[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I do appreciate the wall of humanistic sophistry.
I’ll stick with God who is a “no compromise” kind of God.
He has no dialectic to synthesize.

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In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Blood pressure drug holds promise for treating PTSD (Clonidine), ransomnote wrote:

I worry about the use of a medication used to calm anger/aggression in children, treat anxiety and with a side effect of sedation being distributed to the public as a blood pressure medication. Here's an example of a study on adolescents.

Clonidine as a Treatment of Behavioural Disturbances in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review

I feel like the gov often just wants to sedate us. Aren't there enough blood pressure meds out there already?

I read recently that SSRIs' used for depression actually had no significant impact on that illness. Yet so many Americans are on Antidepressants.

Clonidine cannot be taken with antidepressents, so this looks like a strategy to net as many of the remaining 64% of the population not on them with 'calming' agents like Clonidine.

Blood pressure drug holds promise for treating PTSD (Clonidine)
Medical Xpress / Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University / Molecular Psychiatry ^ | Jan. 5, 2022 | Shalini Saggu et al

Posted on 1/6/2023, 3:38:13 PM by ConservativeMind

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In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 01/04/2023 Vol.444, Q Day 1895, Cletus.D.Yokel wrote:

I do appreciate the wall of humanistic sophistry.
I’ll stick with God who is a “no compromise” kind of God.
He has no dialectic to synthesize.

I stated real world examples of the strategy under discussion (on this forum, on the Chan, and in real life) and you countered with the accusation that I'm engaging in 'humanistic sophistry'.

Rather than explain why my examples don't apply in this situation, you cite humanism:

You cite 'sophistry'.

And you then cite God. Well then....

In Matthew 5:38–39, Jesus says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”

A word about the “slap” that Jesus says we should endure. Jesus here speaks of personal slights of any kind. The slap (or the “smiting,” as the KJV has it) does not have to involve literal, physical violence. Even in our day, a “slap in the face” is a metaphor for an unexpected insult or offense. Did someone insult you? Let him, Jesus says. Are you shocked and offended? Don’t be. And don’t return insult for insult. Turn the other cheek.

https://www.gotquestions.org/turn-other-cheek.html