Hello everybody,
I think the best way to fight the idiocy is to produce a stronger narrative.
What actually makes America great?
American science, American ingenuity, American medicine, American
collaboration, American expertise, American health care workers,
American hardship, American perseverance, American spirit,
American doctors, American technicians, American nurses,
American...
And have somebody whom the Trump segment admires tout that story as loudly as possible; addressing anxious people who are under-educated, who have lost their livelihood in the globalized economy and who react understandably to a situation that leaves them powerless as a mental health issue would be an arrogant mistake.
/ Lene
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An excellent --- though disturbing --- article where Yale psychiatrist, Brandy Lee, is interviewed:
"A Yale psychiatrist has warned that pro-Trump lockdown protesters, who exhibit similar psychology as 'child soldiers,' could quickly turn into 'armed troops in the streets' if the president loses his re-election bid."Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine, said the armed protests were a natural evolution of the loyalty President Trump demands from his supporters. Many of these protests have evidently been organized by deep-pocketed groups allied with the president."https://www.salon.com/2020/04/23/yale-psychiatrist-bandy-lee-lockdown-protesters-resemble-child-soldiers-and-urban-gangs/
The mentality of these people should be of deep concern to mental health professionals, and I hope it is of top priority among the mental health community right now.
~ Jason Bessey
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