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But the police are the ones hauling people in to visit these totally unbiased doctors. What training do they have to determine if someone should be brought in?
“You’re coming with us”
“Why”
“For what you just said”
“What? I said I’m voting for the other guy”
“Yes, which implies you hate Trump. That is a sure sign of TDS”
“…”
“Come with us, ‘Doctor’ Kennedy will see you soon”
Police: "You're mentally ill."
Person: "Er no I'm not?"
Police: "Looks like anosognosia, get on the ground, now."
As if.
We're about to see a resurgence in hysteria diagnoses.
Anytime there's a woman that says something you don't like...shes hysterical. Bring her to the asylum and give her a lobotomy and/or a hysterectomy, and see if they improve.
These were common medical procedures in "the good ol days" that MAGA harkens back to...the mid 20th century. Not distant past or far away.
And yes, it was used to abuse and control women, far more than any noble reason.
Nice little side-effect of a hysterectomy is you can nut inside and never have to worry about babies or making Jesus cry.
What's the over/under on hysteria getting into the next edition of the DSM?
Edit to add: what's really great about this round (not) is we've got organized armies of virgins that are conditioned through chauvinist "influencers" and unlimited free porn to objectify and belittle women openly.
Buckle up ladies. And arm up, too. Gonna get worse before it gets better.
We're about to see a resurgence in hysteria diagnoses
Yeah, it's not a coincidence that this is happening just as they're trying to classify disagreeing with Trump as mental illness
Look up excited delirium if ya wanna have a bad time.
And cops are oh so good at diagnosing medical conditions. 🤬
Person: a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind.
Police: oh, carry on.
Kurt Cobain: just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you
Courtney Love, to herself: oh shit, he's on to me!
Sorry for getting my 90s conspiracy theory joke on your lovely Catch 22 reference 😁
That's terrifying because it's a demand you agree you're mentally ill or fucking else.
This is scenario straight out of Catch-22
trump derangement syndrome...
Wasn't homosexuality classified as a mental illness until the late 80s?
Close, it was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in 1973:
And it should be noted that many in the academic wing of fascism recognize that that change was partly the result of political pressure from activists and want to revert it. Targeting gender dysphoria is just the easy first stage.
Ultimately the scary truth is that mental illness is a socially constructed category and many mental illnesses have components with social elements. The difference between a paranoid schizophrenic hearing the voices of demons and a prophet hearing the voices of benevolent gods/ancestors can be what society they lived in. Being psychologically unable to function is inherently tied to what society deems functioning to entail. Deciding if someone is accurately perceiving reality requires an agreed upon reality.
Authoritarians know this. Maybe they wouldn't frame it like that, but they understand it nonetheless, they just often believe that they should be the arbiters of what functioning entails and of what reality is like.
If marrying and reproducing is the base expectation of society, then an unwillingness to do so can be mental illness (and that's why you shouldn't expect only homosexuality to be pathologized). If it is accepted reality that Jesus Christ performed miracles, rose from the dead, and smites masturbators, then it can be deemed delusional to think otherwise, no different from professing that aliens stole your nose for use as an aphrodisiac. If the government's goals will bring about prosperity for all, then resisting the government makes you a danger to yourself and others.
We've already accepted that the insane don't have freedom from government ~~prosecution~~ protection when they ~~use their free speech~~ display harmful symptoms. And the scary bit is that it's not like it's good or helpful to not permit any form of involuntary commitment. I can't say what the solution is, I just know the problem.
It's very hard to book an appointment to see a doctor within 12 hours. Is the plan to have a bunch of doctors on hand to rubber stamp a diagnosis?
I suspect the plan is even more nefarious than that. I think they will start by using this a lot in blue leaning, minority heavy areas. You know they will not be using this to detain Billy Joe Bob down at the watering hole who keeps seeing UFOs. Just those with suspicious complexions and suspected liberals.
Mostly they'll just let people go after 10 or 12 hours, rarely if ever actually getting someone committed. Of course, if that person was on their way to work, they will probably have been fired or docked for not showing up when they were supposed to. Police will only use it occasionally at first, most likely to punish anyone who is insufficiently docile or fails to follow police orders instantly. Then about 2-3 weeks before the election, they will ramp it up a ton. They nab people left and right and will make sure it;s all over the news and social media that people in some parts of the state are disproportionately being detained in this fashion.
Will there be lawsuits? You betcha, but they don't care. In fact, they want the lawsuits. That gives them news coverage which is what they really want. Besides, they own nearly all the judges now, and if they happen to lose a case here and there, they will surely win on the appeal.
Come election day, anyone with the wrong complexion will have to think twice before showing up at the polls to vote for fear of being detained and possibly forcibly committed for trying to vote while black.
I think that's the idea, probably another way to funnel state money to special interests.
It certainly won’t go to actual healthcare
No they'll be cna dropouts if they have any training at all
No doubt this will be used against anyone who protests king kiddy-fiddler in future, much like psychiatric hospitalization was used in the Soviet Union against dissidents.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.
-Jorjor Well
Does this apply to Trump?
If only we were that lucky!
The base has already been priming for this. "Trump Derangement Syndrome" directed at protesters and politicians.
I'm sure the psychiatrists are thrilled that their post-arrest evaluations with people who are involuntarily committed will be used to confine them forever.
AI Psychiatrist will have no problem diagnosing though
Damn think of the racketeering and money that will be made by this. This is something to be abused by real career criminals. As if the system doesn't already abuse mental health. Something very bad is happening.
Really it seems like people should be obtaining defense quietly.