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Paul Ryan "Destroying Health Care System For The American People" (Original Post) Unknown Beatle Mar 2013 OP
ef Paul Ryan and every person who voted to re-elect him to Congress indepat Mar 2013 #1
He said what!! warrior1 Mar 2013 #2
I love the reaction from the other people there.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #3
A Disaster Capitalist Finally Tells the Truth. Th1onein Mar 2013 #4
A classic Freudian slip Monk06 Mar 2013 #5
K&R n/t eridani Mar 2013 #6

indepat

(20,899 posts)
1. ef Paul Ryan and every person who voted to re-elect him to Congress
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 07:44 PM
Mar 2013

That might sound a tad harsh until considering what he is trying to do, so ef 'em, ef 'em all, the long, the short, and the tall.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
5. A classic Freudian slip
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 10:37 PM
Mar 2013

A Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that is interpreted as occurring due to the interference of some unconscious ("dynamically repressed&quot subdued wish, conflict, or train of thought guided by the super-ego and the rules of correct behaviour. They reveal a "source outside the speech". The concept is thus part of classical psychoanalysis. (Wiki)

Usually Freudian slips are mistakes in a subject's repressive mechanism which allows their true feelings and ulterior motives to escape.

Notice Ryan did not clue to his mistake. Instead he revealed his true intention.

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