Rights

“As Americans, we should have the right to feel safe. And, if you were doing your jobs, we would be safe,” Taylor said.

Actually, that’s bullshit. The person who said that suffered from a horrible tragedy, and it’s natural that he should want to feel safe. But the right to feel safe? Your reactionary statements don’t do anything to help mentally ill kids. One of the two kids who shot you was on antidepressants. The other wasn’t. What does this prove? Nothing.

I know that these studies are flawed, that Big Pharma has over-promoted the drugs, that sometimes they are used improperly and that sometimes they are ineffective or, yes, dangerous. Medication has risks and we should know them, but your bad outcome doesn’t prove that the risks of treating depression outweigh the risks of leaving it untreated.