Reply #49: It's a term. You'll have to point me to the thread for context, but no, I think

[MADem]

"sad creature," generally speaking, is just a term to describe someone who is unhappy and certainly not themselves. It's an expression. I am older than many here, in the past it was regarded as a sympathetic, not an insulting, term.

And I think that term, in that context, DOES apply to Ms. Sheehan. To my eye, she looks lost, lonely, upset, depressed, unhappy, angry and grief-stricken. I'm one of the people who thinks she needs to see a doctor, maybe get a little counseling. What I see on her face is that things are not right with her. What I also see by her actions is that things are not right with her.

I don't know what else to say to you. I don't agree with the 'rosy scenario, Cindy is fine' club. I think she's unwell. I think she is surrounded by assholes who 'handle' her, who hang on, and who use her to advance THEIR, not her, causes. I may be wrong about that, but that is what I think.

I hope she gets help, no one should live with that much pain.

And if that's regarded as an insult, again, I can't help that. It's not intended as one.