This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends.
Not with a bang, but with…Congress.
This partial T.S. Eliot excerpt (and fav Cards Against Humanity card) comes to mind after today’s email from my congressman’s assistant.
…it’s really tough to do legislation on this issue. However, are you aware that there has been funding through SAMHSA for programming to try and reduce the stigma of mental health? Perhaps you want to look into what that funding has been able to do and let me know whether you think that’s effective or whether possible changes might be made?
More importantly, are you aware of the initiative Makeitok.org? They are going to hold some pretty big events this fall-there are already ads up for them.
Best,
Liz
Here’s what I read:
It took me 94 days to make one phone call to NAMI and I only did that because you keep bugging me. Why don’t you do more research to keep yourself busy so I can avoid telling you ‘no’ since I want you to vote for my boss next time.
For eff’ sake. I just want to replace the phrase MENTAL DEFECTIVES with a more humane word. I’m not trying to change what the law enacts. I just want to change a word. Why is this hard??
Well, since my very own congressman is a dead end, I’m really glad my friend’s mom works for Congressman C. My friend’s sister has Bipolar Disorder and no doubt it raised her mom’s hackles at the idea of the federal law calling her kid mentally defective.
While, it may have been altruistic to assume that one of 18 my elected officials would have bitten at my shiny March 25 letter, I had to try.
Next time I’ll save myself the 94 days and postage.
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