Is having the conversation about mental illness and horrendous violent crime stigmatizing?

[Denninmi]

19. How could anyone possibly think this creates stigma?

Let's review for a moment. In the past 5 days, here on DU, I have either read in threads or been told directly in posts to me that:

All mentally ill people should have to wear a scarlet letter.

That the name of anyone taking any kind of psychotropic medication should have to register and have their name entered into the FBI's National Crime Information Center database in the same way convicted sex offenders do.

Spree killers are predominantly affluent white males, therefore, affluent white males have a sense of privilege that is a "mental disorder" and which predisposes them to the type of violence.

The mentally ill should be locked away for the good of society.

No one who is mentally ill should be allowed to own a gun.

I should be forced to register with local law enforcement, and possibly be forced to move from my bought and paid for home for the good of society should I live too close to a school, etc. Just like a sex offender.

That the mentally ill should get jobs and pay for their own health insurance.

That the mentally ill are responsible for all of the spree killings.

That psychotropic drugs don't help anyone.

All mentally ill are violent.

I'm sure there are others, these are the ones that come to my privileged mentally ill bipolar sick violent dangerous mind at this time.

Not that I'm bitter about any of this, mind you. No, not one tiny bit.