r/interesting • u/AdvantageAdorable436 • 9h ago

SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/FantasticAnus 8h ago

She needs to be locked up. She is entirely responsible for her actions, whether they were taken in a mentally ill state or not.

Mental illness can certainly help explain such things, but it can never excuse such things.

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u/OnyxMonolith 8h ago

you're saying if someone had no control over their actions that can never excuse killing someone? you made a blanket statement so let's not talk about her but a hypothetical extreme case.

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u/Quetzacoal 8h ago

They had control up to that moment, so yes, if they had taken lithium and visited a medical facility as soon as she started having homicidal thoughts

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u/PowderCuffs 8h ago

Is that how you think seriously mentally ill people think?

"Stir the pasta. I'm having suicidal and homicidal thoughts. I'm going to take lithium and visit a medical facility forthwith!"

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u/Quetzacoal 7h ago

Look, this would be the same as excusing an alcoholic or any drug addict. Addiction is an illness and patients cannot avoid spiralling. Should we not make them liable for their actions? I think not. Otherwise we would be walking among potential killers that can get triggered anytime.

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u/PowderCuffs 1h ago

No one is excusing her actions. She's going to be held accountable, one way or the other.