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>Mental illness is not an excuse to abandon children. Bourdain deserves more than contempt —- he deserves vilification. What you're saying here is "I acknowled
by mthoms 8y ago
>Mental illness is not an excuse to abandon children. Bourdain deserves more than contempt —- he deserves vilification.
What you're saying here is "I acknowledge that guy had a condition that made his thought process irrational. But.. what an asshole for making an irrational decision!"
How can you call that logical?
If you want to deny the existence of Mental Illness, thats one thing. But to acknowledge it exists and still blame the patient for succumbing to it? That my friend, a level of mental gymnastics that even climate change deniers or flat earthers would envy.
- WaddyJones 8y agoYou just debated a straw man because I never said what you just quoted me as saying. All thought processes are irrational because humans are not rational beings. He’s not an asshole for making irrational decisions — by that logic we’re all assholes. He’s an asshole for abandoning his fucking child. Lots of people make irrational decisions WITHOUT abandoning their children. Those people are certainly NOT assholes. Bourdain does not fit that description. You’re doing mental gymnastics to excuse the abandonment of children that are absolutely next level. Here’s Occam’s perspective: Abandoning children is bad. There’s no excuse for it. Full stop. The end. You’re currently a child abandoner apologist. It’s not a good look.