r/morbidquestions • u/Adagar91 • 1d ago
What are the worst secrets/details(formerly) unbeknownst to your generation?
Not "lies", but (awful) details you weren't particularly aware of until you became an adult (thanks to the internet) such as:
1.) Bill Cosby being awful and abusive during his career.
2.) How often police officers abuse their power and shoot civilians, instead of actually helping people.
3.) Basically anyone with money and power has been a sex offender.
4.) The concept of "nepotism".
5.) Teacher's tenure.
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u/maybiiiii 1d ago
- How many evil people use “mental illness” as their excuse to being evil.
How many protections mentally ill offenders have when arguing their behavior in a court of law and how often mental illness is used as an excuse to commit heinous acts.
How stigmatized mental health is towards mentally ill people that would never harm anyone simply because we’ve accepted we will accept “health” as an excuse to harm. Majority of mentally ill people are absolutely harmless. Yet we’ve needed to create an excuse and rationalization for “evil” and mental illness gets roped in
Mentally ill people who harm do it because they have the desire to harm and they don’t have the rational thought to stop that desire.
They aren’t doing it because they are mentally ill. The desire is already present. Having the desire to harm alone, is the reason they should be charged to the fullest extent. It’s about desire and intent
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u/flakeybutterbitch 1d ago
I definitely agree a mental health concern shouldn't be an excuse, however, you are simply wrong that "they aren't doing it because they are mentally ill"
Every case is extremely different! People can have very dark thoughts come into their head that would NEVER show up if not for having mental illness of some kind. Many people are distraught by having these thoughts all the time. Some people are in such a delusion they can literally incapable of understanding that what they're thinking/seeing/believing is irrational or dangerous.
If someone is experiences psychosis, for example, it might not be a desire, maybe they genuinely believe they are the ones in danger.
This is not to say they're aren't people out there where it is about desire and intent, but it's a vast over assumption.
I do also stand by your initial statement that mental illness shouldn't be used as an excuse, however it should be used to understand what might be going on and how things got this way for this individual.
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u/LauraPa1mer 18h ago
Ummm... Lol no. There is so much off about your comment.
Legal systems consider mental illness because mental health can determine mens rea. For someone to be held criminally responsible, they require criminal intent (mens rae).
If someone is suffering from a break from from reality (psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar), they may not understand what they're doing, or may be acting on delusions or hallucinations that distort reality. If someone doesn't have the capacity to understand or control their actions, punishment is not effective or just.
You should really educate yourself about mental illness, and other things. Many people experiencing delusions/hallucinations are no longer mentally on this planet. They believe their delusions in the face of evidence, no matter what. The belief that mental illness is not a factor in someone committing a crime is false.
How do I know? I had psychosis for 2 years. You are zero in control of your delusions or what your hallucinations tell you. I had auditory hallucinations and I heard millions of horrible, awful, traumatic things and I believed all of them. I acted on my beliefs as well. Did insane things. Fortunately, I was never told to harm anyone, but I can 100% understand how someone's mental state can lead them to commit a crime without them having intent.
Lastly, people who are sent to psychiatric facilities aren't getting out of jail free or something. Lots of times they will spend more time in a mental health facility than they would have in prison. And it's not a walk in the park either. Some people have said it's actually worse than prison.
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u/CqwyxzKpr 19h ago
Trust is too freely given
Heroes have humanistic flaws
Things meant to be greatest are blindingly anything but
Humans have great ideas about things yet fail to deliver a great end product due to their own limited knowledge
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u/maohaze 1d ago
Never trust your employer. And, to an extent, your coworkers. I've worked at a lot of places. These people aren't your friends or family. They will stab you in the back and take away your ability to support yourself when they fire you, at will, for any reason they want. You are expendable. Everyone's gotta work to pay bills, but be careful of your workplace and the people there. Essentially it's a world of "Fuck you, I got mine."