Did Freud actually say this?
"This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever" (Sigmund Freud - about the Irish)
The Snopes.com message boards say "no", however, Cahill references it in "How the Irish Saved Civilization" (where I first read it) and after watching The Departed last night (where Matt Damon says it [by the way, Matt Damon looks so much better when his face is bruised] to his psychologist girlfriend.) and it made me wonder.
What race of people is he referring to?
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ReplyDeleteThat explains why it was quoted in How the Irish Saved Civilization.
ReplyDeleteIt could be apocryphal though and it just started bothering me this morning...
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