RamenTheory t1_iuc02pv wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:13 AM

Reply to comment by Xaero_Hour in NYT columnist thanks Ye for raising awareness on antisemitism by boogerfact

With all due respect, how does bipolar disorder factor into this? Being bipolar doesn't make somebody a hateful, vile, narcissistic person. Plenty of people live with mental illness and manage to not spew hate speech. Maybe he's just a shit person

Xaero_Hour t1_iuc3c5j wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:48 AM

How does an untreated mental illness factor into erratic behavior? Really? That's a pretty straight line right there. But it's not the sole source of his crap or even what caused his current spree of bad decisions; that's the other stuff I listed, none of which, you'll notice help.

RamenTheory t1_iuc3zky wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:55 AM

You're changing your statement a little bit. "Untreated mental illness" is much broader and more vague than pointing to BPD in particular, and likewise, "bad decisions" is also a pretty forgiving label to place on actively believing hateful things about a racial minority. What you specifically suggested was that BPD can contribute to someone holding racist beliefs, which, unless you have some kind of legitimate research on that, is a little bit of a stretch and potentially infantilizing to those who live with BPD. West is most certainly a mentally ill person divorced from reality, but suggesting that that's what BPD does to a person sounds... not true

DylanHate t1_iuc5xjb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:17 AM

My sister is bipolar and she’s not an antisemite. It doesn't turn you into a racist lol, he was always that way.

FuckThisPostTruthEra t1_iud38it wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:37 PM

Why y’all think this is rocket science is beyond me.

No one said his BP made him hate Jewish people.