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In reply to the discussion: Those who stigmatize mental illness are harming my family, they can all fuck off. [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)35. There is a vast difference between a 3 day involuntary commitment, based on evidence
from the people who know a person the best, who are concerned the person may harm himself or others, and locking people up indefinitely just because they are mentally ill.
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Those who stigmatize mental illness are harming my family, they can all fuck off. [View all]
Bjorn Against
May 2014
OP
There's nothing wrong with locking up someone who is a danger to himself and others
JJChambers
May 2014
#4
It says a lot about you that you would ask me to step back from an issue that effects my family
Bjorn Against
May 2014
#10
Someone who has been involuntarily committed is flagged and cannot buy a gun
JJChambers
May 2014
#44
and YOU don't have a frickin' clue what you are talking about. none. zip. zilch. zero.
cali
May 2014
#5
If homicidal ideation is grounds for involuntary committed, then a significant amount of our society
TexasTowelie
May 2014
#14
I don't know the specific details in Texas, but I believe there are similar requirements.
TexasTowelie
May 2014
#90
One may wonder your own reaction should you be committed (rightly or wrongly) involuntarily.
LanternWaste
May 2014
#98
I think we should have a way to distinguish mentally ill people like your brother
pnwmom
May 2014
#9
That part about him accumulating an arsenal is where the problem should have been dealt with
Bjorn Against
May 2014
#12
If Elliot Rodger had been involuntarily committed he would have been barred from purchasing a gun
JJChambers
May 2014
#15
They're more like to end up in prisons if they don't get treatment from hospitals and
pnwmom
May 2014
#80
Do you object to 3 day involuntary commitments for people whose family and/or doctors
pnwmom
May 2014
#32
It would reduce the numbers available, particularly of assault weapons. The fact that
pnwmom
May 2014
#81
Any limits are only as good as what the government knows about a person in order to judge
Lee-Lee
May 2014
#83
You have no business even suggesting my family may be "shielding" my brother
Bjorn Against
May 2014
#85
I am not sure about this shielding. Having dealt with the mentally ill, up to and through the courts
freshwest
May 2014
#95
Assuming his brother is dangerous merely due to mental illness is bigotry. Period.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#94
There is a vast difference between a 3 day involuntary commitment, based on evidence
pnwmom
May 2014
#35
It didn't use to be this way....AND families had better options...you didn't JUST have to decide
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#50
I don't have an answer, but for years we locked up the mentally ill, and...
TreasonousBastard
May 2014
#29
Each day on DU, there are some pretty nasty things said about Republicans in general.
1000words
May 2014
#51
"let's not pretend that it would only be people like him that would be locked away". THANK you for
uppityperson
May 2014
#38
How can your family be under attack by people on message boards on the internet?
treestar
May 2014
#41
Mental illness and hyper-machismo certainly aren't mutually exclusive, though. Just saying.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#69
As I've said before, it seems to have been a "perfect storm" of malign influences.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#74