In the 80s, we past laws making it hard to lock up the mentally ill. The laws were largely supported by conservatives and Reagan signed it into law.
The idea was understandable. We didn’t want some local judge looking people in asylums. Imagine who a judge Merchan would commit and why.
Psychology, though never a fully trusted branch of study, became very suspect in the mid 70s when it was totally obsessed with homosexuality. It was also the most popular degree, next to liberal arts and is one of my many useless ones. (I have a minor in PolySci too. Lol)
So the field was flooded with half-wits that could decide if you should be committed for life. So a strong bill was last to limit who could be detained and for how long. That was when “tranny” was an auto part.

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