Simply put, mental illnesses can be described as trying to see the world in a way that does not exist and then becoming violent when confronted with the simple fact that the world does not exist as you see it. Many of us would like to see the world as the Disney storybook world that leads to a happy ever after, but we live in the real world. Unfortunately, it seems that liberals do not, and this mental disorder is costing us lives of innocent people.

Clinical and forensic psychiatrist, Lyle Rossiter has treated over 1,500 patients and examined over 2,700 civil and criminal cases have authored the work, The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness. In it, he outlines the modern liberal outlook on the world and has come to some startling conclusions.

Among Rossiter’s observations:

Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded. Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from cradle to grave.

A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity — as liberals do. A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population — as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation’s citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state — as liberals do.

The roots of liberalism — and its associated madness — can be clearly identified by understanding how children develop from infancy to adulthood and how distorted development produces the irrational beliefs of the liberal mind. When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious.

Justin Barkley, 38, a former employee of the state of New York accused of murdering a UPS driver, told a judge at a court hearing in Ithaca, New York on Monday, “I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally, and very proudly,” the Ithaca Voice reports. Barkley was arrested on December 8 for the murder earlier that day of William Schumacher, 52, a UPS driver, near a Walmart store in Ithaca.

“Prosecutors say the Dryden resident intentionally caused the death of Schumacher — the two men were strangers — early Dec. 8. Barkley was indicted last week in Tompkins County Court on felony counts of second-degree murder and menacing a police officer or peace officer,” the Ithaca Journal reported.

They also revealed the following in their reports:

After fleeing from the scene, court papers say, Barkley fired a “sound shot” from his rifle to keep law enforcement officers from coming after him once he pulled into the driveway of his Dryden Road home. After a nearly eight-hour standoff, Barkley was taken into custody without a struggle and no injuries to himself or police.

On Monday, Barkley appeared before Judge John Rowley in Tompkins County court and attempted to plead guilty. “I went there to purposely shoot and kill him and put him down,” Barkley told the court after admitting, “I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally, and very proudly.” After hearing Barkley’s initial statements, Rowley “did not accept the plea . . . and adjourned the indictment to Jan. 6”

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 25 years to life in state prison. Schumacher was a seasonal UPS driver who had stopped to get something to eat during his overnight shift, according to Susan Rosenberg, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based package delivery company. He was about four weeks into his second stint as a seasonal driver of a tractor-trailer hauling packages between UPS processing hubs, she said.

“Rowley also ordered Barkley to be evaluated to determine whether he is competent to stand trial,” the Journal reports. Barkley remained convinced that he had killed President-elect Trump, and not William Schumacher. He told the court, “He has never met a man named William Schumacher before.” Behind him in court, victim William Schumacher’s family cried and shook as Barkley made his statements. Barkley has been indicted for the felonies of second-degree murder and menacing a police officer or peace officer. North Country Now reports that Barkley is “the former director of the Massena Wellness Center.” The New York State Office of Mental Health said Barkley had resigned his position in Massena prior to the murder.

“Justin Barkley was not employed by the state of New York at the time of this incident. This former employee was a licensed master social worker from September 2008 until May 2016 at St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, where his final position was program director of the Massena Wellness Center,” according to Ben Rosen, OMH Public Information Office director. “In May 2016, he voluntarily left St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center for a position with the Office of Children and Family Services.”

He began working at The Office of Children and Family Services’ Finger Lakes Residential Center on May 4 and resigned effective Aug. 8, said Monica Mahaffey, New York State Office of Children & Family Services assistant commissioner for communications. The St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, located in Ogdensburg, New York, is part of the New York State Office of Mental Health.

The murder of Schumacher by a man convinced he had just killed President-elect Donald Trump serves to heighten the security concerns many have expressed about the safety of the New York City billionaire who will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. On November 9, for instance, the day after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, the Daily Caller reported that “Twitter is exploding with people calling for president-elect to be assassinated.”

“The Secret Service and the New York Police Department are coordinating an unprecedented security plan to protect all 68 stories of Trump Tower in Manhattan, home to President-elect Donald Trump and his business,” CBS News reported on November 16. “Protesters have gathered outside the skyscraper since his election,” CBS noted.

We, the ones that see the world as it really is must stand up to our world being run by the inmates of an asylum. Pretending that those on the other side of the political coin understand fact from fiction, reality from fantasy will only continue to lead our nation and our world down a dark, scary path. The epitaph of Western Civilization must not be, “dies of a mental illness.”