Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ?
Doomsider@lemmy.world 10 hours agoHe spent his entire life literally destroying his mind. Is he bad because he is an addict? Perhaps not, but he has significant brain damaged because of the drugs.
I am all for recovery but the truth is he will never have the mental faculties to be a leader because of his life choices. He will never be able to make a full recovery. That is not discrimination, that is just reality.
zeca@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
No. This logic is fatalist bullshit.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Drugs have consequences whether you accept it or not.
zeca@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
They do, i know. Theyre not certain. The consequences depend on lots of factors. To disqualify someone because they used drugs without looking more into how it affected that specific person is fatalist bullshit.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Oh yeah, I totally get that. It is obvious the RFK has brain damage which affects his ability to think clearly. This is specific to him doing hard drugs for decades.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
When oxygen to the brain is habitually suppressed, brain damage can occur. That’s not fatalist, it’s just reality.
That doesn’t imply addiction is a moral failing. It’s a disease, and diseases can have permanent effects.
zeca@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
I agree brain damage CAN occur. Thats not the same statement i was criticizing.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
You called it fatalistic bullshit to say RFK jr. has permanent brain damage…