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Ah... Yet More Proof(tm) that "intelligence" is multi-dimentional. And that you can be very bright indeed in some dimensions (evidence - he was a tech executive), yet far dimmer than a box of rocks (has any box of rocks ever committed career suicide via anti-semitic rant?) in others.

A Modest Proposal: Mr. Bateman needs a 72-hour involuntary admission to a good psychiatric hospital. His recent behavior might be caused by a fast-growing brain tumor, or congenital malformation of the cerebrum, or abuse of high-risk recreational drugs, or be the first clear symptom of a late-manifesting major psychiatric disorder. It's for his own good, really.

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> A Modest Proposal: Mr. Bateman needs a 72-hour involuntary admission to a good psychiatric hospital.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...

"A Modest Proposal" is a flag for Juvenalian satire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

(Though such bizarre and self-destructive behavior is a red flag, and medical testing & psychiatric evaluation are quite reasonable. PragmaticPulp's comment kinda covers that.)

Yes, I know the USSR's history. In current-day America...the guy's chances of being forced into a psych. hospital by the government for this seem about as high as his chances of being tried for publicly insulting George III's honor.

>Ah... Yet More Proof(tm) that "intelligence" is multi-dimensional

I thought of Mel Gibson when I read the story, who had some similar over-the-top crazy Jewish conspiracy tirades. But has done quite well, particularly as a movie director. And seems witty under the right circumstances, to me.

That intelligence is associated with mentally problems is a very old idea.

> Mr. Bateman needs a 72-hour involuntary admission to a good psychiatric hospital

I think he got a sentence to remember already. Don't think many Jews would think too favorably about this idea.