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12. It was scary for you.

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:10 PM

Mar 2015

And I'm sorry for that . . . but that doesn't give you, Cleita, or anyone else some divine right to stigmatize those suffering from mental illness. Claiming personal experience doesn't do it - even claiming a mental disorder doesn't do it. One size does not fit all. Full stop.

No, Cleita, didn't say anything about confinement or lobotomies. I did - because those are natural extensions to the train of thought. To suggest that a person suffering from a mental illness is just a step away from committing an act of violence against others is ignorant.

It is as much a stereotype - and a broad one - as any other nasty remark about someone based on their race, religion, ethnicity, or any other difference.

And to be honest, I was very surprised to see it coming from Cleita, who rarely makes such a misstep. Surprised and saddened.

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If what one of the persons on CNN is saying is correct [View all] malaise Mar 2015 OP

That is truly 'effed up if he was thinking about this for that long. eom Cleita Mar 2015 #1

This is everywhere today - don't know if it's true malaise Mar 2015 #2

Sometimes with bi-polar people, you don't know what to think. Cleita Mar 2015 #4

Then, obviously enlightenment Mar 2015 #7

if someone is scary, you think about it Skittles Mar 2015 #8

It was scary for you. enlightenment Mar 2015 #12

Those natural extensions seem to occupy your mind not mine. Cleita Mar 2015 #14

Wow. That was quite a jump to suppositions of what I was thinking when I said that. Cleita Mar 2015 #9

a terrible disease Skittles Mar 2015 #10

Oh, God would that be a miracle! Cleita Mar 2015 #11

Cleita, if that is what you meant, enlightenment Mar 2015 #13

Well, if your objection is to my writing then say so. I'm not a professional. Cleita Mar 2015 #15

Yes, I worked for a boss who was bi-polar but I didn't know she was. CTyankee Mar 2015 #17

Yeah, it's hard when you don't know. Cleita Mar 2015 #18

They don't take their meds because they say they don't "feel like themselves" CTyankee Mar 2015 #19

As an aside I was watching Fox news the other day Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #3

That whole network and the people who run it are altogether another whole kind Cleita Mar 2015 #5

Terrorism is terrorism malaise Mar 2015 #6

Yes, but the gliding wasn't part of the planning. Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #16

True re taking out a small town malaise Mar 2015 #20