Unpopular Opinion
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Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
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5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
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I'm not sure if you are genuinely this trusting of institutions, but weaponized psychology has been a tool of oppression for the field's entire existence; lobotomizing anyone deemed "degenerate". Feminists were deemed insane. Women who reported domestic abuse were deemed insane. Homosexuality was in the DSM-4, and there are STILL gay conversion programs running now in the USA and other countries. "Gender dysphoria" is a condition in the DSM-5.
Also consider: if the government is mandating the evaluation, they can easily weaponize it to stifle dissent. Any "safeguards" against that type of behavior would ultimately collapse the moment the government just decides it doesn't want to follow said restrictions. What would that look like now in the USA? Is opposing the PotUS a symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome. In the UK, is opposition to the Digital ID system of excessive paranoia? of "histrionic personality disorder"?
Just hear from experiences of people who were exploited by hospitals and other psychological institutions, including in the USA of a few years ago. These peoples lives were destroyed under the guise of acting "for your safety". You're talking about mass-imprisonment and drugging of people who have not even committed a crime.
...And the worst part is, I'm not even sure this is an unpopular opinion. The widespread adoption of "Mental Health Holds" in recent decades is proof that many lawmakers support these policies. I've seen it in the USA, and heard testimonies from the UK and China of the same problem. The President of the United States directly built off this mentality with his executive order Ending Crime And Disorder On America’s Streets. California, which is as far opposite from the current President as you can go, recently created a parallel institution for this purpose with its "CARE Courts".