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hockeybub89 posted...

Why does he have to be likeable? A lot of real life murderers were failed by society. It doesn't condone the horrors they committed and are fully responsible for, but it still might have all been prevented if they weren't abused or if the red flags were immediately addressed or what have you.

The flaw here is assuming there always has to be a sympathetic character.

Because my point is directed at people who act like Joker is a commentary on mental illness in general, but again what you're saying means the message is essentially "help mentally ill people because if you don't one might kill you" which is a horrible message when you're trying to speak generally about mental illness.

But your point is moot anyway because he's obviously supposed to be a sympathetic character.

You could argue Jeffrey Dahmer was mentally ill and failed by society, but telling people "any mentally ill person could potentially be pushed to be Jeffrey Dahmer" is not only untrue, but entirely fucked up to say when so many people already have views that mentally ill people are dangerous.