God you lazy lefties are all the same

Mental health and empathy and the state of things

If ever someone you love has struggled with a mental health problem, you may have had to deal with know-nothings confidently asserting that it’s all in her head, or: she just has to snap out of it. Never mind that you can no more snap out of mental illness than snap out of cancer.

Or you may hear people say, oh how very convenient. Meaning: they're just …