Over the course of a few months I have seen this insurgence of comments and posts everywhere. Specifically what frustrates me today was my response to a video.

I said "this behavior is inexcusable but to label him a terrible person isn't right.  They clearly need help."  I was met with a reply saying "no, stop using mental illness as an excuse."  

In the past, I have seen some comments go on to say " I have bettered my life and sought help." Great.  As you should.  But, to imply that you needed to better yourself because of your behavior clearly shows that you acted the way you did because of your mental health.  The goal is to find a cure, is it not?

You see it all of the time.  Someone does something mildly to moderately wrong to any peers that is out of their control and they need help.  Change the circumstances to anything with much more stigma and they are the scum of the earth.  Stop doing this.  I don't care what they are suffering from, everything is treatable and reformation should always be an option.