http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3501/spain-innocent-prophet-film The case demonstrates how the fear of Muslim rage is threatening the exercise of free speech in Europe. Firasat said he has received far more threats from the Spanish government than from angry Muslims. “I have been threatened by the authorities [and told] that my refugee status will be revoked; I will be deported […]
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THE WORDS “MENTALLY ILL” AS A CATCH-ALL FOR ALL MANIFESTATIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS….FROM ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION OR ATTENTION DEFICIT TO CRIMINALLY INSANE…ARE OFFENSIVE. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE FORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ARE PEACEFULLY FUNCTIONING AND PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING TO LIFE. THESE PEOPLE WHO MURDER ARE CRIMINALLY INSANE AND THAT SHOULD BE THE TERM TO DESCRIBE THEM. PLEASE READ THIS HEARTBREAKING LETTER….RSK
Written by Liza Long, republished from The Blue Review
Friday’s horrific national tragedy — the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. In kitchens and coffee shops across the country, we tearfully debate the many faces of violence in America: gun culture, media violence, lack of mental health services, overt and covert wars abroad, religion, politics and the way we raise our children. Liza Long, a writer based in Boise, says it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.
While every family’s story of mental illness is different, and we may never know the whole of the Lanza’s story, tales like this one need to be heard — and families who live them deserve our help.
Three days before 20 year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a classroom full of Connecticut kindergartners, my 13-year old son Michael (name changed) missed his bus because he was wearing the wrong color pants.
“I can wear these pants,” he said, his tone increasingly belligerent, the black-hole pupils of his eyes swallowing the blue irises.
“They are navy blue,” I told him. “Your school’s dress code says black or khaki pants only.”
“They told me I could wear these,” he insisted. “You’re a stupid bitch. I can wear whatever pants I want to. This is America. I have rights!”
“You can’t wear whatever pants you want to,” I said, my tone affable, reasonable. “And you definitely cannot call me a stupid bitch. You’re grounded from electronics for the rest of the day. Now get in the car, and I will take you to school.”
I live with a son who is mentally ill. I love my son. But he terrifies me.
December 16, 2012 The Martyrdom of Avigdor Lieberman By Steven Plaut In 1999, Benjamin Netanyahu lost the Israeli election to leftist Ehud Barak to the squealing delight of Israel’s conscripted media and of many in its judicial system. At the time, a criminal investigation was launched against Netanyahu for supposedly misappropriating property from the Prime […]
Dwight Schultz: Life, Acting and Conservatism — on The Brewster Gang
by Josh Brewster
Actor Dwight Schultz opens up about his life and intellectual journey — and about surviving as a conservative in Hollywood.
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