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California Court Decides that Radical Leftist Extremism Is a Form of Mental Illness as Riddhi Patel is Granted Mental Health Diversion
Gateway Pundit ^
| February 19, 2056
| Joel Gilbert
Posted on 02/19/2026 2:50:54 PM PST by artichokegrower
By now, the case of Riddhi Patel, the left wing activist who threatened to murder members of the Bakersfield City Council, has become more than just another local criminal proceeding.
What once looked like a high-profile public safety and political extremism case evolved into a de facto legal determination that radical left political behavior is a matter of mental health rather than ideological disagreement.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: california; californication; leftistextremism; liberaltruth
Liberalism is a mental disease
To: artichokegrower
To: artichokegrower
How much does it cost to put this on every billboard?
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posted on
02/19/2026 2:58:11 PM PST
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: artichokegrower
And it is a mental illness.
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posted on
02/19/2026 2:58:25 PM PST
by
ReganFan4ever
(Jesus saves, Moses invests.)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
02/19/2026 3:04:00 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Yesterday only comes one time. —Sorrells Pickard)
To: artichokegrower
Riddhi Patel

Another worthless red-dot spouting rubbish America hating crap.
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posted on
02/19/2026 3:06:41 PM PST
by
Bikkuri
('China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention)
To: artichokegrower
This sounds like an attempt to derail any jail time.
After all, the Cra-Cra didn’t mean it.
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posted on
02/19/2026 3:08:49 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: artichokegrower
Shock or Lobotomy treatment for her
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posted on
02/19/2026 4:33:10 PM PST
by
butlerweave
(Fateh)
To: artichokegrower
She is just normal for a democrat. She is not considered a violent nutjob in the democrat socialist party.
To: artichokegrower
So some dangerous certifiable nut case should be allowed to walk free in society because he’s a dangerous nut case?
Does finding him to be crazy suddenly make him safe?
I think we are the crazy ones for putting up with this insanity!
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posted on
02/19/2026 10:21:58 PM PST
by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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