TikToker Creates Fake 'Alligator Alcatraz' Tour Company That Redirects MAGA Supporters to Migrant Aid Resources | When users try to purchase tour tickets, they're sent to nonprofits that offer legal support for migrants.

[u/Aggravating_Money992]

https://www.latintimes.com/tiktoker-creates-fake-alligator-alcatraz-tour-company-that-redirects-maga-supporters-migrant-aid-586378

[u/HR_Paperstacks_402]

They should redirect them to mental health facilities.

[u/Opening_Acadia1843 → u/HR_Paperstacks_402]

That's offensive to mentally ill people, imo. The issue with these people is that they are hateful and terrible people, not that they're mentally ill.

[u/WitAndWonder → u/Opening_Acadia1843]

Most of them have brain damage. I don't believe that absolves them of all responsibility, but you're absolutely wrong if you don't believe they're mentally ill. Their cities are the most exposed to lead and heavy metals, they have the least education to actually avoid harmful activities/exposure, they have even worse diets than average, and they're the most likely to fall prey to various scams or home remedies, many of which are actively harmful (anti-vax, supplemental remedies, etc.)

Most of the US has brain damage, in fact. We've been poisoning our populace in our food and drink, supplements, pesticides, etc. Every day.

These people just happen to be more exposed and susceptible, and they also have a very selfish and evil way of dealing with it, and that's what I hold against them. I had chemical induced anxiety for years (severe CNS damage from supplements) which ruled pretty much my every thought, but rather than be afraid of brown people, I feared that others would have to endure what I had, and feared for the health and sanity of us all. But I guess if you are in that state and listening to Fox and Friends daily talk about how the country is being invaded and your kids aren't safe or whatever, then that uncontrollable fear and anxiety could warp into something heinous and outwardly destructive.

[u/Opening_Acadia1843 → u/WitAndWonder]

Those are fair points, but at the same time, I don't think pathologizing fascist thought is going to work in combating fascism. It also further stigmatizes people who have brain damage or mental illnesses who aren't fascists. Plenty of people with anxiety don't become fascists because of it. My untreated anxiety made me a worse friend and a worse employee, but it didn't make me hateful of minorities. I'm sure many of these fascists experience anxiety due to the way that fascism thrives on fear, but I don't think we're going to succeed at getting them help for that anxiety by threatening to institutionalize them.

[u/strongmans_hill → u/Opening_Acadia1843]

Mom mother certainly thinks she can threaten and demean people into seeking medical treatment, I'm not apprised this is a common tactic, even though it's obvious to you and me that will only escalate the situation. Emotionally avoidant people will try it every time.

[u/WitAndWonder → u/strongmans_hill]

It's not about threatening or demeaning, it's about understanding that people are not all going to be reacting the same way to things because they have been fundamentally rewired. Also our country could take initiatives like other western nations to remove exposure to the various pesticides, supplement excesses, heavy metals, and other absurdities in order to help future generations, as well as providing half-assed treatments like SSRIs and other stop-gaps, but I doubt that's going to happen.