May we please stop stigmatizing mental health care in this country with threads in which DUers

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53. I like this for being more nuanced than some

of the other posts here.

If we can't describe someone as 'crazy' (or mentally ill) - and I think 99% of us are not wishing to stigmatize or degrade - then we do need some kind of nomenclature (wacko, nutso, batsh*t, fruitcake) to describe those individuals who - while not technically incompetent - embrace beliefs that are so fringe and extreme, and occasionally delusional and dangerous, as to be clearly outside norm. And to pretend that there isn't something really different going on with some of these individuals that are flying high - and way out in the weeds - is to ignore basic realities. To pretend also that they don't represent certain costs and threat to society, is also papering over the truth. Clearly they do.
(cult members too, are not mentally ill - but there are quite clearly dangers and consequences)

So - while I have no desire whatsoever to offend - I do need to be able to describe people that believe in pizza parlor slavery and sex trafficking - as something - completely off the beam.

"then give me another word for it .. " - Joan Baez, 'Diamonds and Rust' -