re: #60 Charles Johnson

Thing is, if we actually viewed unhealthy anger or precursor-to-violence behaviors as mental illness, there’d be a whole set of terminology and conditions to describe this. But there aren’t: being fucking crazy angry is not just normal, but celebrated. Especially among males.

Same again—we don’t really discuss lack of empathy as a trait beyond the label “sociopath” and “psychopath”…it’s salted into several personality disorders, but it’s just another symptom, not something we hone in on and, again, have a lot of language for.

“Mentally ill” is just another way of saying “it wasn’t one of us, we’re all fine, this isn’t something to reflect on.” Hence why it’s a fucking cop out among cop outs.