-Removed-Yawn. Read this quote again. It doesn't come from me but from a source that knows what they are talking about. To call it a 'silly claim' is merely to stick you head in the sand.
'Studies consistently show that both entertainment and news media provide overwhelmingly dramatic and distorted images of mental illness that emphasise dangerousness, criminality and unpredictability. They also model negative reactions to the mentally ill, including fear, rejection, derision and ridicule. The consequences of negative media images for people who have a mental illness are profound. They impair self-esteem, help-seeking behaviours, medication adherence and overall recovery. Mental health advocates blame the media for promoting stigma and discrimination toward people with a mental illness. However, the media may also be an important ally in challenging public prejudices, initiating public debate, and projecting positive, human interest stories about people who live with mental illness.'
@ghost-of-a-duke saidNo. I think the fact that it's in quotation marks and that it is one of the talking points gun manufacturers have been handing to GOP operatives over the last month makes it OK.
You don't think it necessary to explain or attribute the quote in the title?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI can't remember ever doing it. What I have done, though, occasionally, is to pretty much pass off the teaching of others as it were his own. I have not been passing off anyone's ideas as my own on this thread.
How many times have you challenged sonship for such a thing?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidIt isn't "flippant".
Which explain the flippancy of the quote in the title of the thread.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidCall it how you see it. I think you are mistaken though. I don't think anyone has been stigmatized by this thread or by its title.
Clearly you have no real understanding of the stigma around mental health and the impact it can have on individuals.