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TherapyGary

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Idk, I’ve had three clients diagnosed with schizophrenia and, while one was fairly racist, the other 2 were rad as hell, and I don’t think the bigotry had anything to do with the racist one’s mental health- just culture.

In fact, I think bigotry is a pretty normal human thing to experience. Psychotic symptoms (and poor mental health in general) can certainly lead to and exacerbate bigotry, but I don’t think pathologizing bigotry itself makes much sense. I mean yeah if someone is experiencing bigoted delusions/obsessions/compulsions/etc then we should call that what it is, but bigotry itself is typically better explained by culture and natural human behavior

Edit: but I do like the idea of coopting it. I think it would be hilarious to respond to someone using it as a dog whistle with something like “haha I’m [autistic/ADHD/BP/etc] too.” I think that would really rustle their jimmies

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But it’s the most distinguishable state shape and easily the most famous US state. Don’t they at least teach about William S. McLoughlin in world history? Everyone knows “that story” about when he worked as an aide to Portland Mayor Baker in 1913

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Oof, I thought it was a joke about psychosis and immediately shared it with my BP1 peeps

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I’m pretending this is why few people seem to like this meme, rather than it actually just being a shit joke lol

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Me neither, I thought this was Florida when I stole it from Hobby Lobby

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Guys its moptimus prime

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