Unsurprisingly, Republicans are blaming this school shooting in Uvalde Texas not just on mental illness but on everything else except the most obvious culprit: guns. Beto O’Rourke, the former Democratic presidential white knight and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate, threw this into righteous relief on Wednesday. He crashed a press conference Texas Republicans were holding, and… Read more.
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Citing Mental Health Concerns, Naomi Osaka Withdraws from French Open
In a world of trash-talking athletes, Naomi Osaka stands out as a superstar who clearly prefers to let her playing do all the talking. This is why it was hardly surprising when so many athletes spoke out against racial injustice after the infamous killing of George Floyd last year. But it speaks volumes that Osaka… Read more.
Trump Citing Mental Illness as Cause for Gun Control Is Clinical Projection
I think background checks are important. I don’t want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people, or people with rage or hate, sick people. (The Washington Post, August 7, 2019) This, coming from a mentally unstable person who has his hands on nuclear weapons. Not to mention his hypocrisy, which invariably rears… Read more.