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mopinko

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10. i think we need a way better definition of mentally ill.
Thu Oct 26, 2023, 09:36 AM
Oct 2023

we define it in law so that ppl not in control of their brains get different treatment in court than cold blooded assholes. it doesnt mean they get off. it often means harsher incarceration in facilities for the ‘criminally insane’, for indeterminate time.
it only recognizes dsm axis 1 disorders.

but there r many forms of mental defects that leads to ppl doing things that r clearly ‘insane’, doing things at odds w their well being and survival. addiction, brain tumors, even some meds, lead ppl to do things that threaten their own lives and those around them.

this guy seems to have had an actual axis 1 disorder. but i think it’s a fair definition of the word crazy to say yes, magats r all crazy, and shooters r too. they certainly arent adults.

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