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This is fucking nuts. FYI, stalking most victims is a misdemeanor in Washington state unless the stalker has been previously convicted of stalking the same victim.https://twitter.com/komonews/status/1321113424965758977 …
You see the problem here, right? If you generally can't be convicted of felony stalking without being convicted of misdemeanor stalking, and you can't be convicted of misdemeanor stalking if you're experiencing symptoms of *any* mental illness (yep, anxiety and depression too)...
Specific carve-outs for domestic violence and DUIs. Other than that, misdemeanors would be essentially legal for anyone who can convince a judge they were experiencing symptoms of any mental illness when they committed the crime. Yes, including criminal harassment and stalking.pic.twitter.com/oBoezkiU9t
For what it's worth, I've been diagnosed with both depression and anxiety in years past. I've experienced extreme financial insecurity and depended on friends for a roof over my head. I've never threatened physical harm to anyone. That's not how this works.
The assumption, quite clearly, is that people struggling with mental illness cannot be expected to have dignity, character, respect for their fellow man or basic community-oriented values. It's not true.https://twitter.com/BishopFromArk/status/1321309388326535170 …
We already make room for people whose mental illness is so severe and judgment-warping that they cannot determine right from wrong or understand the consequences of their actions. That's the appropriate standard. What's happened to us?
I doubt they’re of that and, if they were, they wouldn’t care.
In a week, most of the voters of Seattle will walk out their doors and vote overwhelmingly for the politicians who favor such things. So.....
And their Californian comrades are flooding into the bastions of not-them to convert them.
I recently learned that the case of that guy who beheaded the guy next to him on the transCanada bus 12y ago got bounced out of court. He never did any time at all. like.. wtf.
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