To reiterate…
Just because a person has a mental illness, does not automatically make them capable of doing horrible things. Most mentally ill people, just like most not mentally ill people, would not cause harm to someone. I daresay there are plenty of murderers, rapists, and child molesters who aren’t suffering from egregious mental disorders like manic-depression, schizophrenia, OCD or any of the other life-altering disorders.
And? If you’re going to write an article about someone who has – ZOMG!!1!!!eleven – a mental illness, try to at least pretend that you know what you’re talking about. Saying that a person has bipolar disorder and manic depression is a depth of stupidity at which I’d ordinarily be shocked, but then again, the story was on the Fox News web site, so I guess the bar continues to dip ever lower.
I swear…I am still steaming over that.
If only mental illnesses came with some moderately debilitating physical issue as well, then people would *get* that (HELLO!) A MENTAL ILLNESS *IS* A PHYSICAL ILLNESS! Right up there with diabetes and cerebral palsy. But NOO..it makes us act funny and in ways other people don’t like…grrrr…(pardon..I think I’ll go listen to something thunderous for a bit.) (and, thanks for the linkage)