Is Ashley "can't spell 'B'" Todd deserving of sympathy?

[Occam Bandage]

[Occam Bandage]

1. And yes, there is no 'other' selection. I like black-and-white polls.

[SoonerPride]

2. Like this?

[Essene]

3. regardless, she belongs in prison

[pot luck]

4. Nope.

What if her hoax had incited violence against blacks? No sympathy from me.

[Enrique]

5. I don't know if she's deserving of sympathy

but I know I feel sorry for her.

[smoogatz]

6. She's the American right in a nutshell.

Dishonest, racist, and dumber than shit.

[Orsino]

7. Probably.

Those eager to have her pilloried and jailed will eventually have to admit how little they know about her, after they cool down.

It seems pretty clear to me that her thinking was addled at best, but I don't know much about her, either. I think most of us would feel sympathy for someone struggling with an illness that produced some of this behavior.

[Blondiegrrl]

8. Nope. n/t

[Brotherjohn]

9. She can spell "B". She just doesn't understand how mirrors work.

Or that the world is round. Or that evolution occurs. Or that matter is molecules, made up of atoms, etc...

[DevonRex]

10. Punishment and treatment if she indeed has some form of illness.

She says she has a prior history of mental illness. She also said she was attacked by a very large black man who carved a B onto her cheek.

[Deep13]

11. Don't know. Not up to me to make moral judgments.

I don't know her. I don't know why she did it. I'm not a witness. As long as it does't hurt our campaign, I just don't care.

[kestrel91316]

12. She doesn't have a mental illness. She has a character defect.

JMHO.

[smoogatz]

14. Bingo. Racism and stupidity aren't treatable disorders.

Unless a 2x4 upside the head counts as treatment.

[endthewar]

13. I'm sure that Hannity and Rush are mentally ill. Should they get sympathy?