Why is it, if people suspect someone has a mental illness they taunt them ?

When people suspect someone is unwell, they spread the word to others, or even shout it out " you're mad/ your head isn't good." If the person's behaviour isn't erratic or manic, why do that instead of calmly approaching the person about their strange behaviour and suggest the seek help.

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Patientlywaiting · 46-50, F

We should try to feel compassion for these people too. I feel often if people have never experienced care, they don't know how to feel that or reflect it back so they are lacking the grounding and insight to recognise what they are doing. Sometimes they are just showing their own hurt in the only way they know how.