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Sympthsical

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38. Pathologizing politics has a long pedigree

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 01:56 PM

Oct 2022

And I have never been a fan of it.

It has an unintended consequence as well. If the opposing politics are just mental illness, then people aren't really responsible are they? At least not to the degree you would generally hold people to for their actions and beliefs.

And it isn't like that tactic couldn't be used in our direction. There is plenty the Right thinks is crazy about us.

Mental illness is mental illness.

I still find it so bizarre people are, like, angry that Pelosi's attacker is clearly a mental health mess. Were they hoping for someone saner? Why/why not?

This is a problem with, "Politics are a game, and we need to put points on the board," thinking.

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May we please stop stigmatizing mental health care in this country with threads in which DUers [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

K and r. Treefrog Oct 2022 #1

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

Thank you. nt delisen Oct 2022 #3

Thank you for posting this. thucythucy Oct 2022 #4

K&R. Our culture has a terrible understanding of mental health, and when you add in the stigma of WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #5

I couldn't agree more. MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2022 #6

I apologize for my stupidity and lack of understanding of mental illness. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #7

Thank you. I have disagreements with a lot of people. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #9

Yes. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #8

+1. THAT is the flat truth. -(nt)- stopdiggin Oct 2022 #52

How long before those terms are verboten? BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #59

Well, Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #60

Here here!!! Takket Oct 2022 #10

I hear you. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #11

Absolutely right. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #12

I like this for being more nuanced than some stopdiggin Oct 2022 #53

The question is whether a person who believes irrational ideas, things we call "crazy," Ocelot II Oct 2022 #54

a lot (most?) are quite clearly NOT mentally ill an any clinical sense stopdiggin Nov 2022 #55

How about "deluded"? Ocelot II Nov 2022 #56

I alerted on someone using the word "nutso" XanaDUer2 Oct 2022 #13

noted, however GenXer47 Oct 2022 #14

Indoctrinated Dysfunctional Oct 2022 #23

Um, yes it is a political stance to favor wnylib Oct 2022 #28

Inculcated. plimsoll Oct 2022 #44

KnR n/t RockCreek Oct 2022 #15

K&R redstatebluegirl Oct 2022 #16

Thanks for the post! Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #17

Thanks onenote Oct 2022 #18

I agree @mahatmakanejeeves. DU, we are better than than. Peace. n/t iluvtennis Oct 2022 #19

People who choose to be mentally ill are still mentally ill Warpy Oct 2022 #20

K&R BaronChocula Oct 2022 #21

As someone who has suffered from depression, I heartily agree, Jeeves. Martin68 Oct 2022 #22

History of mental illness in my family and my mom and wife and myself worked in mental health emulatorloo Oct 2022 #24

K&R c-rational Oct 2022 #25

Thank you. Can I ask everyone for a favor? CaptainTruth Oct 2022 #26

Idenitify the problem iemanja Oct 2022 #33

Indoctrinated is accurate without any reference to wnylib Oct 2022 #34

Agree with you about stigmatizing mental illness... TygrBright Oct 2022 #27

+1 Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #39

K and R Agree totally. justhanginon Oct 2022 #29

It's out of compasion ffr Oct 2022 #30

It's not compassionate. It's hateful. iemanja Oct 2022 #32

Please do me the justice in reading my post before rebutting it with a red-herring ffr Oct 2022 #35

It most certainly does iemanja Oct 2022 #37

I still don't think you read my post. Or perhaps you just like to vent today. ffr Oct 2022 #41

Thank you for this iemanja Oct 2022 #31

Thank you. nt sl8 Oct 2022 #36

Pathologizing politics has a long pedigree Sympthsical Oct 2022 #38

Agreed! yardwork Oct 2022 #40

I remember that. calimary Oct 2022 #42

Looks like the answer is no sarisataka Oct 2022 #43

I think you missed the point of that thread. It is about right wing media n/t emulatorloo Oct 2022 #46

The end is the same sarisataka Oct 2022 #47

It is a lot more nuanced than OP's examples. emulatorloo Oct 2022 #48

I'm sorry, I will call trump a madman till the day I die mountain grammy Oct 2022 #45

+1 BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #57

I am convinced that Trump meets the DSM-V standards for more than one mental illness. LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 #49

I have a dear friend and neighbor who is a professor emeritus at UCLA's School of Psychiatry Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #51

makes sense onder narrow circumstances lefthandedskyhook Oct 2022 #50

No. BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #58