Ok, so how can anyone who writes about the heartlessness of the Ryan budget's massive cuts for the disabled engage in the heartless verbal faux pas in their use of comments like markos meds remarks. I have facilitated a NAMI support group for 16 years that is primarily for family and friends of people who suffer from brain disorders and I have several family members myself who suffer from illnesses such as chronic depression, anxiety disorder, and bipolar disorder.
One of the greatest obstacles to recovery for people with mental illnesses is the stigma associated with such an illness. Just tell someone you have a mental illness and see what happens most of the time. People become frightened of you, withdraw from and begin to avoid you - unless they have true compassion and/or education about the reality of mental illness. Comments such as those discussed tonight and made in the comments show that even in such a supposed enlightened community as this there is a great deal of ignorance about mental illnesses (I applaud all those who in a couple of diaries have tried to educate the masses here).
It is not political correctness to ask that people stop using language that disrespects and stigmatizes others!