tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post4773335369924337742..comments2023-10-21T01:41:25.251-07:00Comments on Invictus: Greenwald on the Anthrax Case & Media Subservience to Government LiesValtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427976389098964420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post-27556374237717051822008-08-21T11:46:00.000-07:002008-08-21T11:46:00.000-07:00These are all excellent points!These are all excellent points!Valtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427976389098964420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post-2360053039273739032008-08-21T09:12:00.000-07:002008-08-21T09:12:00.000-07:00No one has reported on the fact that Ivins' death ...No one has reported on the fact that Ivins' death has not been investigated to determine its cause definitely. Suicidality is not known.<BR/><BR/>However, the FBI and the media have done a yeoman's job on stigmatizing mental illness, conflating being harassed with "mentally unstable" and "unfit" and doing just a bang up job of taking societal attitudes backwards centuries.<BR/><BR/>There is an enormous amount of damage that is being done by how the media narrative is being developed. <BR/><BR/>The criminalization, ostracism and stigmatism of people with mental illness is effectively US policy and program now. It's surreal when you look at the numbers and realize that over 50% of all inpatient psychiatric care is delivered in prisons, and that healthcare system infrastructure and services for effective short and long term inpatient treatment has been shifted to the prison system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com