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2. No, and making these kinds of conflations is dangerous to people with mental illness, who are some of the most

Thu Oct 26, 2023, 08:49 AM

Oct 2023

vulnerable in society. Just because someone is irrational or cruel does not mean they are mentally ill.

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Serious question [View all] malaise Oct 2023 OP

They certainly are delusional Walleye Oct 2023 #1

Who's they? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #5

Psychiatrists, or the legal definition of insanity Walleye Oct 2023 #6

I stand corrected. Walleye Oct 2023 #8

This. Not only sarisataka Oct 2023 #14

Anyone who supports the NAZI is nuts. Kid Berwyn Oct 2023 #9

i think we need a way better definition of mentally ill. mopinko Oct 2023 #10

Hate can be mental illness czarjak Oct 2023 #11

No Yonnie3 Oct 2023 #12

It's a cult. usonian Oct 2023 #13

I hear you n/t malaise Oct 2023 #19

What are cult members considered? MyMission Oct 2023 #16

I call them "Surface" people. chouchou Oct 2023 #17

no, but I think all MAGAts are white supremacist racists Stardust Mirror Oct 2023 #20