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moriah

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10. Thanks!

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 04:37 PM

Dec 2015

Any potential benefits to mental health in the US from such statements by politicians after gun violence, in my opinion, is drastically outweighed by the presumption it creates that mentally ill people are dangerous, violent, and therefore are to be shunned or discriminated against even more than they already are.

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No, Paul Ryan, you don't get to make the mentally ill "own" this act of terrorism. [View all] moriah Dec 2015 OP

and to think he was almost the VP Angry Dragon Dec 2015 #1

I am glad he was one of the few Republicans.... moriah Dec 2015 #2

suicides do not count with gun humpers Skittles Dec 2015 #3

Of course not. moriah Dec 2015 #4

Great piece! Thanks for sharing. HuckleB Dec 2015 #5

Thanks! moriah Dec 2015 #10

NYT: Paul Ryan Pushes Changes in Mental Health Care After Colorado Shooting proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #6

Since this man could still become president, this evidence Hortensis Dec 2015 #7

Check it out. proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #8

Thanks, ProverbialWisdom. I confess Scientology Hortensis Dec 2015 #9

Tom Insel, Ronald Pies, Scientology? Ridiculous, those inane talking points are for gullible readers proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #15

I liked his vote on mental health parity. moriah Dec 2015 #11

I had to look that up, Moriah. Paul Wellstone's name on a Hortensis Dec 2015 #12

No kidding. moriah Dec 2015 #13

Ah, AND check the details anyway... Hortensis Dec 2015 #14