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.

  • @Captain_J@lemmy.world
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    1318 hours ago

    WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.

    Free speech is dead. Democracy is dead. And now the individuals who criticize Trump can be detained in a mental hospital.

    Yep, we’re back to the 1930s folks