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Ahh yes, nothing more respectful or justified than smugly calling a deceased person who had mental health issues a "psychopath" while you barely knew anything a
by cooper12 9y ago
Ahh yes, nothing more respectful or justified than smugly calling a deceased person who had mental health issues a "psychopath" while you barely knew anything about them or their personal issues.
- tyingq 9y agoYou have any kids? Maybe recognize that killing your own kids is hard to rationalize for people that do? I do get your point, but my comment wasn't flippant. I mulled on it a bit, and tried to put myself in his shoes. I didn't find much there. I'm honestly not trying to be smug. I have close relatives with issues like schizophrenia, manic depression, etc. So, I'm not completely uninformed. But there is a line where things aren't fixable.
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- jstarfish 9y agoFair enough, but reducing the sum of a man's life to a single word describing his final few minutes maybe isn't the best system of taxonomy. He was a father and a husband for far longer than he was a murderer.
- tyingq 9y agoThanks. I'm trying to not be HN typical and reach for hyperbole. I'll think on that.
- cooper12 9y agoI don't think rationality is the top priority for suicidal people. And I don't care how much you mulled on it or how many black friends you have so you can't possibly be racist—flippantly calling someone with mental health issues a "psychopath" betrays a huge lack of empathy and only serves to further stigmatize mental health conversation.
- tyingq 9y ago"how many black friends you have" I feel like I'm mostly being reasonable in this discourse. However, on this point, fuck off.