Originally Posted by cmartinez

Also, generally, I am so over people's behavior being attributed to mental illness.

We don't accept it when white people are 'forgiven' for crimes in the public eye for mental illness, and we shouldn't condone it ourselves. I don't argue that mental illness doesn't play a part in our behaviors...it does.

BUT, I think at the end of the day we are victims of our own circumstance and we have free-will.