The Human Condition Spectrum Disorder

I have noticed in the past few days how the media (mostly talk radio--why do I even bother listening???)  have all become some sort of experts on mental health. Mixing up terms like "mental illness" with "autism" , or the conservative cry for "more discussions on mental health, not guns...". What are they even talking about?? Mental illness and alleged aspergers are complete apples and oranges. But these silly right wingers- have this juvenile need to classify the human condition into two neat categories: the sane and insane.

Listen folks, it just isn't that easy. There are people born with developmental delays, people with chemical imbalances, people who recover from imbalances, there are people on drugs, people with traumatic childhoods, there are pedophiles, there are psychopaths, there are saints and there are sinners, people with traumatic brain injuries, smart people and dumb people, compassionate people and selfish ones. Some are all of the above. And you will never know for sure which people will do what--ha! But we live amongst them nevertheless.

The biggest conservative lie is that we are all equal. This is why they DON'T UNDERSTAND (or want to understand) the need for government controls or so called "entitlement programs".  Somehow, the conservative condition requires one to have their head in the sand, at all times. They sit around on comfy leather chairs spewing crap like: "just take away government and things will be fine! Who needs rules, social programs and regulations?!" (Welcome to the right wing nut world) If there is one real diagnosis that actually applies to people at all times, it would be called " the human condition spectrum disorder."  We are many things, malleable and complex. And we'll always need help....