Monday, August 27, 2012
Another kidnapping on spurious mental health grounds
The furore over the Brandon Raub kidnapping doesn't seem to have slowed America's neo-Soviets down any. This time it's Christian speech that is labelled mentally ill. Is anybody safe?
Internet Podcast Host Jason Egroff recorded his first podcast on August 8th, and shortly thereafter, one of Jason’s “friends” claimed they were concerned about his religious comments on his show and called a psych ward in Scranton Pennsylvania to have him institutionalized.
On a technicality in the law which allows people to be detained by police for psychiatric evaluation, Police knocked on Mr. Egroff’s door and transported him to a local psych ward against his will although he remained cooperative throughout the interaction with Police.
Jason was held in the psychiatric ward for 20 hours and then released with orders to give up his guns and see a counselor. Jason has always maintained that his religious remarks on his Christian show were never threatening, nor did they indicate he was unstable or emotionally distraught. Jason’s story originally appeared on the Northeast Intelligent Network shortly after his apprehension.
There is an epidemic in the USA of apprehending normal, law abiding citizens for psychiatric reasons against their will, and prompted by anonymous call-ins. Essentially, any person who is either Christian or a Veteran is potentially at risk of having someone “concerned” about your mental health calling police and being sent to a psych ward.
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People have been having others committed for hundreds of years, so I'm not too worried about the rare story like this. In both recent stories, it was friends and or family that were doing it.
If it gets to the point where strangers can do this because they don't like what someone else is saying, then that is scary. As liberalism is a serious mental illness, maybe those on the right should call in concerns about those on the left.
After all, conservatism is a mental disorder.
And liberals think it's normal and right for someone with a penis to think they are a woman, and the liberal limpwristers make it a crime for anyone to disagree with that. So you are forced to accept someone else's mentally ill beliefs as true or pay the price, because liberals are RETARDS.
If religious beliefs were not still given a "cultural cover" by tradition and common-place, they too would be signs of a mental disorder. (Speaking to disembodied spirits = praying to saints and gods, etc. or thinking you are directed by these extra-dimensional beings.)
You guys never fail to entertain me, after all, clowns are entertainment.
2:28 AM Thank you for your patronizing comment - but by commenting here you become one of the "guys" here, so you must be a "clown" too!
"Thank you for your patronizing comment - but by commenting here you become one of the "guys" here, so you must be a "clown" too!"
You are welcome, fellow bozo.
It would be nice if the source article gave a cogent reason for the arrest and evaluation. There is certainly nothing in his podcasts to justify it.
As for belief in God and receive guidane being an aberration - perhaps it is the inability to believe and receive guidance that is the aberration.
This is a great article for all those fools who still believe this is a free country. While the American sheeple are busy tweeting, their liberty is being drained away. Fortunately for them, they're too dumb to realize it.
As Anon 12:48 says, psychiatric holding provisions have been around for a long time and are occassionally subject to some abuse.
So long as the process is legitimate (ie person must be brought before a competent and impartial tribunal within a reasonable time of incarceration and entitled to competent representation) I see no issue.
If you have a problem with how the law is used - lobby to change it.
7:35 PM - well then you can't distinquish between the dilusional and the non-dilutional, so abolish mental hospitals (oh that's right those "inmates" are being let out now "into the community" to wreak their havoc there, including violence and murder).
How agreeable and compassionate, (or is that simply weakness) of you Anon 7:34. I'm sure your position will not change when it's a member of your family that's taken.
"Weakness begets aggression..."
I hope the second American Revolution starts soom and the pc asshole liberals vanish or sent to some muslim cesspool.
"I hope the second American Revolution starts soom"
Charming.
The notion of starting an armed insurrection was the point, not the typo, conservatard. I have gotten so weary of Bird's spelling and grammar gaffes, that I don't give a shit about that any more. What I don't like is anti-American sentiments and hate filled diatribes on this blog.
"106am why are u on it (this blog) than?"
Why? Because I have an interest in understanding why the extreme right wing is so consumed with hate for the current president (who will be a one term president, by the way) and well as anybody that does not agree with them.
Check out the following article on Fox News and then you might understand my concern:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/28/killing-former-soldier-and-girlfriend-reveals-alleged-plot-to-kill-president
8:50, Obama is no special target that conservatives hate, but you perceive it as such because you're blinded.
hate?
1. Republican Abe Lincoln shot and murdered by a Democrat.
2. Republican MLKjr shot and murdered by a Democrat.
3. JFK shot and murdered by a left winger commie.
4. Republican Ford two assassination attempts by two different Democrats.
5:09 - irrelevant poppycock. Apparently you have not read most of the right wing comments on this blog.
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