• nocturne@slrpnk.net
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    The Whittaker family began with identical twin brothers whose children married each other and later had 15 kids.

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    ‘I’ve been staying at home, waiting on a phone call, but that’s all I know,” said Larry Whittaker. “They haven’t called or let me know nothing. They won’t tell us where they at.”

    That’s pretty sad. Also, given so many documented cuts to public services combined with Trump changing the law regarding who can and can’t be forcefully detained against their will for well being, Fox News “joking” about lethal injection to handle burdens to society back in September, and people going “missing” while in government detention, I can’t help but wonder if there is any possibility this wasn’t actually done for their benefit.

    Like if you needed a high profile case to reference as precedence for why the changes Trump is proposing regarding autonomy are necessary, few people would really question this.

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      changing the law regarding who can and can’t be forcefully detained against their will for well being,

      Could you expand on this point? I hadn’t heard about this.

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        These siblings were allegedly taken from their home and placed in alternative housing

        Betty Whittaker said Ray Whittaker, Lorene Whittaker and Timmy Whittaker were placed into alternative housing in September. The family all lived together on a decaying homestead made up of one four-room dwelling with a new metal extension, three trailers and an outhouse.

        Trump’s Mental Health Plan: Defund, Incarcerate, Disappear

        One of Trump’s most sweeping attacks on people with mental illness came in late July, when he signed an executive order pushing “long-term” involuntary institutionalization for people with mental illnesses experiencing homelessness, which the order argues the EO argues will “restore public order.” Trump was more blunt about his hopes for what the EO would actually do a few weeks later, when he announced the deployment of National Guard troops to DC: “Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR,” he posted on Truth Social. The White House did not respond to a series of questions.

        If you’re going by the legal argument laid out it basically seems to be making it easier to hospitalize (presumably) people against their will which is already pretty concerning. Going by Trump’s own words, it seems more than a little concerning, and obviously targeted at removing homeless people from city streets, and potentially anyone that could be considered something of a public burden

        Kind of like one of those things where once it starts to be normalized, where does it actually end?

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    Resident Evil 7 vibes. Even if it isn’t totally accurate. The vibe I got from the game. Brilliant game. I miss pre-pandemic fun times