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‘Genie, You’re Free’: Suicide Is Not Liberation

DANGEROUS MESSAGE

In tribute to Robin Williams, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tweeted a still from Aladdin with the quote, “Genie, you’re free.” But suicide isn’t freedom, and it isn’t the message we should send to the depressed.

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Like so many people who have watched Robin Williams in television and movies over the years, I was shocked and saddened by the news of his death by apparent suicide.

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