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Bjorn Against

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1. Not only wrong but very bigoted as well

Reply to IdaBriggs (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 12:53 PM

Jun 2015

The mentally ill are a minority group and most of them are not racist. I am sick of people trying to tie every nasty thing to the mentally ill, it is bigotry and it disgusts me to see this bigotry applauded here.

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Racism = Mental Illness. Good to know even Faux now agrees. [View all] IdaBriggs Jun 2015 OP

Not only wrong but very bigoted as well Bjorn Against Jun 2015 #1

yup fizzgig Jun 2015 #2

Totally agree. polly7 Jun 2015 #5

Logic 101: racism is a mental illness Matariki Jun 2015 #8

Those who claim racism is a mental illness are ignorant Bjorn Against Jun 2015 #10

You are making a false equivalant Matariki Jun 2015 #11

mental illness is caused by a chemical imbalance fizzgig Jun 2015 #12

Well, I don't agree that all people are is walking bags of chemicals Matariki Jun 2015 #13

no two people are the same fizzgig Jun 2015 #15

No the OP made the false and bigoted equivalence Bjorn Against Jun 2015 #14

racism is a LEARNED behavior fizzgig Jun 2015 #3

Bullshit... Spazito Jun 2015 #4

Racism is NOT a mental illness !!! SamKnause Jun 2015 #6

So if someone can be proven to be sane, then they can't possibly be racist? Iggo Jun 2015 #7

Excusing crime by saying someone is mentally ill is an insult to those who really are mentally ill. jwirr Jun 2015 #9