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Fire Walk With Me

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8. Thank you. Please know that one mainstream media report on the Sandy Hook shootings,

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 01:19 PM

Dec 2012

a two-hour show, ended with the statement that if you see a mentally ill person behaving oddly that you should call the police and let the police sort it out. Or if they are even making jokes about violence, call the police.

FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. DUer Nemoa shares the definitions of Ableism:

"Ableism; A term used to describe normal assumptions and practices that often lead to unequal treatment of people with apparent or assumed physical, intellectual, or behavioral differences. It could be said, ableism is about categorization and exclusion."

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One in four Americans are said to suffer some degree of "mental illness". [View all] Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 OP

When you think about it defacto7 Dec 2012 #1

I keep repeating myself post after post. Easier to say "just read what this guy said": Denninmi Dec 2012 #2

There's a lot of uncertainty in this debate. Here's some positive thoughts from me. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #3

Thanks for a very educational post. Denninmi Dec 2012 #5

Thank you. Please know that one mainstream media report on the Sandy Hook shootings, Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #8

Yep, paranoia amplifiers. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #12

After living all these years I think everyone is crazy leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 #4

Kickety. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #6

It's got to be even more than that. Many people never seek TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #7

I would have strongly reconsidered going to a psychiatrist back in August if I thought ... Denninmi Dec 2012 #9

This is exactly the danger of proposing measures like TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #10

Yup, but I still worry about this. Denninmi Dec 2012 #11