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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:33 AM Original message |
Calling Rod Blagojevich 'crazy' is offensive—to the mentally ill, health officials say |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. OK--I think we're allowed to say he's crazy--or at least ACTING crazy--without |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Note that last sentence |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. even if blago is a fucking delusional, self-absorbed loon? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm Bi-Polar |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. LOL, that is the BEST comment yet. thanks! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. True. Blagojevich needs a mental health evaluation. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Could also just be Denial or Bargaining |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Mental illness -- denial. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. They are trying to educate |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. NAMI is a good organization |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. On job security. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. He's not "crazy." No one is. |
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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. 'Monday-morning quarterback version': |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. So, the only people we should call crazy are the truely mentally ill? |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Blag is truly unequivocally certfiably insane. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. If you're watching him ramble now, you realize he really is crazy. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Are "narcissistic" and "grandiose" clinical diagnoses? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Sociopath would fit |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. That dude's nuts. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm with him on that. Blago isn't crazy - he's a flaming asshole. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. He behaves more desperate than crazy imo. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Crazy like a fox |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sociopathy |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Whacko, crazy, nutcase, tootleoons, batshit, fruitloops, |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. Call him a sociopath. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. While, in general, I am sympathetic to this concern |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. He just equivocated that his situation is like the many people getting |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Like I said |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. He doesn't allow too many people to get close to him. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Legal insanity is very different |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. He could know the difference. He is a lawyer. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Not a very smart lawyer, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. all the armchair psychiatrists here, wanting to send someone for "evaluation" |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. I think it's offensive to the mentally ill to set aside the term "crazy" as a clinical term. nt |
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