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MADem

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4. I agree with your take, Warpy.

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:25 PM

Aug 2014

Someone with brain chemistry issues is not "crazy." People who are crazy are those who do dumb-ass, shitty, mean things when they know full well that they are doing something wrong, nasty, cruel and/or unkind. They know, and they do it anyway.

Now that's some crazy shit.

I don't think we need to get all "word police" on this business either. It's not hard to figure out when someone is making fun of someone for the "crime" of being mentally ill. That's not tolerable and it should be sanctioned, but calling a jerk - asshole - meanie "crazy" or a "kook" is just saying what they are.

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mental illness shaming [View all] peasant one Aug 2014 OP

Funny, I don't call people with psychiatric issues "crazy." Warpy Aug 2014 #1

I agree with your take, Warpy. MADem Aug 2014 #4

I think there is a big difference between calling someone crazy and calling them mentally ill Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #5

Unless it is. Warpy Aug 2014 #6

I can't totally disagree Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #9

thanks warpy peasant one Aug 2014 #7

Read it again Warpy Aug 2014 #10

The modern use of "crazy" is more akin to "silly" Barack_America Aug 2014 #15

I think we're all just one big collection of crazy. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #2

I agree we are on a scale regarding our mental health. peasant one Aug 2014 #11

I agree davidpdx Aug 2014 #3

yes I wish the stigma of mental illness undergroundpanther Aug 2014 #8

I think you have articulated what I meant to say. peasant one Aug 2014 #13

it's easy to get lazy and say "crazy" when you mean something else... steve2470 Aug 2014 #12

precisely. peasant one Aug 2014 #14

Aye-fucking-men 99th_Monkey Aug 2014 #16

Even THIS??? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #17

Advocating for years Roy Rolling Aug 2014 #18

We called it Organic Brain Syndrome libodem Aug 2014 #19

I get the word police issue peasant one Aug 2014 #20