• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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    22 hours ago

    I had to look up what TDS is and for others, it’s short for “Trump Derangement Syndrome”, an epithet MAGA put on people they don’t like to insinuate that they fear Trump and his ilk.

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      18 hours ago

      They also wanted to define this as an actual mental illness, because psychiatric care already isn’t weaponized against people with politically inconvenient views in the US enough.

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        because psychiatric care already isn’t weaponized against people with politically inconvenient views in the US enough

        Holy shit I have never seen another person acknowledge this before, wild! And I should have by now considering I bring it up a decent bit (it’s actually the biggest reason I don’t support “mental health checks” for gun purchases, as it would be weaponized against trans people immediately like they already do with purchase/carry permits against black people. And don’t think Dems are going to help with that at all, they’ll actively help the republicans suppress minority gun rights just because “gun bad,” doubly so because they also have recently abandoned trans people. And imo trans would only be first, who knows what group would be next.) It just gives them another avenue to deny rights to people they don’t like.

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          Being trans alone = “mental illness.” I had a voluntary stay upgraded to involuntary when I tried to leave (after realizing that they had no intention of actually helping me.)

          “Oh, you are feeling suicidal because the president is a FUCKING RAPIST? Let’s get you fired from your job and lock you in a room where people can misgender and physically assault you.”

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              Isn’t it wonderful?

              I need mental health care because I have PTSD from “mental health care.” I was tortured in a troubled teen facility and almost twenty years later spend my nightmares there. But seeking mental health care is a trap. It’s amazing that asking for help in December only made my PTSD worse - that now I can flash back to assaults when I was 14 and when I was 30.

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      21 hours ago

      They’re trying to redefine Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome, like Disney “on ice”