I was scrolling through Facebook and I noticed a friend shared a link to an article. Taking out politics and how people feel about the president I was trying to be objective and read what the opposition to my opinion thinks. I always attempt to do this so I can have an understanding of opposing thought processes, and view points to the aim of having an intellectual conversation with people about these issues in the future. When I read the article (which entirely was alarming) I came across the most terrifying paragraph I have ever read stated by Brandy Lee a Yale psychiatrist:
" "We are now entering my specialty: public health approaches to violence prevention, and how to stop epidemics of violence before they happen," Lee added. "Individual violence is hardly predictable, since even the most violent individuals are not violent most of the time, but societal violence is entirely predictable. Prevention is still hard to talk about, since we must act before we see things unfold, but it is highly effective. It is true of pandemics, and it is true of mental health. We can enlighten ourselves through science and prevent catastrophes before they occur. "
I cannot even begin to state how what she's saying is not only a blatant disregard and disrespect for our constitution of These United States of America, but an out right burning of people's civil liberties. She is out right advocating for the complete disregard of due process and the fact that our Judicial system works based on people being innocent UNTIL proven guilty. People don't understand right now that our civil liberties outlined in the constitution are not subject to a temporary suspension in a pandemic or any other time.
I'll link the article below but I thought y'all might want to see just what people are saying right now.
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/23/yale-psychiatrist-bandy-lee-lockdown-protesters-resemble-child-soldiers-and-urban-gangs/
Oh good, red flag laws upscaled, sounds like a great way to stop an uprising of any sort 😑
The link isnt working for me to read the whole article but im going to go ahead and assume my blood pressure doesnt need to spike that hard
Yeah it's pretty bad. Mine was definitely wayyy higher after reading it.
I wrote earlier today that the flavor du jour was moron and this just shows me I missed the crazy sprinkles on top. Look, yeah it is scary that these 'things' would even dare to put out this kind of claptrap. The truth of the matter though is this....are you going to listen to it? Are you going to allow it or are you going to beat it down with a laugh and a sound argument? Are you going to allow some retarded idiot who sits in a think-tank or a college, because they are not compatible with real life, make decisions for you? I want people to remember something....this country was not built by college graduates. This country was built by learned men who also were out there doing the hard things. Not just sitting around and talking about it. So I say this to you, you need to decide where and how you stand. For me? I will not back down. I know history and have a pretty good understanding of people. When you can get yourself to the point that you really don't care what others think of you and you refuse to go along with herd mentality, you will have a darned good chance of surviving. You will also become a target. The wannabes cannot stand a person or persons who will not swallow their garbage and will hate you for it. This is where the laughter comes into play and then the sound argument. Take a page from their own playbook and turn it on them and watch what happens. Throw out the PC. There really isn't any place in society for it. This was something they thought up to control you. Thank the Father, I don't have a single political correct bone in my body. Now that's not to say I don't try to be kind, I do. I also have been known to thoroughly piss people off with my opinions, lol. Don't like them? Can't come up with a good reason why I shouldn't think that way? Oh well, I guess it sucks to be you. Harsh? Nope, realistic. My experiences are different than yours. I hope you think about this concept as it would pertain to you and your life and ideas. It's not about me. It's a way of being that needs to be looked at again and developed inside us once more.
I understand exactly what you're saying. Thought people would want to know about the stuff phycological experts are saying. Yes to me this is terrifying. However, that doesn't mean I buy their narrative as the only way. What scares me about the whole thing is the ignorance people have when they see people like that on the news saying things like she did in the article. They take it as fact and when that happens people vote on that. Ya willing this virus may have changed some hearts and minds in various topics.
To ignore things being said like this leaves you even more unprepared. You always want to know what the opposite opinion is thinking. When you don't, that's how you get blindsided. I don't care about PC I care about being polite and trying to win hearts and minds one conversation at a time. And it works when I do. That just my opinion and my experience though.
Well said,