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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: california; californication; leftistextremism; liberaltruth
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Liberalism is a mental disease
1 posted on 02/19/2026 2:50:54 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

YouTube video of nut job from India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPsZDsCvedw&t=18s


2 posted on 02/19/2026 2:52:24 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

How much does it cost to put this on every billboard?


3 posted on 02/19/2026 2:58:11 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: artichokegrower

And it is a mental illness.


4 posted on 02/19/2026 2:58:25 PM PST by ReganFan4ever (Jesus saves, Moses invests.)
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To: artichokegrower

bump


5 posted on 02/19/2026 3:04:00 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Yesterday only comes one time. —Sorrells Pickard)
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To: artichokegrower


Riddhi Patel


Another worthless red-dot spouting rubbish America hating crap.

6 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)
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To: artichokegrower

This sounds like an attempt to derail any jail time.

After all, the Cra-Cra didn’t mean it.


7 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.)
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To: artichokegrower

Shock or Lobotomy treatment for her


8 posted on 02/19/2026 4:33:10 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: artichokegrower

She is just normal for a democrat. She is not considered a violent nutjob in the democrat socialist party.


9 posted on 02/19/2026 8:00:55 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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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!


10 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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