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In reply to the discussion: scapegoat [View all]

CrazyOrangeCat

(6,112 posts)
15. Highly recommended
Sat Dec 22, 2012, 09:14 PM
Dec 2012

Spreading fear and hatred is such and easy thing. And the powers that be do it so well, as the "specimen" did yesterday . . .

I like your line: "who did his very best under circumstances that would cause most people to simply give up." That is exactly how I feel about those who have been in my life, family and friends, who have wrestled with such demons, and never lost their humanity.

(On a lighter note, when I turned twenty, my gift from my folks, was a new electric razor. Up until then I had just used dad's hand-me-downs, which was alright by me. It was pretty cool . . . but now I see that on that same day, Hurricane Carter wrote you a letter! But we'll address Jealousy another time

scapegoat [View all] H2O Man Dec 2012 OP
Compassion, understanding, and education instead of fear, finger-pointing, and exclusion. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #1
Thank you. And it applies to so much more than just the mentally ill. woo me with science Dec 2012 #2
Now they have arrested Santa: AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2012 #3
Good god. woo me with science Dec 2012 #4
Extremely important point. H2O Man Dec 2012 #11
Yes! The NRA are a powerful political and social lobby for weapons manufacturers and salesmen! n/t Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #18
Thank you all for keeping this discussion alive. Let's solve the root problems, not the symptoms. Gregorian Dec 2012 #22
Very good! H2O Man Dec 2012 #31
I'm most grateful, and enriched, from hearing your experiences. Gregorian Dec 2012 #32
He was friends H2O Man Dec 2012 #33
You'll have a hard time convincing me ... GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #5
Not all mental illness is an imprimatur of being a danger to ones' self or others. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #8
Although it's not H2O Man Dec 2012 #12
Gotcha, and Thank You. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #13
Absolutely! H2O Man Dec 2012 #14
I'm not a danger to anyone. It's kind of degrading to have to say it, or even be asked. Denninmi Dec 2012 #27
Too bad his mother didn't deal with that. savannah43 Dec 2012 #9
It's easy: H2O Man Dec 2012 #10
Recommended me b zola Dec 2012 #6
Thanks! H2O Man Dec 2012 #16
K&R. Well said. Overseas Dec 2012 #7
Thank you. H2O Man Dec 2012 #17
Highly recommended CrazyOrangeCat Dec 2012 #15
Thanks. H2O Man Dec 2012 #19
Recommended. mmonk Dec 2012 #20
Thanks! H2O Man Dec 2012 #23
Thanks so much. mmonk Dec 2012 #25
kickrec Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #21
Thank you H2O Man Dec 2012 #24
Chief Waterman told him that this was not his true identity... Octafish Dec 2012 #26
A different reality ...... H2O Man Dec 2012 #28
What Happened To The Young Man? Me. Dec 2012 #29
He still H2O Man Dec 2012 #30
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