Here's the thing -- while Dr. Laura pretending her PhD in physiology makes her a credentialed mental health professional is extremely scummy, I think Dr. Phil is actually worse
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BoardGameLawyer
Like Dr. Laura, he's not technically breaking the rules because his PhD in psychology itself was never technically revoked But he is in fact actually barred from practicing after he was investigated by the TX Board over ethics complaints
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BoardGameLawyer
And the fact that he's basically doing the same thing as what most people would think a psychologist or therapist does but *technically* is only an "entertainer" on TV and therefore it's all legal is very, very bad
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I'm actually amazed he got away with it I think this is an area where because the overall "advice" and "life coaching" fields are so broad, he can get away with hiding his scarlet letter way more easily than in other fields
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BoardGameLawyer
Like I'm absolutely certain if some lawyer were disbarred or voluntarily surrendered their license to practice after being dogged by ethics complaints, the Bar Association would not stand for them having a damn TV show called "Phil McGraw, Esq., Answers Your Legal Questions"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BoardGameLawyer
Even if you had a stupid disclaimer saying "Phil McGraw, Esq. is not a licensed attorney. This program is for entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as professional legal advice"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BoardGameLawyer
It is a well-established principle that a disclaimer saying you're not doing a thing has no impact on whether or not you're objectively doing it (Ironically the idea that it does is one of those dumb things armchair lawyers think thanks to bad advice on the Internet)
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(The thing is while we're talking about titles, the "Esq." would be even easier to get away with than Dr. Phil's "Dr.", because while Americans think it means you're licensed to practice law it actually has no meaning at all Bill & Ted joked about this)
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In fifth grade I marked all my assignments “[First name] [Last name], Esq.” bc I thought it was extremely cool. My teacher got a big kick out of it and calls me “Esquire” to this day
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Look all of us are qualified in theory to take care of a knight's horse and hand him his stuff
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