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gollygee

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44. Stalinist re-education camps?

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #34)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:41 PM

Jan 2013

What? Where does that comparison come from? What information do you have about Stalinist re-education camps?

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MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL MENTALLY ILL [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 OP

That is true, however, it doesn't mean that Skidmore Jan 2013 #1

The nation should H2O Man Jan 2013 #3

Agree. My fear is that if we don't tackle some of these Skidmore Jan 2013 #5

History teaches us marions ghost Jan 2013 #19

You are absolutely right, but by the looks of this thread we can't even A Simple Game Jan 2013 #17

This is true and it's a sickening tragedy. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #6

What Skidmore said tavalon Jan 2013 #10

nations-jails-struggle-with-mentally-ill-prisoners PADemD Jan 2013 #2

If suicides are going to be used as a justification for gun control hack89 Jan 2013 #4

and I thought mgardener Jan 2013 #7

The desire to purchase a hand gun or assault weapon is a clear indication of mental illness bowens43 Jan 2013 #8

It is undiagnosed in those cases, though. DaveJ Jan 2013 #15

Let's see. You have panic attacks, anxiety, depression. Denninmi Jan 2013 #50

Or, a mom suffers from silentwarrior Jan 2013 #57

That's what I always thought... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #16

I have to disagree with that broad brush ecstatic Jan 2013 #68

"Opinion I disagree with" is not a medical condition. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #72

It works for me tavalon Jan 2013 #9

Republicans=Stepford Wives elias7 Jan 2013 #11

I agree with you: screw the RW and screw the mentally ill....... marble falls Jan 2013 #12

Nothing that tax cuts for the rich, entitlement cuts for the poor and another war or two won't fix Fumesucker Jan 2013 #13

I'd like to see some of these gun people submit to BainsBane Jan 2013 #14

Gun control should include mandatory mental health exams for ALL gun owners. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #18

What sort of test? how is it interpreted? how often is it given? HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #22

Cool - government payed for health care for gun users only. hack89 Jan 2013 #25

A little fear, a dash of ignorance, some cherry-picking--shake: mentally ill are the problem. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #20

If law-abiding, peaceful gun owners were treated the same as the mentally ill are currently treated Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #21

Really, what these people need is treatment and reeducation Fumesucker Jan 2013 #23

Well, that's just awesome. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #27

Are you trying to argue that drug users don't need treatment? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #30

I can't tell if you're serious or not. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #34

The perspective is a little different than what you're used to seeing Fumesucker Jan 2013 #37

John Lennon songs? Now I know you're not serious. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #39

Lennon was just making an observation of society Fumesucker Jan 2013 #40

Which just goes to show Lennon had a warped perspective. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #42

Right, statistically you're much safer without a gun yet and people buy them for "protection" Fumesucker Jan 2013 #43

You should talk to Nadin Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #45

This guy was up the road only a little bit from me Fumesucker Jan 2013 #49

So, if I read this correctly Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #53

Not exactly Fumesucker Jan 2013 #59

Stalinist re-education camps? gollygee Jan 2013 #44

It comes from his statement that tens of millions of otherwise peaceful people Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #48

It sounds to me like he's trying to turn around this "mental health" issue gollygee Jan 2013 #51

So those who aren't mentally ill are treated as mentally ill while the mentally ill Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #54

OK see you're spouting off silly stuff again gollygee Jan 2013 #55

So, I'm bipolar/PTSD - why do I need a babysitter, or a parole officer? Denninmi Jan 2013 #63

If you're a danger to yourself and others? Yes. Absolutely. If you're enough of a danger Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #64

Another kind thing to say. Denninmi Jan 2013 #66

I said "if." Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #75

Actually if you'd listened to the President Cetacea Jan 2013 #76

I didn't get to hear the President but the argument you are making makes no sense. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #78

++! n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #80

Yeah those Twinkie addicts are mentally ill also right? dkf Jan 2013 #81

Wait, did someone kill a classroom full of kids lately with a Twinkie? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #84

I'm talking about the impulse to buy what is about to disappear. dkf Jan 2013 #85

That's why I addressed the mass slaughter Fumesucker Jan 2013 #86

Showing empathy doesn't mean you are willing to let yourself be hurt or killed. dkf Jan 2013 #89

Having a gun increases your family's chance of suffering death by gunshot Fumesucker Jan 2013 #92

I can be disgusted at what happened... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #90

Something tells me sporting goods stores will still stock guns in the future. Denninmi Jan 2013 #87

But what type? dkf Jan 2013 #91

Not the expert there, can't really help you. Denninmi Jan 2013 #93

Specifically, how would you make it more difficult for the mentally ill to purchase guns? HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #26

How about we make it easier for the authorities to treat the mentally ill. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #29

Treating the mentally ill costs big money Fumesucker Jan 2013 #31

Not treating the mentally ill costs big money Bonn1997 Jan 2013 #70

Those costs are largely hidden from the public, distributed around in a lot of different ways Fumesucker Jan 2013 #71

I don't necessarily disagree but... Bonn1997 Jan 2013 #73

How will you identify those 10 among 300 million Americans? HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #32

I blame those who actually commit the crimes Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #38

It's really odd that the unconditioned risk gets invokedfor gun owners but not the mentally ill. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #41

"Every mass shooting was done by a person with a gun." Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #52

Back to the problem of how to identify the undiagnosed potential mass murderers HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #56

The only commonality to ALL mass shootings was/is easy access to guns. Period. riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #58

I think it's not a pick-one solution problem HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #62

IMO Conservatism is a mental illness Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #24

The fact that they don't know the difference between Mental Health & Mental Illness prooves it. patrice Jan 2013 #36

Will the right be dropping its mad quest to repeal Obamacare Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2013 #28

Good point! Are FAMILIES going to be prevented from getting help, so that gun owners can play patrice Jan 2013 #35

That's REALLY a dangerous meme. Who says who is mentally ill, how, and why? Talk about FASCISM!!! patrice Jan 2013 #33

Second Amendment absolutists are hypocrites KamaAina Jan 2013 #46

The Irony: Most of the RW are the mentally ill of which they speak kydo Jan 2013 #47

NY is proposing a state database for people with mental health issues, gun owners or not. hack89 Jan 2013 #60

Blame Big Pharma, not the mentally ill, the FDA is not doing their job Follow The Money Jan 2013 #61

Fundamental Attribution Error Bonn1997 Jan 2013 #65

the good news is that most of them will ecstatic Jan 2013 #67

There is circular reasoning Bonn1997 Jan 2013 #69

right wingers libodem Jan 2013 #74

They are experts -- I remember the gateley Jan 2013 #77

The Republicans are demanding Scarlet-Lettering of anyone with even a minor mental illness. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #79

I have come to the conclusion after reading thousands of comments on this debate that.... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #82

Joined by President Obama...a whole lot of his planned executive orders are aimed at mental illness. dkf Jan 2013 #83

Isn't it mentally ill to believe that it's okay for one bully to do what they want haele Jan 2013 #88

What rethugs say, and what rethugs do, are two totally separate things Hugabear Jan 2013 #94