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  • Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems
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    11 months ago

    I think about this a lot. The way the far-right and other grifters have embraced the weaponisation of mental illness is truly disgusting.

    • Charlie Stross@wandering.shop
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      11 months ago

      @Amoeba_Girl The far right are all about beating up on the Other, and those with acute mental illness are in continuous supply. (Latest twist: if you’re a grifter and antipsychotic meds have crimped your supply of Others to demonize, you can gaslight your followers on social media and convince them that everybody *else* is crazy. See also Q, Trump …)