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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] 3 points 9 hours ago

I'm not sure why Bill is presenting this shit, but he should stop!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago

These fucking unimaginative regressive vengeful idiots - they just ripped off ODS and CDS and tried to make it a thing during donvict's first term, and then, ironically had such a case of BDS under Biden [1].

Now the bootlicks want to enshrine "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (not a real thing) into law?

[1] ODS, CDS and BDS are and were actual things on the right, though. They kept claiming that these milquetoast center-right Democratic presidents were tyrannical, were going to take their guns, create death panels, bring about a Marxist regime, that qons were being "censored" (lol), and so on....that's some serious derangement.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

U guys remember that scene in Schindler’s List where the little girl is screaming “Good bye you Jews!” To all the families as they are being marched off to a slave labor camp? Well this is how that sorta shit starts. Make the opposition the demon and get away with anything.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

This is indeed how that sorta shit starts.

Worse, Americans also seem to have forgotten how to make that sort of shit end. Everyone agreed on what to do with Nazis 80 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

You mean import the upper level Nazis into America ala Operation Paperclip?

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

Everyone certainly did not agree. A very sizable segment of US citizens were Nazi sympathizers before and after WWII. Remember what it took for the United States to get involved in the war effort in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This is unhinged. I hope it doesn't pass.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 16 hours ago

It won't. Even if it did Walz would would veto it.

Every single elected Nazi will probably vote for it, but they don't have a majority and they are super upset about it.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 16 hours ago

We educated America wrong, as a joke

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Description

Trump Derangement Syndrome addition to the definition of mental illness
Authors (5)

Lucero ; Drazkowski ; Wesenberg ; Eichorn ; Gruenhagen 

Actions

Separated  
Chronological  

Senate
03/17/2025 Introduction and first reading
Intro
03/17/2025 Referred to Health and Human Services

[–] [email protected] 23 points 16 hours ago

We live in a world where people worship a businessman/politician as the literal second coming of their messiah, but "Trump Derangement Syndrome" refers to people who are critical of a convicted felon who openly ran for office to kill further prosecutions against him

[–] [email protected] 30 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Subd. 28. Trump Derangement Syndrome.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome" means the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump. Symptoms may include Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump's behavior.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Psychic pathology is a phrase that could go in several directions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is the litmus test for our democracy. If it passes we are so unbelievably fucking cooked.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

We've been hurtling past brightline after brightline for decades. Now it is so flagrantly obvious, can it get any more obvious than multiple Goose-step Salutes, but more importantly the propaganda spin to play them off and justify it as not being a disqualifying action. They used to have to dog whistle their zeal for bigotry and xenophobia.

The question is, what the actual fuck are we going to do about it?

Organize? Direct action? That magic word that happens when you mash up insurance and male arousal? The DNC would not support or pardon folks involved in that effort, and the corporate media would absolutely vilify it.

The answer is obvious, with historical underpinning, although we still have to figure out how to "televise the revolution" in this day and age.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

That will never pass in Minnesota. Who authored the bill?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

republicans there are really pissed-off they couldn't do any damage when they had that manufactured one-seat house majority.

they're also trying to recall every single DFLer from the state house.

they used to be independent republicans. not anymore. they're all hooked on the maga ~~juice~~diaper leakage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

The independent Republicans were all pushed out of the party when they opposed Trump. Some were beaten in primaries, most saw it coming and retired.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Agreed that it'll never pass in MN. The question is, how long until a copy of this is introduced in some red state where it could pass?

Lucero ; Drazkowski ; Wesenberg ; Eichorn ; Gruenhagen

Edit: Hit save too soon

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago

screams in Tennessee

Our legislative body here is dying to suckle at the hamberder teet. Hell they are trying to rename the Nashville international airport (BNA) to Trump international.

That orange mofo isn't even from Tennessee.

Like God damn.. can you bend over further?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

At the apex of the pyramid comes Big ~~Brother~~ Orange. Big ~~Brother~~ Orange is infallible and all-powerful. Every success, every achievement, every victory, every scientific discovery, all knowledge, all wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration.

What's not to love? Of course anyone that doesn't like this guy would have to be mental!

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This post and the responses make me glad I was private schooled.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is PROOF that Republicans LOVE Freedom and are NOT Snowflakes or Fascists!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

I know it's tough, but just try to breathe evenly, look out the window for a while. It'll soon pass. Don't give up the fight!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I would greatly appreciate if articles like this would include the state in the title.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

It’s Minnesota.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What's interesting is that I don't think this is in the DSM

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This is not good. Eta; has anyone mentioned similar bills in other states?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Since 2016, quite a few. And probably before that too. And probably significantly more since 2025.

As horrible as this one is, the real problem is in numbers: every single bullshit law introduced by MAGAGOP must be called out and ultimately repealed. This democracy isn't dying with a bang, it''s dying by 1000 cuts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

What the fuck, no way

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Lots of people are about to be diagnosed some type of delirium.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Delirium is transient, temporary.

This can happen with medication, UTIs in old people, old people in a prolonged hospital stay away from their set home environment, etc. Fix the trigger and you fix the delirium.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

For a while, american police were diagnosing people with cases of "excited delirium". They would say the person was unresponsive to commands, and due to their mental state, were a danger to themselves and others.

The officer feared for their life. That's why the officer had to be involved in a shooting, resulting in injuries, and the person would later die in an ambulance or hospital.

Sometimes they used it as an excuse to kneel on people's necks. In some cases, the people they were detaining begged for their lives, only to expire later due to injuries sustained from the arrest.

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