The troubled teen school I was sent to in the mid naughts had and has parents sign a form which releases them from liability if a kid gets injured. They’ve beaten the shit out of kids for things like asking to go to the bathroom, or having religious amulets.

Will this finally get people to realize that “go to therapy” is useless fucking non advice? No? We’ll just continue to pretend that everyone has the insurance and money for a copay? Perfect! It really helps mental illness when you get gaslighted to shit!

Maybe they’ll defund 988, at least that’ll stop people from pretending it helps anyone lol. (They spent more on advertising than they did hiring anyone who was qualified to care.)

Part of what the alt right and Trump supporters have done is to renormalize using that slur. It’s important to recognize that it’s usage is part of the “backlash” and not something a good person should say.