be tried and found guilty of wanting to abort Black babies and the people who rabidly promote racial cleansing, the left wing, get off scott free as freedom lovers and diversity promoters.