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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How much does it cost to put this on every billboard?
And it is a mental illness.
bump

This sounds like an attempt to derail any jail time.
After all, the Cra-Cra didn’t mean it.
Shock or Lobotomy treatment for her
She is just normal for a democrat. She is not considered a violent nutjob in the democrat socialist party.
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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