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somewhatnonsensical:

dronesarenear:

somewhatnonsensical:

dronesarenear:

somewhatnonsensical:

I posted a chat about some nutcase asking about schizophrenic kids and suddenly a lot of people are reblogging it. 

Classification of a nutcase: someone who seeks better understanding of an all-too-real mental illness and its effects on youth. 

Seems like just a genuine interest to me. You would expect all you so called open-minded, unique “readers” to understand something of the nature.

I didn’t mean to imply that it was an unusual thing to look up. For all I know, he may have been a college student brushing up for exams. 

I wasn’t trying to offend anyone. 

Your diction to describe the “patron”: oddball, nutcase. 

If you didn’t mean to imply that his fascination was of an unusual nature, then you wouldn’t have chosen to  broadcast it onto your blog — or at least not with such harsh words. 

Your post is both rude and offensive to sufferers of the illness and to those who actually have compassion and interest in such individuals. 

I hope all the notes your OP gets makes you feel all the more powerful that you can clearly bring out the projected fear people have of those with mental illnesses. 

I apologize that you took it this way, it was truly just meant to be a post about something that happened at work. It was not meant to be offensive or rude to anyone. Especially not to anyone suffering from mental illness. I have worked with people and known people that suffer from different forms of mental illness, including schizophrenia.

The words oddball and nutcase have been in my vocabulary since I was very young and personally did not see them as rude or offensive. If I had said something along the lines of, “This fucking idiot came and asked me where he could find stuff on fucking mental psycho kids,” then I would better understand your argument. I have been described as an oddball and a nutcase on more than one occasion and have never felt like the person using them was trying to offend me. 

I do not find people with mental illnesses frightening and would never think to project a fear of anyone onto anyone. 

“I have worked with people and known people that suffer from different forms of mental illness, including schizophrenia.” … “I’m not racist, I’m have a black friend”… I really dislike those kind of anecdotal arguments. You can be around certain types of people and still be totally unaware of what they personally face. 

Your second example of what you “could have said” doesn’t really parallel what your first message was conveying. It had nothing to do with stupidity — your word change to “idiot” — and all to do with being strange. 

When people resort to calling out certain people because of their interests or beliefs and attacking them as odd, it’s usually stemmed from fear. Fear that they may also be seen as an outsider if they were to broadcast similar beliefs to the public. Thus, they must display their “normality” by showing  ”awareness” that these kinds of people are strange and they’re above them. 

The words oddball and nutcase are not as colloquial as your youth and experiences have made you think.

What just happened?

somewhatnonsensical:

dronesarenear:

somewhatnonsensical:

I posted a chat about some nutcase asking about schizophrenic kids and suddenly a lot of people are reblogging it. 

Classification of a nutcase: someone who seeks better understanding of an all-too-real mental illness and its effects on youth. 

Seems like just a genuine interest to me. You would expect all you so called open-minded, unique “readers” to understand something of the nature.

I didn’t mean to imply that it was an unusual thing to look up. For all I know, he may have been a college student brushing up for exams. 

I wasn’t trying to offend anyone. 

Your diction to describe the “patron”: oddball, nutcase. 

If you didn’t mean to imply that his fascination was of an unusual nature, then you wouldn’t have chosen to  broadcast it onto your blog — or at least not with such harsh words. 

Your post is both rude and offensive to sufferers of the illness and to those who actually have compassion and interest in such individuals. 

I hope all the notes your OP gets makes you feel all the more powerful that you can clearly bring out the projected fear people have of those with mental illnesses. 

What just happened?

somewhatnonsensical:

I posted a chat about some nutcase asking about schizophrenic kids and suddenly a lot of people are reblogging it. 

Classification of a nutcase: someone who seeks better understanding of an all-too-real mental illness and its effects on youth. 

Seems like just a genuine interest to me. You would expect all you so called open-minded, unique “readers” to understand something of the nature.

Oddballs at the desk.

libraryland:

Me: Can I help you find something?
Patron: Yes. I have a fascination with child psychology. Like when kids become schizophrenic and kill people. Do you have any books on that?
Me: ……..You might want to ask at reference.

Love when so called avid “reader” blogs post about being quirky and less than normal, but then also alienate people who have same off-kilter interests? 

Oh, you’re all the same. 

(Source: somewhatnonsensical)