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To: little jeremiah
***Sure, the USSR used “mentally ill” to describe dissidents. But that doesn’t shed any light on the actual problem in the US with dangerous psychotic people who should not be free to commit harm to others***

The point of mentioning the Serbsky Center is just to point out that there is a Constitutional problem with incarcerating the mentally ill; we don't just grab people considered 'ill' and put them away. There has to be due process.

Due process is a huge hurdle to the Dems and the Left, as we see with Justice Kavanaugh and Prez Donald Trump - the Libs want to determine who is guilty and who is innocent without due process... they know better than the Constitution.

That is where the problem arises. ☠️ If the Libs ever take total power in this country, you and I are on their short list. - - - It does present a sticky wicket. :)

602 posted on 08/06/2019 9:23:49 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a Criminal Enterprise)
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To: Bob Ireland

I agree - serious due process is essential.

But I will also state my position, which is generally applicable, not specific to this topic, and I have thought this for a long time:

Being opposed to legitimate governmental oversight of whatever kind - fed, state, local but esp fed - on the grounds that “if the Dems/commies get control of government they could use this against us/in a bad way” etc. is specious. Commies can use any good law and twist it, ignore laws they don’t like, and make up unconstituional laws, or just take actions without any legal back up whatever, to destroy their percieved enemies.

So worrying about actually needed governmental oversight because sometime in the future commies could misuse leads to “let’s get rid of all laws and government” and we know where that quickly leads.


607 posted on 08/06/2019 9:34:52 AM PDT by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations.)
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