[cauliflower2718]

"Sanity has nothing directly to do with the way you think. It’s a matter of presenting yourself as safe. Little old men wander around London hallucinating visibly, but no one gets upset. The same behaviour in a younger, more vigorous person would get him shut away. A Canadian study on attitudes to mental illness concluded that it was when someone’s behaviour was perceived as ‘unpredictable’ that the community rejected them. A fat lady was admiring a painting at a private view at the Tate when the artist strode over and bit her. They threw him out, but no one questioned his sanity—it was how he always behaved."

From Impro by Keith Johnstone

[space_oddity]

A fascinating and sharp commentary on how society defines "sanity"

[chasd00]

Yeah think about sociopaths. People want them shot on sight all for the crime of having a personality disorder in need of treatment.

[Der_Einzige]

Or autists. People want them shot on sight for having “tism rants”. Emphasis on the shot part given that Hans Asperger only saved those kids from literally being shot by justifying their utility to the German rocketry program…