Are you guilty of thought crimes?
“Get ready for the next phase of the government’s war on thought crimes: mental health round-ups and involuntary detentions.”
“As the AP reports, federal officials are already looking into how to add “‘
identifiable patient data,’ such as mental health, substance use and behavioral health information from group homes, shelters, jails, detox facilities and schools,” to its surveillance toolkit.
Make no mistake: these are the building blocks for an American gulag no less sinister than that of the gulags of the Cold War-era Soviet Union.”
“Coupled with the report on “
Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” issued by the Department of Homeland Security (curiously enough, a Soviet term), which broadly defines rightwing extremists as individuals and groups “that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely,” these tactics bode ill for anyone seen as opposing the government.”
“The problem, of course, is that the diagnosis of mental illness, while a legitimate concern for some Americans, has over time become a convenient means by which the government and its corporate partners can penalize certain “unacceptable” social behaviors.”
“Moreover, as a
New York Times editorial warns, you may be an anti-government extremist (a.k.a.
domestic terrorist) in the eyes of the police if you are afraid that the
government is plotting to confiscate your firearms, if you believe the
economy is about to collapse and the
government will soon declare martial law, or if you display an unusual number of
political and/or ideological bumper stickers on your car.”
Under the guise of public health and safety, the government could use mental health care as a pretext for targeting and locking up dissidents, activists and anyone unfortunate enough to be placed on a government watch list.
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If you’re a veteran, the gov sees you as a massive domestic terrorist threat, just fyi.