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Bjorn Against

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5. I think there is a big difference between calling someone crazy and calling them mentally ill

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:27 PM

Aug 2014

I don't have problems with words like crazy, insane, or nuts. I think those words apply to a lot of people who don't have a mental illness but do watch a bit too much Fox News and Alex Jones.

I do have a much bigger problem when people try to diagnose a mental illness on political figures, the mentally ill do not want to be associated with every nasty figure in the political world. Having crazy ideas because of ideology is not a mental illness.

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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