CouchRadish
CouchRadish t1_je8mo3e wrote
Reply to comment by km89 in Fetterman will return to Senate the week of April 17 by oldschoolskater
You might picking up all your straw? I never dismissed him for having to be hospitalized for depression (to be frank the only ones dismissing that are the people clamoring for him to be back to working in the Senate). I was dismissing the people forcing positivity on this situation by trying to rephrase everything they had to change to let a stroke victim in recovery do his job as a senator as a positive.
CouchRadish t1_je8gr9i wrote
Reply to comment by SofieTerleska in Fetterman will return to Senate the week of April 17 by oldschoolskater
I sense a very distinct sharing between that forced positivity towards a Senator spending months institutionalized with depression and modern self-care ✨ mentalities of being okay with things like throwing away the majority of your personal responsibilities for the sake of mental stability.
CouchRadish t1_je8ceog wrote
Reply to comment by Sweet-Sale-7303 in Fetterman will return to Senate the week of April 17 by oldschoolskater
I rephrased my statement. From January 3rd to April 17th he will have spent nearly 60% of his time in the Senate hospitalized.
It’s still worrying.
CouchRadish t1_je89ya2 wrote
Reply to comment by Sweet-Sale-7303 in Fetterman will return to Senate the week of April 17 by oldschoolskater
He did. I counted from his inauguration at January 3rd to the day he said he would leave the hospital (April 17th).
CouchRadish t1_je7r9cj wrote
This man will have spent nearly 60% of his time in the Senate hospitalized for depression and is still recovering from a stroke. It’s honestly a bit depressing to see Dems not letting/encouraging this man to resign.
PA’s governor is a Democrat, it’s not like they’d lose a Senate seat. To me it seems like they don’t want to admit that his health is actually an issue after an entire midterm election pretending that it wasn’t.
CouchRadish t1_jea8h6b wrote
Reply to comment by Crumblymumblybumbly in Fetterman will return to Senate the week of April 17 by oldschoolskater
Why are you pretending it’s not a concern? Hospitalization over depression is “normalizing mental health” like not putting a gun in your mouth is normalizing proper gun handling. People are only hospitalized for depression when symptoms are so severe you can’t function as a person and/or at active risk for suicide. And right now Fetterman is dealing with said overwhelming depression because of his stroke last year.
The only people accusing others of not “giving a flying fuck about his health” want to keep this man in his senate seat no matter what. Fetterman could be throwing up blood onto the senate floor and Reddit would be cheering on how this is “normalizing cleanup crews”.