‘One Cannot Shame a Depressed Person Into Getting Well’
Readers debate how we should talk about suicide
Suicide Is Not an Act of Cowardice
Earlier this month, the radio host John Ziegler tweeted that David Foster Wallace’s 2008 suicide was selfish and cowardly. In response to these comments, Ken White argued on TheAtlantic.com that Ziegler’s tweets resurrected a dangerous myth:
“When you say that the victims of suicide are cowards, you’re telling depressed people that they’re weak and contemptible for what they feel,” White wrote. “You’re reinforcing the lies they’re already
