“(God bless gay marriage, by the way—maybe FINALLY someone will bring some taste and style to the costuming of this silly ritual).”
From one of her other blog posts. This chick is more messed up than her kid.
Nice of WP to pick some obscure blog to divert attention and add to the confusion.
This chick is a single mom, too. Where’s the father?
I may not agree with this woman’s politics or her take on gay marriage, but I sympathize wholeheartedly with the dilemma she faces and the terror she lives every day.
If you’ve never had a mentally ill family member, you simply can’t understand.
What this woman is saying is terrible truth.
We closed the asylums. We made the process of removing the dangerous from among us very very hard. They basically have to hurt someone and get the law involved before they are isolated from society.
Treatments are highly effective, but the mentally ill very often do not feel ill, and they won’t cooperate.
She has no where to turn.
Look at all the mass murders in recent years. How many times did friends and family know the perp was not “right,” yet our current system gives them virtually no tools to protect themselves and others.
I’ve read numerous suggestions that his mom should just have her son committed. Where? Who will take him? I can tell you she can get him admitted for evaluation and treatment, and it will last a few days at most, because he will either take meds that calm him down or, more likely, convince the shrinks that he’s OK.
Been there. Seen it firsthand.
Bless this poor woman, and so many other family members like her, and this sick society that wants to blame the victims rather than give them tools to protect us all.
I actually think this blog post is quite telling and totally relevant. I’m surprised and impressed that the Post linked to it.