[Niamh.]

This idiot is worse than Katie Hopkins, all for attention no doubt

Piers Morgan causes OUTRAGE on Twitter after making disrespectful comments on mental health issues




Piers Morgan sparked controversy once again this week when he decided to take to Twitter to air his views on mens mental health.


In his tweet, Piers suggested that males should ‘man up’ and quit talking openly about their mental health issues. His views arose after Prince Harry and William recently opened up about their mental health struggles following the death of their mother in 1997.
The 52 year-old journalist and presenter tweeted:



X Factor contestant Che Chesterman who came third in the 2015 series was just one of the tweeters who made a stand against Piers’ controversial remarks:



Piers later followed up his views stating: “Tackling mental illness is important. Also important not to make very young person feel like they have a mental illness.”

Yet, he also commented that young people now seem to be “‘jumping on the ‘Look at me, i’m a victim bandwagon'”.

Do you agree with Piers or Che on this one? Let us know your thoughts!

http://itsgoneviral.com/piers-morgan...health-issues/

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

This idiot is worse than Katie Hopkins, all for attention no doubt

Piers Morgan causes OUTRAGE on Twitter after making disrespectful comments on mental health issues




Piers Morgan sparked controversy once again this week when he decided to take to Twitter to air his views on mens mental health.


In his tweet, Piers suggested that males should ‘man up’ and quit talking openly about their mental health issues. His views arose after Prince Harry and William recently opened up about their mental health struggles following the death of their mother in 1997.
The 52 year-old journalist and presenter tweeted:



X Factor contestant Che Chesterman who came third in the 2015 series was just one of the tweeters who made a stand against Piers’ controversial remarks:



Piers later followed up his views stating: “Tackling mental illness is important. Also important not to make very young person feel like they have a mental illness.”

Yet, he also commented that young people now seem to be “‘jumping on the ‘Look at me, i’m a victim bandwagon'”.

Do you agree with Piers or Che on this one? Let us know your thoughts!

http://itsgoneviral.com/piers-morgan...health-issues/

Well Che's reply was good up until he started swearing made him look a bit of a tosser.

[Livia]

Piers Morgan is a pr1ck. I have no idea why we have still to put up with this idiot on our telly.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

This idiot is worse than Katie Hopkins, all for attention no doubt

Nail on the head there, in my opinion. His "star" was rising at one point and then he was unceremoniously booted out of US popular culture and back onto low viewership British council-telly. He is straight up emulating Hopkins, I would imagine quite consciously, because he can see that it's been getting her attention (and, funnily enough, getting her onto US TV...) lately.

[Black Dagger]

And we wonder why we have such a stigma when you get gob****es like using their media power to be so woeful.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Nail on the head there, in my opinion. His "star" was rising at one point and then he was unceremoniously booted out of US popular culture and back onto low viewership British council-telly. He is straight up emulating Hopkins, I would imagine quite consciously, because he can see that it's been getting her attention (and, funnily enough, getting her onto US TV...) lately.

Sad state of affairs when people don't even mind if everyone thinks they're an asshole as long as it makes them famous :/

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Sad state of affairs when people don't even mind if everyone thinks they're an asshole as long as it makes them famous :/

I don't think in these cases it's even about "Fame"... not in the Hollywood / Pop sense. People like Hopkins and Morgan wouldn't be happy with, say, being a triple-platinum music star or an A-list actor even if that meant being the most well-known they could be. What they want is to "feel important"... so getting a huge vocal reaction is vital. Doesn't matter to them if it's applause and back-patting or outrage and attacks. They get both, and they thrive on both.

[Withano]

How does he still have a job. This is disgusting.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Well Che's reply was good up until he started swearing made him look a bit of a tosser.

Don't be so ridiculous

[Kizzy]

Boys are socialised to be brave, not to cry and such... but why? Why are these traits feminised what the heck does 'man up' mean?

If you are hurting internalising it is never going to make it go away, whether you are a man or a woman.

Che is bang on with his analysis, maybe not the violence bit but if he has suffered himself then having a fool like morgan suggest you are somehow less of a man for it... well, I can see how that would be mightily frustrating.

As said why are these motormouths given a platform? He's of the same ilk as hopkins, I somehow feel they have been placed in positions to in effect desensitise us all :/

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Boys are socialised to be brave, not to cry and such... but why? Why are these traits feminised what the heck does 'man up' mean?

If you are hurting internalising it is never going to make it go away, whether you are a man or a woman.

Che is bang on with his analysis, maybe not the violence bit but if he has suffered himself then having a fool like morgan suggest you are somehow less of a man for it... well, I can see how that would be mightily frustrating.

As said why are these motormouths given a platform? He's of the same ilk as hopkins, I somehow feel they have been placed in positions to in effect desensitise us all :/

That's certainly food for thought Kizzy. The world feels very cold sometimes

[VanessaFeltz.]

oh **** off

i am so sick of the people acting like mental illness is a joke, people have ****ty lives because of stupid ignorant people like this man.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Livia

Piers Morgan is a pr1ck. I have no idea why we have still to put up with this idiot on our telly.

Absolutely right.
I cannot stand the man at all.

He just shows more and more ignorance, why these people get lucrative jobs and media outlets is beyond me.

[Niamh.]

Also, he's not convinced with this trend of public soul bearing yet hosts/did host a show where he encourages men and women to do just that

[Toy Soldier]

It does in part make me wonder though, if maybe Mr Morgan himself has suffered himself at some point and DID "keep it to himself" / suffered through it alone and feels that he came through the other side... probably a bit emotionally shut off.

I dunno.

It sounds a lot like there's an unsaid part of that sentence; "Why can't men these days just man up and get on with it because that's what I had to do and look at me I'm OK now." It sounds like a comment made by someone who thinks they speak from experience / have been there. He's wrong, of course, because no two people's mental health struggle is the same (which is why it's always so complex to treat) and also, like I said, if I'm right then it strikes me that he's someone who IS emotionally affected / shut off... and that's not really a full recovery.

Putting up walls is a survival technique, but it's not a real or permanent solution. They end up coming down towards th end of life and that's why we have such a crisis with people aged 70+ suffering with extreme anxiety and depression. People who have been "manning up" their entire life end up crumbling at the end of it all.

[Tom4784]

Piers Morgan in 'Piers Morgan being a ****' shocker.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by MB.

Don't be so ridiculous

How is that ridiculous ? he got his point across well,he didn't need to drop into a thuggish rant,imo.I didn't say his tweet was wrong.

[Denver]

Both ***** who need to disappear

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Both ***** who need to disappear

I cant even remember Che,but he was right about Piers except for the last bit.

[Jordan.]

Wow who knew it was as easy as "manning up" to end all mental health issues.

[smudgie]

Piers Morgan is a prize twunt, never to be taken seriously, hopefully the powers that be will realise his views on the world are unimportant and retire the twit.

[the truth]

hes an idiot at times but a necessary idiot...in a sea of liberals its vital another voice is heard and awkward questions are asked. We do live in a victim culture now and whilst the majority of people are legitimate there are some jumping on the bandwagon. if the liberals had their way they would make it illegal to ask awkward questions and destroy freedom of speech

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

hes an idiot at times but a necessary idiot...in a sea of liberals its vital another voice is heard and awkward questions are asked. We do live in a victim culture now and whilst the majority of people are legitimate there are some jumping on the bandwagon. if the liberals had their way they would make it illegal to ask awkward questions and destroy freedom of speech

With all due respect Truth, if it were someone like Germain greer who had said what he did, you would be livid and quoting the stats of male suicide etc. Infact if it had been anyone without a penis who said it you would be livid.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by the truth

hes an idiot at times but a necessary idiot...in a sea of liberals its vital another voice is heard and awkward questions are asked. We do live in a victim culture now and whilst the majority of people are legitimate there are some jumping on the bandwagon. if the liberals had their way they would make it illegal to ask awkward questions and destroy freedom of speech

Errrrrrr, Truth you are constantly talking about the high suicide rate in men. The fact that men are supposed to "man up" and not share their problems is the #1 contributing factor in male suicide... if a woman had said what Morgan said here, I am positive that you would have lost your ****ing head about it. At least try for a little consistency.

[Denver]

Male mental illness is the biggest sigma about and because of this stigma male suicides are at a high