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Who's the spokesperson for white people telling you what we as a homogenous bloc think or care about? I'd like to register a formal complaint with his office for misrepresentation, since this is what you're taking away from whoever he might be.
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Marshall Applewhite followed his belief set to it's logical conclusion, along with 38 others. All sane of course. What's not sane about believing you are an alien and need to kill yourself in order to hitch a ride on a passing comet?
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So what's your point of coming up with individual cases as if they speak for all violence and all the mentally ill?
You know who was tested and tested and tested and found to be sane? Ted Bundy. |
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Emperor Nero - just faking it. |
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Because that's not privilege at work there at all. Nope. |
in·sane
/inˈsān/ Adjective In a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill. (of an action or quality) Characterized or caused by madness. |
Its not a medical term, psychologists do not use it. It IS used in the legal system, to be legally insane you can't know right from wrong and are not responsible for their actions. Most of the people discussed in this thread would not meet the requirements for being legally insane, nor do most meet the requirements to be psychotic. Otherwise you're just using "insane" in the way that store prices are so low its insane or its snowing so much its insane.
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Or that they murdered so many people, it's insane.
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But it doesn't really mean anything, except maybe as an ableist derogatory term.
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The word has no meaning when it comes to mental illness, so using it in this thread is totally irrelevant. "Insane" colloquially is just an ableist term to describe what is perceived as irrational.
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No actually it does, see it refers to severe mental illness and madness as the quote from the good people of Merriam-Webster attests.
Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Like killing 20 children, or participating in a mass cult suicide. You are insisting that a word doesn't mean what it's definition says it means. If I were using the term colloquially, I would say our conversation is insane. Then you'd have a point. |
@Jonathan - you are talking about the common-use definition of the word, MW is talking about the common-use definition of the word.
Saya is talking about the fact that the word is not used in psychological fields.. in the same way "high blood pressure" is a common-use term but not a medical one. |
I'm also saying its used so casually its lost any meaning it once had. "Insane" can describe anything irrational or anything you disagree with, I wouldn't really use the same terms to describe a mass murder as I would my cat hyped up on cat nip.
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Its also important to note that the dictionary uses colloquial definitions and isn't a great place to look for complex ideas. The legal definition, which is the only real professional setting where you'll use the word "insane", defines it as
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In which again, most people mentioned in this thread would be deemed perfectly sane. |
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Talking about someone experiencing psychological dysfunction in an accurate, clinical way - it is incorrect.
Talking about someone experiencing psychological dysfunction in layman's terms that perpetuate ableism and the stigma attached to mental illness - well.. you see where this is going. |
Some one with a Chronic Depression is still able to know the difference between right and wrong.
There's one example where MI =/= batshit crazy killing people left and right I've got more where that came from, but it would be more fun if every one else pointed out similar examples. :D |
It gets me hard when people talk about things like their gut reactions and brands of common sense carry weight and authority. Dude, don't stop. It feels so good.
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- Sections 922(g) and (n) of the Gun Control Act prohibits certain persons from shipping or transporting any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce, or receiving any firearm which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing any firearm in or affecting commerce. These prohibitions apply to any person who: Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year Is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year Is a fugitive from justice Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution Is illegally or unlawfully in the United States Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced U.S. citizenship Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner Has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence In addition to local, state, tribal, and federal agencies voluntarily contributing information to the NICS Index, the NICS Section receives telephone calls from mental health institutions, psychiatrists, police departments, and family members requesting placement of individuals into the NICS Index. Frequently, these are emergency situations and require immediate attention. Any documentation justifying a valid entry into the NICS Index must be available to the originating agencies." *emphasis added* - A point of sale check as a last minute verification that a person who should otherwise be barred hasn't slipped through is not a terrible idea. |
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