Knock it off, media. I'm so over you and your generalization of people with mental illness. Where is your journalistic integrity? Did it get lost in the flood of panic-inducing ratings?
In the shadows of the (most) recent mass shooting, I feel the need to be the voice for the many children who are suffering with a mental illness. Not everyone with a mental illness is a raging murderer. If you entertain this stereotype, you certainly feel all Blondes are stupid, all Men are smarter than Women, and all Republicans adore Sarah Palin. Silly, right? This is a great article from PsychCentral: "Media's Damaging Depictions of Mental Illness"
Yes, many of the recent mass-shootings can be linked back to mental illness. But they can also be linked back to mismanagement of medication. I'll leave you with this article from the Liberty Crier: "Nearly Every Mass Shooting In The Last 20 Years Shares One Thing In Common, And It Isn't Weapons"
*This post is NOT intended to reflect my opinions for or against gun control. Keep those opinions to yourself, I don't care.
