Pretty sad breach of FR etiquette to mention someone in a post and not ping them.
Again, you seem to be missing a key distinction here: Raub got into trouble not because his posts "sounded crazy" but because he posted a threat.
He was committed because when the threat was investigated, the investigating officers thought he was not all there, and they brought in an independent medical professional to verify.
Most people have no idea how powerful an accusation of mental illness is.
It ius quite serious. Most people are well aware of this.
Any so-called mental health provider can get you thirty days in lock up.
Absolutely incorrect. There needs to be a hearing and a court order.
That gives them thirty days to fill you with drugs and make you really crazy.
Again, it is counterproductive to medicate someone before you know what the diagnosis is. That's why people are held, instead of just given a scrip.
I also think this is a test case to see if anyone will stand up. So far they’ve gotten away with it.
A test case for what?
Threatening people has been illegal for centuries. This is not a new concept.
Involuntarily committing people has been legal since the introduction of modern psychiatric care.
It is also not a new concept.
The spin here seems to be: "Dude was just harmlessly expressing his personal opinions on the Internet and some government spy thought he sounded crazy and put him in a hospital."
The more we learn about this case, the more deluded that analysis looks.
So you think it’s okay for cops to come to your door and determine you’re “not all there” and haul you away.
I say “most” people aren’t aware. You say “most” people are aware. A difference of oppinon.
When I say “health care provider” I’m talking about a shrink who stands before a judge and says “This guy needs to be evaluated for 30 days.” That’s a hearing. This “independent professional” was not “independent”. Who selected him to testify? Who’s paying him? He’s going to make a diagnosis based on FB posts the cops TOLD him about? Come on!
Counterproductive? That’s my point. And if you don’t think these places won’t fill you up with drugs, you’re naive. I KNOW people who had this happen to them.