# Talking About Mental Health **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-mental-health/946178 "2021-07-10T20:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-mental-health/946178/14 "2021-07-11T06:27:26Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It wouldn’t matter how mean a black person was to you: it wouldn’t be okay for you to attack them for being black, e.g. by using the n-word. How about this? I didn’t read the entire thread, but I haven’t seen any outrage in ATMB or a thread about this. The OP of that thread just called a black man “as black as David Duke”. I might be missing some context because I didn’t read the thread, but it looks like an insult from here. > [@I Pit Split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620/1): > > I’m guessing this guy is about as Black as David Duke. > [@I Pit Split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620/16): > > I’ve been here a while, and I am a 49 year old black man, so I’ve been around in life too. > [@BigT](#): > > It’s not okay to treat us like this. How can you know who “us” is? Martin\_Hyde might also be seeing a mental health professional. He shouldn’t have to reveal if he is or not. No one should have to. And revealing it publicly shouldn’t give someone an advantage to be insulting because they’re part of a protected class. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-mental-health/946178)._