Posted on 08/23/2012 5:49:29 AM PDT by lward99
Is Brandon Raub a political prisoner of the Obama Administration? That is the impression you receive if you talk to members of an organization called Special Operations Speaks. In a press release the group states, “Brandon Raub, a 26-year-old former Marine who completed tours of Iraq and Afghanistan and lives in Chesterfield, Va., was recently arrested and forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility for mental evaluation by a court based solely on controversial Facebook postings, which took the form of song lyrics, political messages and virtual card games.”
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What did he post? You don't know. We don't know.
If you threaten someone on social media you can be arrested.
That's not controversial.
26 is a prime age for the onset of schizophrenia, and that onset could be exacerbated by the stresses of combat.
It's entirely possible that he is ill.
It would be nice to have more facts and less shrill hysterics.
yes, I believe he is. This is sad and frightening for all Americans.
Three military retirees in this family think the Special Ops folks are “AWESOME!”, and we believe they are right to express their concern over security leaks. They have put their lives on the line in more ways than any of us will ever know, and they do it with honor, integrity and courage. God bless ‘em!
If he is re-elected, this can happen to anybody. Tell this story to all your liberal friends, if you have any. If not, leave it on the desks of liberals and watch their heads explode.
Many have already gone there and reported nothing out of the ordinary of anyone pissed at the current government, left and right. I saw his lawyer on Becks news show last night and he is not charged with anything, nothing and they won’t give him any information at all. Doesn’t that make your spidey senses tingle just a little?
I would consider being a 9/11 Truther "out of the ordinary." This is definitely an indicator of potential mental illness.
I saw his lawyer on Becks news show last night and he is not charged with anything, nothing and they won’t give him any information at all.
From my understanding, he was not charged because he was put on a 30 day psych hold.
Doesn’t that make your spidey senses tingle just a little?
If he were being held in a prison indefinitely without charges, it certainly would.
The fact that he is being held in a medical facility for 30 days in order to evaluate his health is less concerning. That's not an uncommon phenomenon, even among those without a strong internet following.
If, at the end of 30 days, he is not either released or found to be insane by independent physicians, then I would be much more concerned.
“If you threaten someone on social media you can be arrested.”
The cops say he wasn’t arrested, and they didn’t file any such charges against him.
“26 is a prime age for the onset of schizophrenia, and that onset could be exacerbated by the stresses of combat.”
Do you believe schizophrenia is something that can be diagnosed from Facebook posts, yet would be missed by all of the people who actually know him in real life?
“It’s entirely possible that he is ill.”
It’s just as possible, and I’d say more likely, that he isn’t. Even if he is, the government must follow the proper procedures if they want to institutionalize him or even send him for a mental evaluation, which they failed to do.
“Many have already gone there and reported nothing out of the ordinary of anyone pissed at the current government, left and right.”
There was at least one news story that revealed that the posts in question were made on a private group, not publicly viewable to people not in that group. So, we do not know exactly what he posted just because people have looked at his FB page.
Raub isn’t the only one this kind of thing has happened to recently. I have read and heard other accounts of official visits based on pro-freedom internet posts, Youtube and radio call-in comments. Authorities seem to skirt the 4th amendment by exploiting the mental health angle.
The way things are going, if you don’t quietly accept tyranny, someone will eventually accuse you of being crazy.
As I said: "you can be arrested." In this case it appears that the officers on the scene decided that his situation was more medical than criminal.
Do you believe schizophrenia is something that can be diagnosed from Facebook posts, yet would be missed by all of the people who actually know him in real life?
I would think that while it cannot be diagnosed from Facebook posts, it can be diagnosed by a 30 day psychiatric evaluation - which is what is happening now.
And, since do not have full statements "by all of the people who actually know him" we do not know if any potential mental illness was "missed" by them.
I would also point out that those closest to a mentally ill person are often the ones least willing to admit that there may be a problem.
It’s just as possible, and I’d say more likely, that he isn’t.
While it is possible that he has no problem, I'm not sure how you arrive at "more likely."
Even if he is, the government must follow the proper procedures if they want to institutionalize him or even send him for a mental evaluation, which they failed to do.
How have they "failed" exactly? What did they need to do that they did not do?
Well, it's okay to yell Kill the Crackers! Kill their babies in the nurseries!"
That's perfectly fine. Do it in public on the streets of Philly.
Show up armed at the polls to intimidate whitey, that's fine too.
If that doesn't wake you up, perhaps the video below will. It took place on the campus of Howard University and it is a supposed black 'professor' speaking. Howard University is the premier American black university.
His accusers should be named and identified. Every accused has the right to know and face his/her accusers.
This administration is just another Communist Dictatorship ramping up for their big day...
Since he's not charged with anything, he doesn't have any "accusers."
The name of the physician who recommended his evaluation is probably on the affidavit.
Precisely.
We are being bombarded, so I know it’s hard to be outraged by every story. However, I find the indifference to this story disconcerting. Not-so-distant history tells us this is a very dangerous slippery slope.
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In the Soviet Union, systematic political abuse of psychiatry took place. This method was also employed against religious prisoners and most especially against well-educated former atheists who adopted a religion. In such cases their religious faith was determined to be a form of mental illness that needed to be cured. Formerly highly classified extant documents from “Special file” of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union published after the dissolution of the Soviet Union demonstrate that the authorities of the country quite consciously used psychiatry as a tool to suppress dissent. |
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Putting you in a psych ward is SOP for totalitarian regimes. They are so concerned about the guy they moved him to a facility 3 hours away from his family and legal team.
That hate-filled loon says all kinds of outrageous things.
Sorry, but last I heard we don't arrest and imprison people because it's "possible" they "may" be ill. That some could disagree means we need as much shrill hysterics as possible to draw attention to this.
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