Yep, historically neither party has supported our human and civil rights very well. The polarized Congress five years ago slowed the roll of the Murphy Bill considerably, although did not stop the continuing impact of it in policy and practice. The now more than ever polarized Congress is definitely in our favor, and Dems have been sufficiently educated by disability and civil rights activists over the years to sniff out a cowardly GOP pivot like this and not sign on.
Thank you so much for your kind words, danzig666 and bringing in the thoughts of Hillman. You have reminded me to go back and explore Hillman in more depth. Reading Mass Murderers in White Coats helped me to see the parallels between Nazi eugenic ideas and what my mother experienced in the 1970s-1990s, at the hands of the public mental health system. I just wish I would have known about all this when she was alive, to tell her that I understood.
That is chilling, yes, thank you. I have wondered whether something like MyCite could have saved my mother’s life by alerting authorities as she was dying, but see here’s the thing, even as much as I want her around, what if she didn’t want to be saved? What if she didn’t want to keep being intubated and returned to that way of life? She was exercising her right to bodily autonomy that night.
Yep, historically neither party has supported our human and civil rights very well. The polarized Congress five years ago slowed the roll of the Murphy Bill considerably, although did not stop the continuing impact of it in policy and practice. The now more than ever polarized Congress is definitely in our favor, and Dems have been sufficiently educated by disability and civil rights activists over the years to sniff out a cowardly GOP pivot like this and not sign on.
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Thank you so much for your kind words, danzig666 and bringing in the thoughts of Hillman. You have reminded me to go back and explore Hillman in more depth. Reading Mass Murderers in White Coats helped me to see the parallels between Nazi eugenic ideas and what my mother experienced in the 1970s-1990s, at the hands of the public mental health system. I just wish I would have known about all this when she was alive, to tell her that I understood.
https://www.scribd.com/document/142597108/Mass-Murderers-in-White-Coats
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Thank you for sending this. I look forward to reading.
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That is chilling, yes, thank you. I have wondered whether something like MyCite could have saved my mother’s life by alerting authorities as she was dying, but see here’s the thing, even as much as I want her around, what if she didn’t want to be saved? What if she didn’t want to keep being intubated and returned to that way of life? She was exercising her right to bodily autonomy that night.
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Yes, thanks much for mentioning. HARPA is something I have my eye on for sure.
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Ha! Thanks for the catch.
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