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Originally Posted by rubecube
What a bizarre analogy. I'm really not even sure how one relates to the other. When someone says something along the lines of "You'd have to be mentally ill to commit an act like this," it does imply that mentally ill people are more dangerous than those without mental illnesses, and further stigmatizes a section of society that is already heavily stigmatized.
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If I associate violent crime with mental illness, then I don't have to deal with the uncomfortable realities of a person in an otherwise rational state of mind perpetrating the same acts.
See? It's just mental illness! I'm in the clear!
I believe it's rooted in almost the exact same mire of blaming 'evil'. Dehumanization.
It's uncomfortable to think that some of the most heinous acts we can think of can and are perpetrated by people in an otherwise lucid and rational state of mind.