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These are severely ill people who will die prematurely even if they get the help that they need. Do you walk up to cancer patients and go: "oh you are so beautiful just the way you are, never change"?
Nope. Just told my uncle the other day that we both know his weight will kill him. Then, I respected his autonomy. See, you can criticize those close to you without shaming strangers and projecting your insecurities onto them. If they want to eat themselves to death, that's their fucking business.
That's the thing though. We do care for suicidal people in this society. We should care even if they're killing themselves slowly. It's not a choice they're making. It's literally mental illness.
As a suicidal person, no we fucking don't care about suicidal people in this society.