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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]Vinca
(50,269 posts)56. This particular notion has been so successfully put out by the right that the NRA
doesn't really respond much to mass shootings anymore. It's a nasty camouflage of the real problem: 300 million guns in this country. That's what's crazy.
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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