throwaway15642578 t1_iuce747 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:05 AM

Reply to comment by Xaero_Hour in NYT columnist thanks Ye for raising awareness on antisemitism by boogerfact

The reactions to this comment are pissing me off. Mental illness can be a factor without being an excuse and you very succinctly made that point

Sir-Kevly t1_iudbd5x wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:50 PM

It's like the mental illness argument with school shooters. Yeah, they're obviously mentally ill. But they're not doing it BECAUSE they're mentally ill, they're doing it because they didn't get the help they needed and their mental illness causes them to continue getting worse until they snap and act out on those feelings.

Mental illness isn't the direct cause of any of his behaviour, but it's definitely exacerbating his paranoid delusions and self-aggrandizing behaviour.

GreeneWithEnvy420 t1_iudf5fm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:19 PM

He has millions of dollars to be able to get himself help. He is a fucking clown and I have no sympathy for him. Hopefully he reaches the end here soon and we don't have to hear anything about him anymore once he is in the ground.

Richizzle439 t1_iudisl2 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:45 PM

They didn’t excuse him over the mental illness they said it was a factor because it was unchecked.

throwaway15642578 t1_iuene0c wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:20 PM

My point was that others were accusing this commenter of using mental illness as an excuse when they werent