Tag: Liza Long
A Challenge to “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”
As I write these words on a Monday evening, my spirit aches. It aches with grief for the lives lost in Connecticut last week; it aches with dread for our collective American future in Sandy Hookâs aftermath; and it aches with love and empathy for Michael, a thirteen-year old boy whose once private life has, for the last day and a half, been on display for millions to see, exploited by a mother whose opinions are representative of Americaâs most pervasive mass delusion: that âmental illnessâ is a biologically-based condition requiring psychopharmaceutical âtreatmentâ and âmental health careâ, and that âthe mentally illâ are a class of Other that threatens the safety, security, and health of America.