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[–] derram ago 

https://archive.fo/nTZm9 :

This psychiatrist thinks we should treat alt-right bigotry like a disease | Alternet

'In brief, my reasoning was this: Some bigots suffer from mental illness, and some persons with mental illness exhibit bigotry – but that doesn’t mean that bigotry per se is an illness. '

'But I do think there are good reasons to treat bigotry as a public health problem. '

'The harm to victims and to hatersThere is little question among mental health professionals that bigotry can do considerable harm to the targets of the bigotry. '

'If hatred and bigotry are indeed both harmful and contagious, how might a public health approach deal with this problem?'

'I’m still not convinced that bigotry is a discrete illness or disease, at least in the medical sense. '


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