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They are getting away with much bigger atrocities than this. People will absolutely be on board to suddenly have their trump-hating relative actually be mentally ill. Then you don't have to listen to anything they say because they are just crazy.
Even announcing trump derangement syndrome in an official setting so it can be in the news cycle for as long as they want is going to have a powerful impact on the personal, individual level much wider than what he has done this term so far really. Now anyone who disagrees with trump is crazy. That's just best case scenario.
As I said, this is straight out of Hitler's playbook and serves to prepare for the next atrocities. Nazis have traditionally been interested in giving their crimes a legal veneer.
Nope, that's not out of Hitler's playbook, that's out of Stalin's. The Nazis killed psychiatric patients and converted hospitals to barracks; they did not fill them.
Weird I didn't see the second half of your comment when I first replied. You're absolutely right and I'm terrified. The social-political environment and economy that allowed the rise of the nazis in Germany have been happening in America for decades. There are so many parallels and then within 6 months in office a LOT of big stuff is happening really fast. Federal institutions completely gutted, harassment of the employees by their government, deportation of citizens, removing birthright citizenship, and now wanting a medical diagnosis for anyone who disagrees with them.
It is absolutely terrifying and I no longer feel safe sharing my opinion anywhere because I don't know how dangerous it will be in the future.
"Guys it's right out of Hitler's playbook"
Goes back to bed