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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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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago

We educated America wrong, as a joke

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day 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

[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day 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.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day 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.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day 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?

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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.

[–] bier 3 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago

Description

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

Lucero ; Drazkowski ; Wesenberg ; Eichorn ; Gruenhagen 

Actions

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Chronological  

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

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 1 day 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!

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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!

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

It’s Minnesota.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] kane@femboys.biz 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What the fuck, no way

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 20 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.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 20 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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