Cindy Sheehan - Normal?

[Planogirl]

I can't help but wonder why those who disapprove of her actions so much don't just ignore her? I see comments that she's being used but it looks like the pro-war group is paying just as much attention to her as the anti-war people.

 

[shortbun]

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[Pugdog007]

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ingrained psychiatric illness

 

[N.Bailey]

I can't help but wonder why those who disapprove of her actions so much don't just ignore her? I see comments that she's being used but it looks like the pro-war group is paying just as much attention to her as the anti-war people.

If she wasn't on the news nightly, we could just ignore her. She has another agenda however.

 

[Charade]

I can't help but wonder why those who disapprove of her actions so much don't just ignore her? I see comments that she's being used but it looks like the pro-war group is paying just as much attention to her as the anti-war people.

Because she doesn't speak for everyone but she seems to want to. If I had lost a someone to war and felt very differently than she does about that war, I'd sure as heck want to make sure that people know she wasn't speaking on my behalf.

 

[mcnuss]

What's normal? Have you been in her shoes? Is it normal for a bunch of people on the web to analyse, judge and obsess about this woman's actions?

Have you every felt passionately about an issue, so passionate that you are willing to give over your whole life to it?

If you guys had been around during the Civil Rights movement, you'd have probably thought they were "abnormal" too. They marched on Washington. They stood up against the government. They stood up against the majority of apathetic Americans who were happy to maintain the status quo and feel secure in their happy little suburban homes. They even maybe got on TV. Maybe they even liked the attention their cause got because maybe they thought they could open some eyes and some minds. And they changed the country, hopefully we all agree for the better. Maybe, just maybe, that's what Cindy Sheehan is after.

Here's some advice: If you don't like her, turn off your TV.

ps: I surely hope all of you psychiatrists who have diagnosed her pathological mental illness believed the Terri Schiavo's parents suffered from the same affliction.

 

[eeyore kelly]

Is it normal for a bunch of people on the web to analyse, judge and obsess about this woman's actions?

I analyze and judge everyone's actions. Obsess, only when their actions break into my hurricane news.

 

[Pop Daddy]

she has some mental issues, and I dont know if her grief is the reason why. (but there are smart people who feel like she does about the war, but she just doesnt seem right to me)

 

[Planogirl]

Because she doesn't speak for everyone but she seems to want to. If I had lost a someone to war and felt very differently than she does about that war, I'd sure as heck want to make sure that people know she wasn't speaking on my behalf.

Does every public figure speak for everyone else? President Bush doesn't even speak for me but he is about as public as they come. C'Mon, different and dissenting opinions made public is nothing new.

As for Sheehan being on the news a lot, plenty of personalities that I don't agree with keep showing up when I watch the news. I'm quite good at not paying any attention to them.

 

[Disney Doll]

See my responses below in red...

What's normal? Have you been in her shoes? Is it normal for a bunch of people on the web to analyse, judge and obsess about this woman's actions?

This is called a "discussion" board for a reason.

Have you every felt passionately about an issue, so passionate that you are willing to give over your whole life to it? No. She has alienated her family and ruined her marriage. Her ex-husband and children have lost someone they love too, and perhaps they didn't want their grief turned into a circus or a media event...but no one thinnks of that...it's just the "grief-stricken" mother.

If you guys had been around during the Civil Rights movement, you'd have probably thought they were "abnormal" too. They marched on Washington. They stood up against the government. They stood up against the majority of apathetic Americans who were happy to maintain the status quo and feel secure in their happy little suburban homes. They even maybe got on TV. Maybe they even liked the attention their cause got because maybe they thought they could open some eyes and some minds. And they changed the country, hopefully we all agree for the better. Maybe, just maybe, that's what Cindy Sheehan is after. Well, if she is looking to change some minds, I can tell oyu that she is going about it in the wrong way. At a certain point, the "grief-stricken mother" thing is going to wear thin and she will just be another nut. Her 15 minutes are almost up.

Here's some advice: If you don't like her, turn off your TV.I could give you the same advice about reading posts about her on the discussion board. If you don;'t think you'll like the discussion, don't open thepost.

ps: I surely hope all of you psychiatrists who have diagnosed her pathological mental illness believed the Terri Schiavo's parents suffered from the same affliction.

Actually, I do believe that Terri Schiavo's parents suffered form a similar abnormal grief/inability to accept. And I also feel that at a certain point, their behavior lost them sympathy and got them a lot of . Cindy Sheehan is about 2 steps away from that same reaction.

 

[Nick Papagorgio]

I am against the war but Sheehan is a psycho who doesn't realize her son signed up for the military and agreed to fight any war, whether he agreed with it or not.

 

[shortbun]

ingrained psychiatric illness

Just what is it about Green Day you enjoy? Me thinks you missed the whole point!!!

 

[Puffy2]

How about, none of the above?

Ditto. What kind of a poll was that? All the answers pointed to one realm of thinking. Sounded like Faux news: "Do you support the president or just hate America?"

Cindy Sheehan was motivated by grief and she is fueled by determination.

 

[nliedel]

Unless you have buried a son you just have no idea (I know a daughter would be as bad) how bad it is. You just cannot understand. Nothing rips you apart like the loss of a child. Nothing.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

I'm not sure, to be honest. I don't know if she's a mother stuck on the 2nd of the 5 stages of grief because of mental illness, if she's being manipulated as a pawn by the anti-war crowd, or if she's the manipulator using her son's death for politics.

Yesterday I saw that photo gallaj0 posted and noticed the smile. It's almost like she knew she was going to be arrested, would get media attention, and was happy that she was getting what she wanted.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I am against the war but Sheehan is a psycho who doesn't realize her son signed up for the military and agreed to fight any war, whether he agreed with it or not.

I agree with you. Also, didn't he RE-enlist???

 

[mickeyfan2]

ps: I surely hope all of you psychiatrists who have diagnosed her pathological mental illness believed the Terri Schiavo's parents suffered from the same affliction.

Actually I do.

 

[tiger95]

I am against the war but Sheehan is a psycho who doesn't realize her son signed up for the military and agreed to fight any war, whether he agreed with it or not.

I don't know that she is pshcho. She had a political agenda long before her son enlisted and paid the ultimate price. She is now pushing that agenda on the body of her dead son. Don't get me wrong, she has every right to be doing what she is doing, I just wish she would quit using her son't death as a pretense for her actions. That is doing a disservice to the brave man's memory.

JD

 

[The Mystery Machine]

How about grief stricken mother of a fallen soldier looking for reasons why we are sending our children, our fellow Americans, into war instead of gathering them up and bringing them home?

NO, I wouldn't say she's insane. I'd say she's human.

Oy.

Best I back out of this thread. I've successfully avoided all Cindy Sheehan bashing threads thus far and I liked it that way......

Ditto snoops....I haven't even looked at the other thread. Your poll choices stink btw...

 

[klj27]

On our local news last night I saw that two sisters of a local man who died in Iraq went to DC to get their brother's picture out of her ralley. They said he believed in the cause he died for and would be angry that his picture was being used against that cause. They showed his mother also and you could see the pain in her eyes because Cindy Sheehan thinks she is talking for everyone who has lost a loved one and she is not.