The shooter was an old white dude. In before crazy online history is exposed with all that white nationalism bullshit or whatever this type gets into. They’re already actively framing him as being mentally ill, which is the treatment white terrorists always get. Pay close attention to how this man’s act of mass murder and terrorism gets framed by the media and pundits.
Next: those of us who live with mental illness will have to put up with the bullcrap of people talking about mental illness as if the only form of it that exists is dangerous psychosis.
Most people with mental illness are not dangerous.
People with mental illness are more likely to be victims than perpetrators.
Most people with mental illness do not present with obvious signs of psychiatric issues to the general public. The most common type of mental illness is mood disorders with unipolar depression being the most common mood disorder. Regarding bipolar disorder, people who have type 2 do not present with psychotic features. People with type 1 may or may not present with psychotic features. In other words, most people with bipolar disorder do not stand out significantly either.
Most people with disorders with psychosis, such as schizophrenia, are not dangerous either.
It is highly unlikely that this individual was psychotic.
I am extremely tired of evil behavior being excused as “mental illness.” All this does is hurt people who actually live with mental illness, most of whom are not dangerous and are already having a hard enough time as it is in a world which has little compassion for imperfect specimens.
~The Cheese Hath Grated It~
Notes:
Wincestshippingtrash.tumblr.com is my Supernatural fandom/fanfiction blog on Tumblr. It is often NSFW and generally isn't political. I reblogged this piece there and commented on it because it is my Tumblr (and, in fact, my blog across all platforms) with the biggest audience.
