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Mental Health Support

uppityperson

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3. I have been reading GD, see mostly that he was a racist as.s ETA

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 06:28 PM

Jun 2015

I am sure there are some who will speak poorly of mental illness, but more who will call them on it. I see people worrying that the msm will try and pull off "oh, he was mentally ill" rather than addressing the underlying racism, but don't think that is prejudice against the mentally ill.

I don't see DU in any way compares to freeperville or cc.

I found a thread you must mean. It is tempting to call his problem mental illness to explain it, coming from of course no one mentally healthy would murder a shitload of people, but it is wrong to try and diagnose mental illness.

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DUers are as prejudiced about mental illness as Freepers. [View all] HereSince1628 Jun 2015 OP

what? uppityperson Jun 2015 #1

I think that's pretty clearly stated. HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #2

I have been reading GD, see mostly that he was a racist as.s ETA uppityperson Jun 2015 #3

You're trying to have a reasonable discussion about this.... postatomic Jun 2015 #4

I'm really much less than patient. HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #5

The outside world isn't much better postatomic Jun 2015 #6

Sadly, most of the improvement is due to Xchrom's demise HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #7