mb7588a
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Mon Jan-10-11 11:02 PM
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Tucson Massacre: The Right's Complicity is their Opposition to Mental Health Parity |
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While the right's opposition to reasonable gun control and their fostering of incendiary political speech are both nonsensical and harmful, their true complicity in the Tucson massacre is their long-held and irrational opposition to mental health parity legislation. It's shameful, immoral, and has increased the stigma against people with mental illness.
Mental illness is a disease, and must be treated as such.
Shame on parity's vocal and ever-present opposition. Shame. Shame. Shame.
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Mon Jan-10-11 11:06 PM
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1. Official RW party line is that mental illness is caused by demons entering |
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a person who ain't right with Gawd. It's a character defect, IOW, and the person's own fault. So they don't want treatment available or paid for by anyone other than the "guilty" party.
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Tue Jan-11-11 09:27 AM
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3. You nailed it. It's sad, unwise, and harmful. nt. |
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Mon Jan-10-11 11:09 PM
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Finally someone is saying it.
I disagree with you on gun control, but this is going to end up being a mental health issue - and the right is ALWAYS opposing medical assistance via government to those who need it.
We need MORE money directed towards mental health programs to get people like Loughner assistance before it is too late. This is something the right wing will oppose, and a response to this assassination with which we can actually win on - and do some major good in the process.
Gun control is mostly a loser of an issue, we shouldn't touch it in my view. However, more medical help to those that need it is a winning issue and we should be all over it.
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