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In reply to the discussion: OK, who else is sick of the demonization of the mentally ill following shootings? [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)90. It's odd the disparities in your prophetic absolutes.
It's odd the disparities in your prophetic absolutes.
On one the hand, "Accept the things I cannot change and all that," "it isn't changing in our lifetimes," and "That isn't happening or likely" compared to "it used to work...it could work again."
No doubt, we often like to pretend our prophecies are reality... if it's a reality we want to believe.
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OK, who else is sick of the demonization of the mentally ill following shootings? [View all]
backscatter712
Oct 2015
OP
but that is a completely different case from the typical mental healthcare patient
paulkienitz
Oct 2015
#47
That's a good example of the classic strawman and the subtle dissembling shift from
HereSince1628
Oct 2015
#63
And yet you seem to want to ignore the correlation of easy access to firearms
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2015
#5
That isn't happening or likely, ignoring the mentally ill will not be acceptable
pipoman
Oct 2015
#13
I see more a minimization and/or trivializing of the seriousness of mental illness.
egduj
Oct 2015
#6
You really want to deter people from seeking assistance with mental health issues?
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2015
#18
How about we tell the NRA Fuck You and lock them up in a prison. Gun nutosis should be diagnosed
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#49
Well, that and the ability to ban the CDC's research on particular health matters.
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#92
The NICS already is supposed to include everyone who has been involuntary committed right now
pipoman
Oct 2015
#28
Totally agree and I want to add that in general the Mentally ill have more to fear from us
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2015
#11
Well... John Holmes did live on, so did Dylan Roof (sp?), so did Nidal Hasan
HereSince1628
Oct 2015
#69
Mass killings are commited by people with guns. I think that is 100% causal relationship.
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#46
I submit since the NRA cares so much about mental health, they should be the first ones to be
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#50
There are far too many people taking medication for depression to use them as scapegoats....
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2015
#51
This particular notion has been so successfully put out by the right that the NRA
Vinca
Oct 2015
#56
Unless you're mentalling ill and trying to purchase a myriad of firearms to go and kill
btrflykng9
Oct 2015
#57
Hey, being demonized is the first step toward political power, in the US LGBT people are demonized
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#62
Don't confuse opinions about Big Pharma and its wares with opinions on the patient.
WinkyDink
Oct 2015
#77
Yep. But anything to talk about other than the 300 million lethal portable hideable GUNS will do.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#85
Fox is a Crazy-Maker, that's way different than having a mental illness.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#96