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Mar 31, 2006, 01:01 AM
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Gimme a break!
Brookfield is a wealthy suburb just west of the Milwaukee County line. The item comes from a blog by two political writers for the daily newspaper. ===================== THURSDAY, March 30, 2006, 4:43 p.m. Vote for me - I'm sane Politicians say the darnedest things. Cindy Kilkenny, a Brookfield alderman running for mayor, made this unusual declaration on her campaign blog: I am not bipolar or under any psychiatric care. Just in case you were wondering. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:01 AM
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Gimme a break!
Brookfield is a wealthy suburb just west of the Milwaukee County line. The item comes from a blog by two political writers for the daily newspaper. ===================== THURSDAY, March 30, 2006, 4:43 p.m. Vote for me - I'm sane Politicians say the darnedest things. Cindy Kilkenny, a Brookfield alderman running for mayor, made this unusual declaration on her campaign blog: I am not bipolar or under any psychiatric care. Just in case you were wondering. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:05 AM
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HUH??? Sounds like maybe she SHOULD be!
 At the very least, she needs to be educated!
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:05 AM
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HUH??? Sounds like maybe she SHOULD be!
At the very least, she needs to be educated!
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:06 AM
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Wonder what her point was.
 Being, Bipolar, I do not find her comment necessary or relevent.  Also, such comments can add to stigmas. grrr!Okay, I shouldn't say anything, cause I do not know of her or her party, but so far it didn't sit well with me. I'd have to say, "no".  DE
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:06 AM
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Wonder what her point was.
Being, Bipolar, I do not find her comment necessary or relevent. Also, such comments can add to stigmas. grrr!Okay, I shouldn't say anything, cause I do not know of her or her party, but so far it didn't sit well with me. I'd have to say, "no". DE
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:11 AM
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1st response, Hell 'NO', but then I thought about it for a moment, and I think I would still say 'NO', but I would wonder what she was getting at and be very curious to watch that particular mayor election. I think I have to agree with what was said already, comments like that are what give people the wrong idea about mental health, in my opinion, so, thats it!!
-Jodi PS...Just an after thought.... what she said to me, was the same as saying, "Vote for me, Im not (of ____such and such ethnic or racial background)". Fill the blank in youselves, I just thought that what a person is is not what ethnic or race they belong too that makes them who they are, and it sure is hell is not what mental/physical dissabilities they have, its so much more, and so deeper than that, how can a person running for a public political position, make such an ignorant comment, in my opinion. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:11 AM
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1st response, Hell 'NO', but then I thought about it for a moment, and I think I would still say 'NO', but I would wonder what she was getting at and be very curious to watch that particular mayor election. I think I have to agree with what was said already, comments like that are what give people the wrong idea about mental health, in my opinion, so, thats it!!
-Jodi PS...Just an after thought.... what she said to me, was the same as saying, "Vote for me, Im not (of ____such and such ethnic or racial background)". Fill the blank in youselves, I just thought that what a person is is not what ethnic or race they belong too that makes them who they are, and it sure is hell is not what mental/physical dissabilities they have, its so much more, and so deeper than that, how can a person running for a public political position, make such an ignorant comment, in my opinion. |
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#9
Mar 31, 2006, 01:15 AM
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My guess is it was in reference to the recent Debra Lafave case here in Tampa. It made National news.
She was the teacher who had sex with her fourteen year old student and now says Bipolar disorder was to blame.  Read more here. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:15 AM
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My guess is it was in reference to the recent Debra Lafave case here in Tampa. It made National news.
She was the teacher who had sex with her fourteen year old student and now says Bipolar disorder was to blame. Read more here. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:19 AM
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Oh golly, it ruffles me when people use or blame their over sexuality on Bipolar, c'mon, not all of us having Bipolar are sex maniacs or nymphos . . . well I'm not.
I'm sure though, that some are hypersexual, it just hasn't hit me yet, in fact I feel totally sexless. Now her stuff has just added to the dark stigma,public puts on those with disorders. Grrrrrrr! Oh well, it takes all kinds, I suppose. DE
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:19 AM
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Oh golly, it ruffles me when people use or blame their over sexuality on Bipolar, c'mon, not all of us having Bipolar are sex maniacs or nymphos . . . well I'm not.
I'm sure though, that some are hypersexual, it just hasn't hit me yet, in fact I feel totally sexless. Now her stuff has just added to the dark stigma,public puts on those with disorders. Grrrrrrr! Oh well, it takes all kinds, I suppose. DE
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:22 AM
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That was my second thought!! And what does being Bi-polar have to do with being a pedophile??
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:22 AM
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That was my second thought!! And what does being Bi-polar have to do with being a pedophile??
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:28 AM
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Ah, Roe! Don't let ignorant people get to you!
Hey, if Lafavre was hypersexual, she could have used an adult male, not a kid... even a sex toy! SHEEEESH!
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Mar 31, 2006, 01:28 AM
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Ah, Roe! Don't let ignorant people get to you!
Hey, if Lafavre was hypersexual, she could have used an adult male, not a kid... even a sex toy! SHEEEESH!
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Mar 31, 2006, 03:39 AM
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I wonder if maybe someone locally had accused her of being or maybe there was rumours that were from the other side of the campain or something?
Otherwise, very bad taste. and i mean, even the way its written is totally unprofessional grammer for a politician. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 03:39 AM
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I wonder if maybe someone locally had accused her of being or maybe there was rumours that were from the other side of the campain or something?
Otherwise, very bad taste. and i mean, even the way its written is totally unprofessional grammer for a politician. |
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Mar 31, 2006, 09:39 AM
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I saw an interview with Lafavre's ex-husband. They asked him if he ever saw any evidence to back up her mental health claims while they were married. He said that she had "been seeing someone about depression, but she had it undercontrol" and when asked if she was hypersexual, he responded, "I wish."
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Mar 31, 2006, 03:05 PM
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Hell no! Why would she even say something like that in the first place? Yes, it does give people with bipolar and other mental health issues a stigma, that is very unwarranted!
We're no different from anyone else, but people seem to think that we are!
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