When A Group Mind Goes Schizophrenic

The more I watch the Tea Party/Far Right drag the conservative movement in our Republic to the right, the more I have I have to wonder if the alternative universe many modern right wing conservatives describe when they describe the motivations and actions of the President and democrats, doesn't represent a sort of group mind schizophrenia.  The Mayo Clinic describes the positive symptoms of schizophrenia:

Delusions. These beliefs are not based in reality and usually involve misinterpretation of perception or experience. They are the most common of schizophrenic symptoms.

Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that don't exist, although hallucinations can be in any of the senses. Hearing voices is the most common hallucination among people with schizophrenia.

Thought disorder. Difficulty speaking and organizing thoughts may result in stopping speech midsentence or putting together meaningless words, sometimes known as "word salad."

Disorganized behavior. This may show in a number of ways, ranging from childlike silliness to unpredictable agitation.

 All of these symptoms, to one degree or another, would characterize what I perceive coming from right wing politicians and opinion managers like the former half term governor, Sarah Palin, Fox "News" personality, Glen Beck, Minnesota Congresswoman, Barbara Bachman, or Nevada Senate candidate, Sharon Angle.

Among the delusions the far right group mind embraces are:

The delusion and irrational fear that Barack Obama represents the interests of lazy blacks who want to raise taxes and steal white peoples America so they don't have to work.

The irrational fear that Obama and Democrats want to put white conservatives in concentration camps.

The irrational fear that Obama, the democrats, and even false Republicans, supports terrorists who want to destroy America.

The irrational delusion that Obama is not really an American.

The delusion that Obama and the democrats are engaged in nationalization of the Auto Industry, Wall Street and the Healthcare industry.

The delusional fear that Obama and democrats want to deny old people healthcare using death panels.

The irrational fear that Obama and democrats use public education to indoctrinate  and re-educate children to hate God and worship "big government" as God,

The irrational delusion that Obama and not Bush is the reason for the huge deficit we have today and that Obama, and not Bush, signed the Wall Street Bailout into law.

In short, the Tea Party/ Far Right, as a group, seems to see things that don't exist, embrace beliefs that are not based in reality, show unpredictable agitation over imagined conspiracies against them,  and engage in rambling "word salad" defenses of their delusional beliefs when pressed to explain them.  Is it time to come out and say it..., the conservative group mind is going schizophrenic, perceiving hostility and threat where none exist, finding reality increasingly confusing and retreating into a social isolation of it's own self reinforcing media messages?