Mental Health Crises Taking Their Toll on the Free Software Community (and Society in General)
Mentally disturbed individuals have not only harassed but even committed crimes against us for years. They believe that their life "sucking" is an excuse to mistreat happy, productive, sane people.
We wrote several articles about this in recent days, alluding to one particular pattern of attacks. We'll surely see more of the same as the vultures come back for another "round", especially if they smelled any "blood" the first time around.
Mental issues are a real problem and there is an occupation devoted to these. Some of the people we speak of already seek or sought professional help (it can be financially draining, either to them or to the system that sponsors it).
Society won't benefit by paying "benefits" to the same people who are a burden on society and maliciously use taxpayers' resources to attack innocent people. It's like society attacking itself, pointing a gun at its own feet.
For law-abiding, productive citizens what often remains the best option is to keep a distance, avoiding the nuisance by ignoring the perpetrators. There are limitations however, especially when abusers resort to criminal behaviour in a desperate effort to gain attention or "recognition".
Our best advice is, keep people informed. We'll write a lot more about this in the future. █