krosty
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02/08/2013 03:10 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Doctor warns that Obama is planning to take over psychiatry This has scary reminders of soviet union abuse of psychiatry in the 80s Sen. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican and NRA backer, objected to President Obama’s proposals but agreed the “focus should be on mental health.” Others, while proclaiming support for the Second Amendment, propose “a meaningful conversation about mental health,” or that we should “identify people who are mentally ill.” After all, how could anyone support guns in the hands of the mentally ill?
Wait … not so fast. The problem is one of definition: Who is mentally ill?
The use of psychiatry against dissidents in the Soviet Union was one of the major human rights scandals of the 1970s and 1980s. Overt tyrants don’t need to employ psychiatry as a weapon, but establishing a dictatorship that pretends to be a republic requires a stealthy way of silencing opponents. As the Soviets discovered, not everyone is afraid to speak out, and when dissidents are perceived by the public as speaking truth, they must somehow be discredited.
What better way than to be labeled mentally ill? That accomplishes two things: First, the mentally ill person can be silenced and secreted away into a mental institution. And secondly – this is especially important for prominent people who may have left behind their written statement – it discredits the person’s beliefs. If the dissident is determined by “great medical men of learning” to be “mentally ill,” then people will be less likely to take his words seriously.Read more at [ link to www.wnd.com] |
AtsuiPanda
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02/08/2013 03:15 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Doctor warns that Obama is planning to take over psychiatry the time to take a stand is passing :/sdfhasdfshasd/:
Those who live by the sword die by the sword, those who don't live by the sword are subject to those who do. |
krosty (OP)
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02/08/2013 03:18 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Doctor warns that Obama is planning to take over psychiatry the time to take a stand is passing
Quoting: AtsuiPanda Knowlege is power, thus we are already beaten. |
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02/08/2013 03:21 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Doctor warns that Obama is planning to take over psychiatry I see all who aspire to governmental positions to be insane to variable degrees. So insane, that they have absolutely zero comprehension of that fact. |
