It’s a movie starring his nephew in the lead role, approved by his estate, and by all accounts it just feels like an attempt to whitewash him. This is a man who was accused of being a serial child molester, settled with a family out of court for $25 million just to avoid a trial (Chandler), and openly admitted he slept in the same bed as kids while he was an adult (Bashir interview), among other things. I don’t really see what there is to debate.
Anything pointing this out gets backlash on movie-related subreddits, which I find wild. It makes me wonder, if Epstein could sing and dance, would he have gotten a biopic too? Would people be defending him like this?
So some people’s struggles get labelled as “special needs” and are treated differently, while others are viewed with suspicion and aren’t even attempted to be understood?
Yes, the difference is a diagnosis. And confronting them. My issues are not my fault, but they are mine to deal with. But let’s not forget we’re talking about literal child predation. Alleged, yes; but that can’t be dismissed as a “struggle” without it being a slap in the face to victims…
Not sure if I can add anything to the rest of your comment worth discussing, but I don’t think a diagnosis is the end-all be-all of how to treat someone’s mental state. Similarly to how laws are a (bad) approximation of morals, diagnoses are only an approximation of someone’s mental state.