Posted by misterB on August 13, 2000, at 16:51:53
In reply to I could have told you Vincent..., posted by misterb on August 13, 2000, at 3:29:49
> isn't ersatz concern, expressed as "get some help" ... a rather sophisticated rendition of the insult "sicko"?
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> >...........On a message board designed for support ..... ? No
My inquisitive rehetorical style there was designed to avoid conflicts. In my experience, ersatz concern is common way of stigmatizing people in daily life, and the devise is not redeemed when it is applied on a medical bulliten board. Many, "seek help" posts are sincere replies to people who are seeking that kind of help. Occassionally, "get some help" posts are insults vieled in civil language - sort of like calling your spouse "mam'm" or "sir." Texts like "Communicating Racism" or "Verbal Self Defense" offer some help in sorting out veiled prejudice and contemptIs it okay (aka "civil") to stigmatize people who ... decline ... medical description of those conditions?
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> >..........I tried to simplify this sentence... couldn't get there. The statement seems to assume that people... who openly discuss their state of mind are stigmatizing someone for not feeling good?Sorry. The sentence is coherent, but long. It does not say people are stigmatized for not feeling good. It says there can be a presumption of a universally correct state of mind, and those who reject that state of mind are often stigmatized, and their preferences ignored. This sometimes happens innocently and sometimes maliciously. Its like telling someone whose ambition is to be a laboror "why don't you instead make something of your life."
> >..............I am sure there are an infinite number of things to be sad about...
But I am dealing with specific things, regardless the number...
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> Such as the direction of our culture, and the destruction of the environment?
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> >............Those could certainly be.
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> like constant artificial stimulation of the RAS?
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Reticular Activating System, aka Brain Stem
...............I don't recall a lot of statements from you that announce your feelings...I don't recall a lot
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