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fizzgig

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8. i hate the conservative douchebaggery = mental illness bit

Tue Feb 25, 2014, 04:06 PM

Feb 2014

those people are just ignorant, hateful assholes.

i am medicated bipolar and open about it and am lucky to not have to deal with stigma irl. but the widespread assumption that there is something wrong with me is infuriating, the assumption that i'm violent and unstable. we do not define cancer patients or diabetics by their illness, but stigmatizing people with a mental illness is socially acceptable and needs to change. we're just everyday folk dealing with an invisible condition. we are othered by the fact that we're defined as being mentally ill rather than having a physical condition (i don't consider myself to have an illness). brain disorders are just as physical as other conditions.

i will be there with you if i see such things.

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Fair Warning: I WILL challenge this kind of bigotry. [View all] TygrBright Feb 2014 OP

You are a blessing to DU irisblue Feb 2014 #1

Thank you for your kind words. TygrBright Feb 2014 #9

As will I gaspee Feb 2014 #2

+1 progressoid Feb 2014 #3

Good point LittleBlue Feb 2014 #4

Well done! KamaAina Feb 2014 #5

And, if I may add, please do not pontificate to us about how pills are pushed by Big Pharma - hedgehog Feb 2014 #6

i remember the ugliness of being unmedicated fizzgig Feb 2014 #10

kind of an anemic attitude there hfojvt Feb 2014 #7

"Evil" and "criminal" work for me. TygrBright Feb 2014 #11

criminal is not nearly strong enough hfojvt Feb 2014 #20

"we expect the evil to at least be SANE"....? TygrBright Feb 2014 #26

instead of broad brushing them as mentally ill passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #32

Personally, I think that is very appropriate and specific. defacto7 Feb 2014 #36

I think doing that pipi_k Feb 2014 #46

taught to call it mental illness nil desperandum Feb 2014 #33

i hate the conservative douchebaggery = mental illness bit fizzgig Feb 2014 #8

Thank you. TygrBright Feb 2014 #13

But we aren't just everyday folk...we are people who other people discriminate against HereSince1628 Feb 2014 #16

I wish I could recommend your reply! n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #19

well stated as always fizzgig Feb 2014 #42

Thank you for this. Rider3 Feb 2014 #12

Extremely well stated! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #14

This Asberger's sufferer salutes you DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #15

as a borderline Aspie hfojvt Feb 2014 #25

From BS people do not understand DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #27

but it is not the "illness" making you suffer hfojvt Feb 2014 #28

Well then... defacto7 Feb 2014 #35

What you describe is an intellectually lazy shorthand way to criticize, and I have been guilty of it Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #17

Thank YOU for being aware. TygrBright Feb 2014 #18

I'll stand with you, Bright. Great Post. cali Feb 2014 #21

k&r one_voice Feb 2014 #22

kick Liberal_in_LA Feb 2014 #23

Brilliant! defacto7 Feb 2014 #24

I love the term "asymmetrical assets"! Thanks for the kind words. n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #34

Well said and much needed. madfloridian Feb 2014 #29

This is a great take-away from this thread passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #30

Thank you for sharing. CFLDem Feb 2014 #31

I think another appropriate word defacto7 Feb 2014 #37

I think that what we call "passive aggressive" response is predicated on two things: TygrBright Feb 2014 #39

great OP thanks nt steve2470 Feb 2014 #38

Thank you for your very well reasoned comment. But in defense of a lot of commenters at DU, totodeinhere Feb 2014 #40

I love these kinds of statements..... BrainDrain Feb 2014 #41

That's a beautifully written post, TygrBright. Thank you. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #43

OMG!!! I cannot thank you enough for this OP!! chervilant Feb 2014 #44

I would be deeply honored to be of any help to you and your family. TygrBright Feb 2014 #50

Fruitful grounds in the gun-control threads, here. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #45

This is quite lovely. cordelia Feb 2014 #47

The only thing pipi_k Feb 2014 #48

Maybe rather than trying to find the right label, we should put our effort... TygrBright Feb 2014 #51

Well said. stevenleser Feb 2014 #49

I wish there was something more than just a K&R for this thread. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #52