[…] And what of the various activist and whistleblowers throughout history that has been conveniently diagnosed with a mental health illnesses and thrown into an asylum in order to debunk their ideologies and maintain the status quo ‘ Clennon Washington King Junior anti -segregation activist was committed to an insane asylum in 1958 for no other reason than being an African American trying to enroll in the University of Mississippi. And throughout the Victorian era woman run the risk of being declared insane and committed to an asylum if they even dared challenge the patriarchy, and this sadly still goes on in various countries to this very day. Up until recently, the American psychiatric association listed Homosexuality as a mental illness and this was not rectified until 1973. More examples of “Activist’ and ‘Whistle Blowers.’ that have been wrongfully and involuntarily committed to an insane asylum can be found here. […]
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