Who are you calling crazy?

[HereSince1628]

From The Nation a couple years ago...a perspective on calling political opponents mentally ill.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/who-are-you-calling-crazy

[Tobin S.]

1. Good article

A person can be misinformed and feel strongly about their unfounded beliefs without being insane. We're seeing it a lot on the right now days, but I think that can happen to people who we consider political allies as well.

However, I think we have to be careful to not go too far when, as the article says, we consider that mental illnesses may be a sane reaction to a society out of balance, i.e. a natural reaction to an inequitable society. I've run across a lot of people in my time who think that mental illnesses are not sicknesses. They think that those diagnosed as having a mental illness are merely non-conformists trying to break free from the constraints of an oppressive culture. That may be true in some cases, but certainly not all.

[HereSince1628]

2. My copy of the Metzl book finally came...

I got half-way through it in about an hour, it's an easy read.