Steven BeschlossPlenty of people have mental disorders and don’t praise Hitler or spread hate.
jennifer marie brissett@StevenBeschloss sometimes one needs a friend and/or loved one to make sure one stays on one's meds. Without that, one with a mental disorder, may act as though one has a mental disorder. #JustSayin
sal@sal you know, here's the thing about compassion, it's not useful to those who don't need it. For those that do, it's everything.
@jennbrissett "I have yet to meet an abuser who has made any meaningful and lasting changes in his behavior toward female partners through therapy, regardless of how much “insight” — most of it false — that he may have gained. The fact is that if an abuser finds a particularly skilled therapist and if the therapy is especially successful, when he is finished he will be a happy, well-adjusted abuser.” - Why Does He Do That?
@jennbrissett "[While] bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ... are serious mental health conditions, they do not cause abuse. ... An abuser's “value system is unhealthy, not their psychology."" https://www.thehotline.org/resources/abuse-and-mental-illness-is-there-a-connection/
@jennbrissett There is no compassion in using force to stop psychiatrically-marginalized people from making their own decisions about health treatment. Nor in falsely claiming that acting in violent, bigoted, and oppressive ways = acting "like" one of us.
@sal wow. I thought I left behind this stuff on Twitter. No one said anything about forcing anyone to do anything. All I'm saying is that there is something obviously very wrong with Kanye that certain politically-minded individuals are using to their benefit. I have no idea if the man or the disease is talking right now and neither does anyone else, TBH. But I do recognize suffering and have compassion for it.
Alistair BuxtonFWIW I think you are absolutely correct. He did not come up with these ideas by himself. Someone validated his paranoia and directed it towards their own goals, and it isn't difficult to figure out who that was.
@jennbrissett Thought you left *what* behind, exactly? People pointing out that being psych-labeled DOESN'T cause someone to be abusive or oppressive? People sharing resources from domestic violence services that clarify this?
Or people pointing out that calling awful people "mentally ill" hurts people with psych diagnoses who are *victims* of abuse and oppression?
Or hearing that many of us have been in controlling dynamics where family wanted to "make sure we stayed on" meds whether they helped us or hurt us, and are sensitive and alert to rhetoric that sounds similar?
We're Mad. We're everywhere. Get used to it.
Or people pointing out that calling awful people "mentally ill" hurts people with psych diagnoses who are *victims* of abuse and oppression?
Or hearing that many of us have been in controlling dynamics where family wanted to "make sure we stayed on" meds whether they helped us or hurt us, and are sensitive and alert to rhetoric that sounds similar?
We're Mad. We're everywhere. Get used to it.