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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Link didn't work for me.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Where are all those tyranny fighters with their guns?

Hello? Freedom fighters?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Hello? Freedom Fighters?

If fire fighters fight fire, and crime fighters fight crime, what do you think a "freedom fighter" actually fights?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Dun dun duuuunnnnnnn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

And yet, there is actual proof (albeit circumstantial) that conservatism is literally the result of brain damage. (eg. Fetterman)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Will the 72 hours count against my pto?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago

Change it to put a mental health hold on any person that supports Trump and you got yourself an accurate, useful bill.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 12 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Stay classy conservatives: "Anyone who disagrees with me is mentally ill."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Michael Savage has been broadcasting this precise message to conservatives since 1995.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Fascism isn't at the door anymore. It's a home invasion.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

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