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And his homicidal tendencies and his desire to even have them as opponents come from a completely sane altruistic mind.
There are completely sane people capable of doing horrifying things
If that weren't true, 99% of world history would have been incredibly different than it is
True, but they are motivated by extrinsic factors. If the Joker is sane he should have any motivation beyond "everyone is as crazy as me".
My point is that he doesn't have a warped perception of reality (in the diagnosable sense), being criminally insane would require that he be incapable of understanding what he's doing and/or the reasons why doing those things are wrong.
Joker not only is perfectly capable of understanding he's doing wrong and why the things he's doing are wrong, to him that's the entire fun of the joke.