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.
I can’t deal with it. my choices are street drugs, or just embracing being fucked up. no amount of nightmares or hallucinations is worth dealing with a psychiatrist. you can do a shit ton more towards fixing your shit without drugs than they tell you, if you figure your shit out. it’s rarely enough, often involving major changes and adaptations, and there’s basically no chance you’ll exist within normative society, but there’s more than nothing out here.