This writer acknowledges that most of us have experienced or have dealt with some sort of “mental impairment”. Or mental impediment to happiness. I was mentally ill for about 15 years. While I was experiencing much success in my career and other pursuits, I allowed myself to suffer through a long punishing marriage. I still wonder how I could have permitted such a thing to happen. But there is no question that I was “crazy” for several years. There is probably a touch of “crazy” in many people. Sometimes we just can’t see it. Or sometimes we just say: “what a character!”
But sometimes, VERY crazy is wicked obvious! Not just political differences. Not just differences of opinion. But truly whacko behavior that is beyond “not normal”.
When we encounter someone who acts way, way crazier than “regular crazy” we sometimes use the term “batshit crazy”. I wondered why. What is the origin of the term? Here it is from the “Urban Dictionary”.
batshit crazy
“A person who is batshit crazy is certifiably nuts. The phrase has origins in the old fashioned term "bats in the belfry." Old churches had a structure at the top called a belfry, which housed the bells. Bats are extremely sensitive to sound and would never inhabit a belfry of an active church where the bell was rung frequently. Occasionally, when a church was abandoned and many years passed without the bell being rung, bats would eventually come and inhabit the belfry. So, when somebody said that an individual had "bats in the belfry" it meant that there was "nothing going on upstairs" (as in that person's brain). To be BATSHIT CRAZY is to take this even a step further. A person who is batshit crazy is so nuts that not only is their belfry full of bats, but so many bats have been there for so long that the belfry is coated in batshit. Hence, the craziest of crazy people are BATSHIT CRAZY.”
“Dude that guy on the corner wears a tinfoil hat and ripped all the wires out of his house so the government couldn't listen to his thoughts.
Really?
Yeah, he's batshit crazy.”
or…
”Dude, that president in the White House with mysterious hair and rotisserie chicken complexion is dumping the government into a wood chipper. And although he swore to uphold the Constitution, he now says that he doesn’t have to follow it. And he thinks a recession might be “necessary”. And he wants to reopen Alcatraz. And he thinks he could be the Pope. And he hired a Jew to act like a Nazi.
Really?
Yeah, he’s batshit crazy.”
I know the Pope picture is “old news” - like a couple of days. But I can’t let it go - as if it were just one more in a series of really obscenely weird things that this lunatic has done.
If ANY other president had done such a thing, don’t you think the nation would rise up and demand his resignation? Don't you think the cabinet would have been assembled to invoke the 25th Amendment? Where is JD Vance when you really need him? Is he a Catholic - or not?
Why is America ACCEPTING the fact that we have a batshit crazy, Complete Nutcase as president? WHY?
Bill, I applaud your honesty, courage, and strength in overcoming whatever it was you had to overcome. You might’ve been crazy for 15 years but I’m quite confident you were never ever batshit crazy. Well done.👍
Bill, spot on. I cannot fathom why Republicans are so silent especially Catholic Republicans—Cardinal Dolan’s comment was lukewarm not outraged. It’s a sign of degradation in churches and government.