Yes there was a tragedy in Arizona last week. but, NO, we do not need to make it a trash talk media frenzy. Who's trash talking? Seasoned news and political reporters. Between two major networks, words like "crack pots", "the unhinged", "deranged kid" and "lone weirdo" have been thrown around. After having years in the field you would think a little discretion could be had.
"it's just words," people say. it's not. the way media refers to things leaks into our own vocabulary. If we could be responsible and just make these minute changes we could change the way the general public speaks about (and possibly thinks about) mental illness and the people fighting against them.
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