Posted by garnet71 on January 31, 2009, at 10:33:56
In reply to Re: To Bleauberry - to Garnet : Theory + Living, posted by Ceres on January 30, 2009, at 1:48:27
Hi Ceres,
Thanks for the comment. Yes, 'Bleauberry and Garnet' has a nice ring to it, huh?
I think what is going on here, only from my perspective, that as a survivor of lots of past abuse, I am sort of triggered by devaluation and objectification of people as individuals or groups. I find myself always sticking up for the underdog, or people being attacked by work bullies, etc. I am very sensitive when innocent people are treated badly, or wrongly, etc. So I am a little hypervigiliant still, but I do see very clearly that people with mental health issues are deemed "less of a person" than others-by society-by institutions.
I do have lots of antecdotal facts to support this, and anyone can look at history to derive that conclusion. Anyway, that's why this issue sparks such a response in me.
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