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Maru Kitteh

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18. I respectfully disagree, and I'm very cautious about labeling aberrant behavior "mental illness"

Sat Oct 28, 2023, 12:46 PM

Oct 2023

because I feel like it furthers the stigma already attached to mental health. I believe those people in the photos are simply addicted to a cult that reassures them they are REAL Americans, they are MORE AMERICAN than you are, more American than I am because they have these magic totems to prove it.

So, you know, assholes. Not necessarily mentally ill, but absolutely assholes.

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This is mental illness. [View all] Celerity Oct 2023 OP

One of three things: no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 #1

Good grief! calimary Oct 2023 #2

Yeah, but all those other ones are shithole countries ornotna Oct 2023 #3

This is more like trolling than "mental illness" gulliver Oct 2023 #4

Maybe delusional is a better term. hay rick Oct 2023 #14

The folks in the photo could actually be delusional or predatory gulliver Oct 2023 #15

The problem... the guns are to be used when foolish lib'tards try to attack their property. So -- 3Hotdogs Oct 2023 #65

It is definitely an overused term jfz9580m Oct 2023 #48

Is hoarding mental illness? duhneece Oct 2023 #61

I laugh when I hear Joe Scum talking about the greatest country in the world malaise Oct 2023 #5

Agree. That and "American exceptionalism." spooky3 Oct 2023 #7

There are things about the US that I love malaise Oct 2023 #12

Could readily be defeated by a well-timed smoke bomb and teargas... hlthe2b Oct 2023 #6

In fairness, Australia's high motor vehicle death rate Qutzupalotl Oct 2023 #8

They drive on the Left. speak easy Oct 2023 #17

No, it's a deliberate choice to be hateful ismnotwasm Oct 2023 #9

What i can't understand grumpyduck Oct 2023 #10

I dont understand people who think they can hide in the house Cheezoholic Oct 2023 #16

This. milestogo Oct 2023 #25

Only reason Canada in 2nd place is so many US guns available to smuggle in. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2023 #11

how much lead dust is in that house? Blues Heron Oct 2023 #13

I respectfully disagree, and I'm very cautious about labeling aberrant behavior "mental illness" Maru Kitteh Oct 2023 #18

My first thought was it is a multigraincracker Oct 2023 #19

LOL. Sadly, some folks are that casual and careless about guns. Guns are just another kind of trinket. hay rick Oct 2023 #21

It should be illegal to sell guns via a yard sale milestogo Oct 2023 #26

Thanks Joe Traildogbob Oct 2023 #20

The picture likely predates Joe's administration. TwilightZone Oct 2023 #23

I know Traildogbob Oct 2023 #29

Low-income, but enough to keep buying guns, I guess. TwilightZone Oct 2023 #43

I notice that he's a good 20 years older than her. ms liberty Oct 2023 #22

1 year older (he was 44, she was 43, when the pic was taken sometime between 2017 and 2019) Celerity Oct 2023 #58

Must have been the infantile smirk on her face that fooled me. ms liberty Oct 2023 #63

The picture is part of a series by Gabriele Galimberti TwilightZone Oct 2023 #24

pics Celerity Oct 2023 #31

Yeah, I remember when they legalized flamethrowers stuck in the middle Oct 2023 #33

Wasn't Elon in the flamethrower business for a while? JoseBalow Oct 2023 #45

Musk's company sells one called "not-a-flamethrower" IronLionZion Oct 2023 #66

Based on the looks of those homes/cars/possessions, Wednesdays Oct 2023 #36

!!!! North Shore Chicago Oct 2023 #41

I agree. Deuxcents Oct 2023 #55

Fantastic photos! misanthrope Oct 2023 #51

Hoarding is a psychiatric disorder. intheflow Oct 2023 #59

From that list the #1 and #2 killers of children are vehicles in most comparable countries Cheezoholic Oct 2023 #27

I agree but grumpyduck Oct 2023 #28

Yes true but part of my point was regulating whats already out there Cheezoholic Oct 2023 #38

Insurance doesn't cover intentional or illegal acts DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2023 #56

Yikes n/t Alice Kramden Oct 2023 #30

no kidding, and there is ONE political party who keeps this insanity going JohnSJ Oct 2023 #32

It's also child abuse (nt) DET Oct 2023 #34

I was going to say grooming but intheflow Oct 2023 #60

I'll go with the mental illness label for these folks since moniss Oct 2023 #35

Good to see that paranoia is in full bloom in this Country, eh? When is enough, enough? SWBTATTReg Oct 2023 #37

$$$$$$$$$ ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #39

I can't be the only one who knew that exact photo would be in this post GoCubsGo Oct 2023 #40

Ive seen suggestions on the net that we ban assault weapons and confiscate all that are out there Cheezoholic Oct 2023 #42

I've been saying that too! sagetea Oct 2023 #47

All collectors are a little wacky. Have you met a bitter Beanie Baby collector? SYFROYH Oct 2023 #44

Agreed misanthrope Oct 2023 #52

Thank you, Celerity! sagetea Oct 2023 #46

It's a powerful image True Dough Oct 2023 #62

That's what fear and ignorance looks like. Solly Mack Oct 2023 #49

Mental illness is written into the Constitution Sessuch Oct 2023 #50

I love it when numbers like this come out Aussie105 Oct 2023 #53

Okay, so one GBU 28.. Permanut Oct 2023 #54

You got two hands vercetti2021 Oct 2023 #57

They got guns! SocialDemocrat61 Oct 2023 #64

They are resisting tyranny somehow IronLionZion Oct 2023 #67

Think of all the things they could have done with the money spent thucythucy Oct 2023 #68

Make Charlton Hestons wish come true randr Oct 2023 #69

"We have a rodent problem in our house. Beats using traps!" Wonder Why Oct 2023 #70