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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2013, 09:26 PM Mar 2013

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It's called "Stigmatization"…

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It's called "Stigmatization"… (Original Post) MrScorpio Mar 2013 OP

Yep. No bracelets or ribbons or marches. cbayer Mar 2013 #1

Don't forget all the stern advice to pull ourselves together. Warpy Mar 2013 #2

It's a national shame. cbayer Mar 2013 #3

And then punish the victims for the crime of illness Demeter Mar 2013 #5

So true. thanks for posting this. K and R. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #4

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

1. Yep. No bracelets or ribbons or marches.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 09:29 PM

Mar 2013

Just deadly silence or outright ridicule.

Warpy

(111,286 posts)

2. Don't forget all the stern advice to pull ourselves together.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 09:46 PM

Mar 2013

Yeah, folks, that's really helpful.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. It's a national shame.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:11 PM

Mar 2013

To marginalize and stigmatize the most vulnerable among us is nothing less than shameful.

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

5. And then punish the victims for the crime of illness

Reply to cbayer (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:27 AM

Mar 2013

no matter their age...based on their economic power/prowess.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

4. So true. thanks for posting this. K and R.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:14 AM

Mar 2013

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