There's definitely some troubling behaviors involved in the decision making process behind the her attack on OP. She could be very dangerous to many people with thinking like hers and spiking products so that they harm others. She's a scary person for certain.

Especially since most of these kinds of problems actually seem to stem from so-called personality disorders (this in particular looks like borderline). Psychosis is hard on the person experiencing it, and can be tough for people around while it's happening, but it's basically a similar result to taking hallucinogens but without the ability to prepare to have it kick in at a 'convenient' time. Personality disorders, otoh, make life really hard for the vast bulk of people who ever have more than the most brief interactions with the person exhibiting that behavior. The language doesn't help, with 'psychopath' and 'psychosis' seeming pretty similar but being quite different.

I think people mix up manic episodes and psychosis. (I know not everyone that has manic episodes get violent, but the erratic behavior is what most people who don't know the difference will describe psychosis as)

My mom worked at a facility in central IL for developmental isst, so brain trauma including blundbess deafness, etc. The government closed a different facility and decided to just cram the patients into the facility my mom worked at. So then there were way too many residents BUT the worst part was that these were people with mental health issues. They were purposefully violent instead of accidentally like the patients they were used to, and they didn't have the staff or training.

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Clearly Republicans were wrong to do so now we need democrats to open them people think they were born in the wrong body now.

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Did I say something that was wrong? Is it not a mental illness to think acience doesn't know your correct sex?

1. BP is the wrong place to spew venom about trans people. 2 What th fck does this have to do with the topic of discussio?! 3. It's the year 2023. Times are changing. Stop living in the last century and adjust.

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1. So I can't say one thing, but you guys can insult Republicans with tons of support? 2. DN X brought up mental illness and provided one of modern times and I did the same. 3. It's not living in the last century to acknowledge Trans is a mental illness not science, Trans women are not women they are men with a mental illness.

@Flat Earf: This may sound like a radical concept to you, but how about letting the experts deal with trans people? It's none of your business and it is absolutely wrong and insulting to imply that they belong in mental hospitals. That shows a fundamental misunderstanding as to what mental hospitals are for. They are for people who are a danger to themselves or others. Trans people do not harm anyone. It's obviously only your discomfort with them that makes you think they belong in mental hospitals, which means the problem is with you.

It was Ronnie Reagan that closed the mental health institutions that the government supported. That is when cities saw an upswing in the homeless. I was around then witnessed the fallout from that decision. You just don't want to face the truth. Maybe you should seek some professional help about that. Rather being lied to than facing the truth is not a healthy coping mechanism.

Problem is, I know for a fact you have been politely informed that you are incorrect about "the science" before, so I am forced to conclude you are a troll. If you don't want downvotes and reported comments, don't make bad faith arguments over and over.

I know for a fact because I have personally responded with an overview of a substantial amount of science that debunks a simplistic binary view of gender and sexuality. I also wonder why FE expects anyone else to take a middle school popscience simplification of chromosomes over 5000 years of written accounts of different views on gender and sexuality.

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Politely informed? Nope just downvoted to silence me this is the first time I've gotten responses. And what you call "the science" is correct you have XX chromosomes your a woman. You have XY chromosomes your a man no matter what people say they are their chromosomes. And I don't care about downvotes and reported comments because I will say what I want to say if they can say their beliefs, I am gonna say mine up until they manage to silence me. Have a good day.

If you have two copies of the MC1R gene then science says you have brown hair but nobody bats an I if you dye it. If your genes say "this person has B cup breasts" but you get an enlargement or reduction people just say "good for you!". If you're unfortunate enough to have terrible acne and you cover it up nobody has any issue with it. The FACT is, someone else's genes and chromosomes are NONE of your business. What people do with the genes they were born with, be it accept themselves as they are or make changes to their bodies to reflect what they feel like and what they believe, has absolutely 0 to do with you. The world doesn't revolve around you sweetheart, you can either accept that or continue to go off about your "beliefs". Have a good day.

@Andy We have gone from one extreme to another. Judging from the old fashioned terminology in the name I am guessing that this asylum was built in the days when mental patients had few rights, and few effective treatments. And also likely when husbands could have their wives put in asylums just because they were "disobedient", not because they actually were mentally ill. It's a good bet that not all of the patients in that very large asylum actually needed to be there, because doctors often got paid off to commit a "troublesome" relative.

Good points!

FlatEarf is repeating disingenuous arguments where they have been earnestly engaged before, and saying things that are intentionally hurtful to already marginalized people. They don't have "an opinion", they are being openly bigoted, and the BP community has been more generous than they deserve. They also continue to state, as fact, information that they have been told is incorrect and which has academically verifiable studies disproving their assertions. While there are arguments for a social binary of genders, and even good arguments against using cross dressing as mockery, FE is not arguing those points, but repeatedly and incorrectly representing a willfully ignorant view of biology as correct and as the basis for the hurtful social constructs they wish to promote.

I disagree. We are too nice. They are hate-filled and fear-filled cowards who would murder us in our sleep if the Orangutan told them to. They already murdered 5 cops on January 6th. I have ZERO tolerance for intolerance. Because the one thing you are not allowed to decide is how someone else lives their life. We should pass laws to forcibly deprogram Christians from thinking there's an old man in the sky who cares about their lives and gives them permission to torment anyone they want. We'll see how they feel about conversion therapy when it is done on them.... Maybe they'll actually get on board for freedom of thought and religion