Please stop asking me to feel sorry for stupid people.
I know that DU if filled with very compassionate people. It is one of the reasons I come here. People on DU are kind and thoughtful and believe in helping others. That being said, you should not let your let your compassion make you into a damn door mat. What Ashley Todd did was despicable and stupid. There is no proof she is mentally ill. None. That is just an opinion. There is proof that she lied about being attacked by a black man for political reasons. That was racist and downright disgusting. I don't really know what her exact motivations were (other than to foment racism and attack Obama supporters) but I don't need to ponder on the methods of the stupid. I don't hate her, but I certainly don't feel the need to coddle this stupid woman either. So please stop asking me and others to forgive stupid people just because you can't stop your heart from bleeding.
6. This was a racist hate crime. Despicable and stupid.
My desire for her to get mental health care is sarcasm, I don't feel the need to coddle her either. She should be charged, fined, made to do community service. Instigating violence against people because of their skin color is wrong.
There's no evidence of mental illness yet, however, I've worked very closely with mentally ill patients and even they need to be held accountable for their actions.
12. You should consider that there are a few different "tiers" for compassion.
You're absolutely right none of us need to be door mats.
And we don't need to not be angry either.
We can still feel pity for whatever combination of personal and environmental factors would lead someone to do something this ridiculous. Not in a way where we start treating her like some innocent victim with no responsibility for her behavior - but simply in a way where with think about the bigger picture of the tragedy of duped people, ignorance, and/OR mental illness and its effects.
It IS sad. That doesn't make it any less stupid and fucked up.
Having mental and emotional responses to things like this that are a little less binary (i.e. EITHER you are feeling compassionate and completely forgiving and treating the person like they are innocent OR you hate or gets and want to see her humiliated and punished) is healthy.
19. I am not sure where you are going with your response...
It is true that I will likely never meet this person - as a member of society I don't feel any need to treat her with excessive indulgence by forgiving her actions. So thanks for the attempted vocabulary lesson - if thats what you were going for.
14. I tell you one thing if the 6'4" black robber/political activist
was real, then I'd bet the house against much concern from anyone about his mental health. The terms for mentally ill among minorities are generally "criminal" or "deadbeat".
Fuck Ashley The Plant. It is exactly people like her that get every benefit in life and every benefit of the doubt when they do horrible things.
16. According to MSNBC, PPD has stated that she has a history of mental illness.
That does not excuse her behavior(imo) and she has been charged with making a false statement to the police. Other charges are being discussed and are pending.
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