Fair Warning: I WILL challenge this kind of bigotry.

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48. The only thing

I would take issue with is this:

The majority of people who deliberately act to harm others do not have chronic brain disorders, they are not mentally ill.

Because it suggests...very strongly...that the majority of people who deliberately act to harm others are perfectly normal and mentally healthy.

I do not think that's the case.

Normal, healthy people don't go around hurting others.


that , IMO, must mean that people who hurt others intentionally have something wrong with them.

Now, are they mentally ill...or are they "evil"?

As far as I'm concerned, calling someone "evil" without knowing that person's history (upbringing, medical, etc) is not helpful at all. In fact, it's pretty mean.


and just in passing, this is an issue I'm pretty familiar with myself...mental illness, I mean. I have a handful of diagnoses, of decades-long duration. My biggest problem is being accused of "slacking", "looking for attention", "faking", etc., by people who don't understand because they're not visible, like a broken bone.