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3:27pm June 3, 2013

oh fuck no

allies-person:

Apparently Obama has joined the “let’s talk about ending mental illness stigma” brigade.  Sorry, but I don’t trust his motives or his methods.  Why the fuck aren’t actual people with mental illnesses part of this campaign from the get-go?  Instead of family members and celebrities who played people with mental illness in the movies (ugh).

…and those are the reasons I have never liked or trusted NAMI.

Notes:
  1. fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I feel like “stigma” is a word neurotypical people made up for us. It might not be, I don’t know. But I notice it’s...
  2. glitchbunny reblogged this from madeofpatterns
  3. quixylvre reblogged this from neuroflux
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  5. neuroflux reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    wow fuck this and of course they’re linking it to mass shootings even though they’re paying lip service to the fact that...
  6. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from alliecat-person and added:
    …and those are the reasons I have never liked or trusted NAMI.
  7. silvercistern said: I think the thing that gets me is that the “ending the stigma” campaign is designed to “prevent tragedies,” as though individuals with mental illnesses are just bound to shoot up elementary schools if they don’t get help.
  8. alliecat-person posted this