• That's Why They're in Treatment ...

  Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:04 PM | By Melinda Henneberger
  
  
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  In a newsroom, you see right away that a high percentage of people who would like you to write about them—people with serious grievances of all kinds, against the cops or the city or the hospital or whatever—are at least a little bit crazy. Unfortunately, this makes it harder for them to get any action, because they're written off: "Guy's a nut.'' Which is especially unfortunate, because in a lot of cases, if the story is even half-true, of course he's a nut; that's what injustice in the long term tends to do to people. Maybe we shouldn't be so surprised if the generation that ran into more brick walls of sexism and racism than is currently necessary has some post-concussive issues as a result; they are entitled to their tirades—and to our respect, though I don't think we honor their sacrifice by refusing to see that they actually did accomplish something.
  Filed under: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, sex discrimination, middle-aged women, race, campaign 2008, Jeremiah Wright
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