It all depends on what the problem is Hal. I don't think I'd want an epileptic taking care of an infant, nor someone with anger management issues.
What the fuck?!
I have mental health problems, I am mentally ill. There is no reason whatsoever that I cannot take care of a child.
It's like saying "Would you let someone with diabetes look after your child" It's a moronic statement to make, it's intolerance like this that make problems for those with mental illnesses. For shame.
It all depends on what the problem is Hal. I don't think I'd want an epileptic taking care of an infant, nor someone with anger management issues.
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-obamas-transgender-ex-nanny-outcast-070907242.html
This pretty much proves his mother was a nutcase lefty to an extreme degree. People can claim to accept these people all they want but seriously how many of even those people who accept them would choose to have them helping to raise their child? Surely there were plenty of other nannies around that could also cook and would have been nice to the kid, it makes it look like she chose this man/woman in part because they were transgender and that is nuts.
Every once in awhile it's nice to see a post where the author reveals much more about himself than he does about the news he's bringing in.
Thanks for letting us know that you're a horrible person by thinking that someone hiring a transgender person would make you a 'nutcase'.
I agree with that, but HAL's statement was "Mental illness does not make you a less capable parent / baby sitter / president / doctor or (x)." If you consider mental illness in the aggregate, then clearly it does. If you break out mental illness into categories and subcategories, then you'd have some people diagnosed with mental illness who function at a level almost indistinguishable from those without mental illness and some who are a constant danger to themselves and others. But making a blanket statement that mental illness does not make you a less capable parent / baby sitter / president / doctor or whatever is just wrong, because clearly in many circumstances it does. And it implies that having mental illness or not is not an acceptable issue when hiring, but rather something like skin color, so that it's impolite if not unethical to consider it.Really it all depends on what the illness is. Clearly a schizophrenic would make a terrible nanny, but sleep disorders and phobias are types of mental illness as well. Depending on severity I really wouldn't have an issue with my nanny grinding her teeth at night or her being scared of heights.
The very article states every doubts the transgendered person had any confluence on forming Obama' character.
If your child gets baptized by a pedophile priest, will they always grow up perverted?
I agree with that, but HAL's statement was "Mental illness does not make you a less capable parent / baby sitter / president / doctor or (x)." If you consider mental illness in the aggregate, then clearly it does. If you break out mental illness into categories and subcategories, then you'd have some people diagnosed with mental illness who function at a level almost indistinguishable from those without mental illness and some who are a constant danger to themselves and others. But making a blanket statement that mental illness does not make you a less capable parent / baby sitter / president / doctor or whatever is just wrong, because clearly in many circumstances it does. And it implies that having mental illness or not is not an acceptable issue when hiring, but rather something like skin color, so that it's impolite if not unethical to consider it.
In reality, anyone considering hiring a person with mental illness needs to carefully consider the type and severity of the mental illness in conjunction with the job.
LOL +1This is why Obama’s birth certificate is a fake; he was really born a woman. Obama’s mother knew he would never amount to anything being a Black Muslim woman and after meeting Evie concocted the idea of the transformation that is now the Obama we know.
I disagree. The whole point of mental illness is that your mental faculties aren't working correctly. The kind of person you are may be irrelevant if your brain isn't functioning correctly. Someone with severe depression who kills a child might be a wonderful person when she isn't depressed. Someone with severe schizophrenia who kills a child because voices are telling him it's the only way to save the child might be someone willing to die to keep that child safe when thinking properly. Certainly not everything termed mental illness is significant in selecting a nanny, even to the point of competing with a tranny nanny, but to say mental illness should not be a factor in evaluating a potential nanny (or doctor, or President) is, well, insane.As you need to with what sort of person they are, mental illness by itself does not necessarily make you a words (x), it can, but then so can your sexual preferences or your addiction to chocolate or your favourite shoes... It's less relevant than your personality characteristics.
LOL +1
I disagree. The whole point of mental illness is that your mental faculties aren't working correctly. The kind of person you are may be irrelevant if your brain isn't functioning correctly.
Someone with severe depression who kills a child might be a wonderful person when she isn't depressed. Someone with severe schizophrenia who kills a child because voices are telling him it's the only way to save the child might be someone willing to die to keep that child safe when thinking properly. Certainly not everything termed mental illness is significant in selecting a nanny, even to the point of competing with a tranny nanny, but to say mental illness should not be a factor in evaluating a potential nanny (or doctor, or President) is, well, insane.
I think we've obscured this point by adding so many marginal quirks under the banner of mental illness, but mental illness can easily be the most important determinant of how well you can be expected to do a job. That's not of course always true, but it's certainly something that bears consideration.
They have a mental illness called Gender Identity Disorder, which is usually just the tip of the iceberg. Are you saying you would leave your children alone everyday with someone openly mentally ill? What kind of parent would you be?
I've seen some stats on "mental illness" which suggest that it is highly prevalent. IIRC, about 22% of the adult population has a DSM classified "mental disorder" at a given time. Also IIRC more than 50% of all people will have one at one time or another during their lives. The whole discussion of "mental illness" is silly. It's how and in what way the person is "mentally ill."
This pretty much proves his mother was a nutcase lefty to an extreme degree. People can claim to accept these people all they want but seriously how many of even those people who accept them would choose to have them helping to raise their child? Surely there were plenty of other nannies around that could also cook and would have been nice to the kid, it makes it look like she chose this man/woman in part because they were transgender and that is nuts.
Even Schizophrenia?Mental illness does not make you a less capable parent / baby sitter / president / doctor or (x)
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as if he single-handedly went down to the nanny farm and picked out the tranny because "that's just how Barry rolls." You guys are insane.
Even Schizophrenia?
As an individual with a Bipolar sibling, I'll tell you right now that she's not capable of raising a child. Even she recognized this and gave her ex husband custody. She's not capable of taking care of herself.
If it makes you feel good to think that you're normal by all means continue to feel that way. I think it's important that you get through each day using whatever form of justification it takes.
Just curious, what do you do for a living?
Homosexuality is a mental disorder too, just like any other paraphilia.