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Should people who are racist or discriminatory towards specific religions be treated for mental illness?

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Posted - July 8, 2016

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  • 3191

    No.  While hatred and bigotry may be ugly, they are not mental illnesses.  JMHO

      July 8, 2016 3:56 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    How do we define what's rascist or discrimatory towards specific religions? When is something no longer free speech? All that said, yes...it's within the fields of what could be seen as a mental illness.
      July 8, 2016 3:58 PM MDT
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  • 7939

    What are they?

      July 8, 2016 3:58 PM MDT
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  • 3191

    They have existed throughout the history of man.  In truth, we are all prejudicial to some degree, where do you draw the line?  

      July 8, 2016 4:04 PM MDT
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  • 1002

    These are the logically depraved, viscerally irrational... but fall short of clinical sickness.

    The ill cannot turn their illness off and on, the bigot can. Indeed they can blend in rather easily if they so choose. For them, there is no excuse, they choose their behavior. Even those who grew up under the guidance of such hatred will eventually make a choice to accept or rebuke.

      July 8, 2016 4:15 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    No.
    All that is needed
    Really, is to balance life
    With the correct knowledge
    of existence.
    ...then hatred go away
    Confusion go away
    Everyone happy
      July 8, 2016 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 53502
    No.

    ~
      July 8, 2016 4:38 PM MDT
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  • 2657

    I dunno? It happens all of the time. It gets real ugly when they get violent.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNTMNTKmsY

    Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah's Witnesses Attacked During Memorial in Bulgaria

    Hitler was probably the worst:

    Leadership lessons from history:

    http://answermug.com/forum/topics/have-you-heard-that-there-was-som...

      July 8, 2016 4:45 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I thought religions WERE a form of mental illness.
      July 8, 2016 4:50 PM MDT
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  • 16

    They should be sent to the sun.

      July 8, 2016 5:24 PM MDT
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  • i dunno. at the very least i'm going to avoid them.

      July 8, 2016 6:25 PM MDT
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  • 7939

    Very true.

      July 8, 2016 6:39 PM MDT
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  • 7939

    Good points.

      July 8, 2016 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 7939

    Indeed.

      July 8, 2016 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 7939

    Ok, how do we do that?

      July 8, 2016 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 7939

      July 8, 2016 6:41 PM MDT
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  • 7939

      July 8, 2016 6:41 PM MDT
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  • 7939

    Eh, I suppose to some, but when people gather for the sake of love or kindness, I tend to not take issue with it.

      July 8, 2016 6:41 PM MDT
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  • 7939

      July 8, 2016 6:42 PM MDT
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  • 7939

      July 8, 2016 6:42 PM MDT
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  • 7939

      July 8, 2016 6:42 PM MDT
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  • 1264

    Absolutely not. If you consider there're religions {And fake religions} such as Scientology which is basically a tax evasion and cult, ducking charges that they're splitting up families, etc. And then you had the Jim Jones experience, even religions need to be judged. 

      July 8, 2016 6:47 PM MDT
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  • 7939

      July 8, 2016 6:49 PM MDT
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  • 11100
    Maybe just the ones with great big swastika tattoos on their foreheads - getting something like that most hurt so you would have to be mental to go thew it just to make a statement. Any way maybe there are some people that are raciest because of a metal illness so it would be nice to treat them and make them well. Be nice to treat all the rest of the raciest people with some kind of therapy but the cost would be huge - I was thinking maybe a mass hypnotising thing would be cheaper like they tell the racists that when they wake up they will feel refreshed and love there brothers. Subliminal thoughts on TV might work too. Cheers and happy weekend!
      July 8, 2016 7:15 PM MDT
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