We used to try and get our crazies well, not celebrate them and create more. I was thinking about this while I was walking the dog, getting an emotional support camel and forcing airlines and hotels to let me bring it with me. Not that I would do that, I was just thinking about how people have some mental disorder, and instead of treating it we accommodate and "normalize" it.
All of a sudden everyone is transgender or non-binary or whatever words they fling around. So instead of treating them and helping them to get well, we pretend it's completely normal to be "trapped in your own body", and make celebrities out of them. This encourages other attention seekers to #metoo with not only themselves, but their children. There are like 20 Hollyweird celebrities who've decided that their toddler is trans. No longer hip to just have a **** trophy, now the kid also has to be profoundly mentally ill to boot. This really should be considered child abuse, but it's not - it's lauded as "brave" and emulated. "My kid is trans, too! I'm just like Charlize Theron!"
But it's not just trans. That story about the bi-polar woman flipping out and losing her chit. She's channeling Britney and the Biebs and any number of celebretards who have complete mental breakdowns in public because it's cool.
Drug use. We used to discourage it and addiction wasn't something one aspired to. Now people wear it like an accessory. Famous people openly brag about their addiction and instead of making an attempt to get clean, they encourage dumb kids sitting at home in Clanton, AL to follow their lead. "See how glamorous I am? Wanna be glamorous like me?"
I'm not saying we should shun these people, I'm saying we should stop applauding and encouraging them, and get them some help. Mental illness isn't brave. It isn't cool. It's sad and no fun for the sufferer.
I will probably have more on this once I've finished my coffee.....
All of a sudden everyone is transgender or non-binary or whatever words they fling around. So instead of treating them and helping them to get well, we pretend it's completely normal to be "trapped in your own body", and make celebrities out of them. This encourages other attention seekers to #metoo with not only themselves, but their children. There are like 20 Hollyweird celebrities who've decided that their toddler is trans. No longer hip to just have a **** trophy, now the kid also has to be profoundly mentally ill to boot. This really should be considered child abuse, but it's not - it's lauded as "brave" and emulated. "My kid is trans, too! I'm just like Charlize Theron!"
But it's not just trans. That story about the bi-polar woman flipping out and losing her chit. She's channeling Britney and the Biebs and any number of celebretards who have complete mental breakdowns in public because it's cool.
Drug use. We used to discourage it and addiction wasn't something one aspired to. Now people wear it like an accessory. Famous people openly brag about their addiction and instead of making an attempt to get clean, they encourage dumb kids sitting at home in Clanton, AL to follow their lead. "See how glamorous I am? Wanna be glamorous like me?"
I'm not saying we should shun these people, I'm saying we should stop applauding and encouraging them, and get them some help. Mental illness isn't brave. It isn't cool. It's sad and no fun for the sufferer.
I will probably have more on this once I've finished my coffee.....
