re: White liberals suffer from mental illness at rates far beyond any other group

I thought white liberalism was a certified mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

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Mental illness is a struggle regardless of political affiliation.

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I would agree with that.

However, pointing out that people with mental illness are much more likely to be aligned with causes solely supported by the Democrats is simply an observation. There is no reason to be hostile.

Alarmed by the observation...yes.

Hostile...no.

I wonder what his MOS was in the Army and if that possibly played a factor. I go to the VA mental health clinic in Asheville for some service related issues and man, some of those guys will never get better.

Combine service related issues with liberalism and the guy never stood a chance.

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Sorry for your struggle Charles.

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Nah, we good.

The question remains though: are they liberal because they are mentally ill, or are the mentally ill because they are liberal?

Hook me up with a link to the poll

Not a shock

This study could equally be saying that white liberals are more likely to go to get their mental health checked out in the first place, or are more willing to seek mental help. This is just the percent of people, period, who have been told they have a condition; to make the kind of conclusion you're making in the title, it would have to be the percent of mental health visits resulting in a diagnosis.

I would not be surprised if conservatives and non-whites are much, much less likely to seek mental health advice from doctors in the first place due to stigmas against it in those groups, PLUS there is a much more relatively liberal (lol) opinion about mental health and what even qualifies as a mental health condition (things like simple anxiety, or depression, or ADHD, or whatever) among liberals.

Like, it's a funny joke headline and title and all, but it would make a lot more sense if the graphs and the study supported the joke you're making.

Edit: Also, what's with censoring the dude's name and Twitter handle until the last picture? Kind of defeats the purpose, right?