This came up in my health care forum.
Right now, you can legally detain someone medically when they are a danger to themselves or others for up to 72hrs. The details vary by state, but this is how we lock down individuals trying to suicide or someone mentally off the rails making threats of violence.
This variation on that law would also make opposition to Trump qualify.
Civil commitment can follow as with individuals who have profound mental illness and are not safe to be out in the world.
This is the loudest scream that democracy is dead short of hauling people out into the street and shooting them.
It’s important to note the police are currently the people who bring individuals in for the 72hr mental health holds.
Where are all those tyranny fighters with their guns?
Hello? Freedom fighters?
Right here! Best I can do is shoot them through the door when they come for me. Exactly what else can I do?
And be damned glad so many of us are armed or the fascists would be cutting through us like butter. Their next steps will soon be limiting or taking guns from the left and minorities. This proposal is part of that.
Hello? Freedom Fighters?
If fire fighters fight fire, and crime fighters fight crime, what do you think a “freedom fighter” actually fights?
Dun dun duuuunnnnnnn
And yet, there is actual proof (albeit circumstantial) that conservatism is literally the result of brain damage. (eg. Fetterman)
Link didn’t work for me.
An involuntary mental health hold will also restrict your rights to firearms for a long time afterwards too and need to involve psychiatrists and courts agreeing you are no longer a danger to yourself or others.
Which makes now the best time to get a firearm if you’re considering it. Just be sure to sign up for some training classes too.
Gotta love the unintentional irony of a bill that addresses the supposed mental illness of Trump opponents in such a way that it vividly illustrates the very real mental illness of Trump supporters.
Their projection is wild- assume anything that they accuse their opponents of, they are guilty of that thing. I’m not aware of any examples that don’t track
Guess who they learned this one from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union
Stay classy conservatives: “Anyone who disagrees with me is mentally ill.”
I’ve been dealing with abuse from people like this since 2020. There is a war going on. People need to start understanding that.
It’s not a game anymore.
Fascism isn’t at the door anymore. It’s a home invasion.
Michael Savage has been broadcasting this precise message to conservatives since 1995.
First they try and steal the legislature, now they try and make protest a mental condition. Obviously this won’t go anywhere but the fact that 5 people signed onto this lunacy says plenty.
Change it to put a mental health hold on any person that supports Trump and you got yourself an accurate, useful bill.
Will the 72 hours count against my pto?
