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Originally Posted by javadog
Val Kilmer is an idiot.
An excerpt from his inane rambling:
Those of us that knew you are shocked and angry and angry and angry selfishly angry, for what you just did to us. Millions I should think. At least a million people like me who imagine they know you.
For a guy who claims to have suffered from depression and studied it in detail, I think he still doesn't get it.
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I haven’t seen VK’s comments on AB but I don’t think he’s an idiot so much as a very odd dude. I’ve crossed paths w him a few times, including dinner together but w several others, he was really surprisingly nice and polite. I was actually expecting more of a weirdo.
FWIW, he is recovering from some strange cancer right now himself. He was on a popular radio show last week and his voice was unrecognizable; I thought he was doing some strange impression or act but apparently his tongue is so swollen that he can barely talk.
FWIW, I’ve experienced suicide w someone very close to me recently and I think that we need to give people wide latitude w their reaction to it. It’s quite common for people to have varying responses to it, including responses that may seem inappropriate to you or me. It’s evident on this thread and others in the past when someone in the news does this. There is an absolute suicide epidemic happening in the U.S. right now w rates skyrocketing everywhere. Vet rates are bonkers but it’s also up by double digits over 10 years in 49 out of 50 states. We need to address it as a public health issue.
CDC stats on suicide:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/07/u-s-suicide-rates-rise-sharply-across-the-country-new-report-shows/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2e4cca143722