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jwirr

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13. You may be partially correct but if these people live in an

Reply to gregcrawford (Reply #10)

Tue May 17, 2016, 12:24 PM

May 2016

area where it is common to think that mental illness is some kind of punishment from god or fake then these guards probably fit that definition. That stereotype is a very common thing that is behind many kinds of discrimination.

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