• Draces@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m gonna say the guy that self immolated was not mentally well even if I agree with his cause

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      2 months ago

      By comparison with a world in which the major superpower can’t muster a candidate who opposes genocide? Yeah, the world is way sicker than this guy was.

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        2 months ago

        I’m not nor was I comparing it to anything. If you self immolate, that’s a very strong indicator you’re not mentally well. Again, I agree with their cause but it’s really weird to imply they were mentally healthy when they decided to light themselves on fire and die horrifically

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            2 months ago

            Wow, that’s some deep thought, there, R D Laing. What if we’re the crazy ones?

            People close to me have schizophrenia. It’s as much a disease as cancer is. If you don’t believe that, you’ve never experienced it up close, or you have an inability to learn from direct experience.

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              2 months ago

              People close to me have schizophrenia.

              Same. I don’t use their illness as an excuse to ignore atrocities.