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... Well, I didn't say that it did (by itself). You asked for an example of someone who had been imprisoned by a psychiatrist, without having been judged NCR

C. L. James as a contributor to Mother Earth

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	This article should be merged with [[Mother Earth (journal)]], preferably under the current title ("journal" is generally reserved for [[academic journal]]s). Apparently there were two different articles with the name ''Mother Earth'', but I see no reason why there could not be one article covering both. --[[User:Crusio|Crusio]] ([[User talk:Crusio|talk]]) 16:00, 2 November 2009 (UTC)		This article should be merged with [[Mother Earth (journal)]], preferably under the current title ("journal" is generally reserved for [[academic journal]]s). Apparently there were two different articles with the name ''Mother Earth'', but I see no reason why there could not be one article covering both. --[[User:Crusio|Crusio]] ([[User talk:Crusio|talk]]) 16:00, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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Â		+	== C. L. James as a contributor to ''Mother Earth'' ==
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Â		+	The article lists [[C. L. R. James]] (Cyril Lionel Robert James, 4 January 1901 – 19 May 1989) as one of the contributors to ''Mother Earth'', and provides Peter Glassgold's Introduction to ''Anarchy! An Anthology of Emma Goldman's Mother Earth'' as the source. However, p. xvii '''does not''' list "C. L. R. James" as a contributor; it lists "C. L. James." I don't have any ready biographical information on C. L. James; however, he was [http://margins.fair-use.org/note/C._L._James publishing articles in ''Mother Earth'' in March 1911], when C. L. R. James was 10 years old. I think it is unlikely that they are the same person. I have revised the contributor list accordingly. [[User:Radgeek|Radgeek]] ([[User talk:Radgeek|talk]]) 22:38, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Contributors: Glassgold lists C.L. James, not C.L.R. James, as contributor. Since C.L.R. James was 10 years old when C. L. James was publishing in Mother Earth, I doubt they are the same person.

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... Psychiatrists in the United States are all licensed physicians. ("Mental health" practitioners who are not physicians are generally called "psychologists,"

... Good lord! No they aren't. No psychiatrist in the world gives you a piss test or puts you through an fMRI in order to make their diagnosis. They either

... I don't know -- and I fear that it may just be unwillingness to call a spade anything more than a "spade." But, more charitably, the quotation marks may be

... As a quick further note on the history of this "diagnosis," it was first introduced in the 3rd edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III),

... Mike, in case you missed the point, "neuroleptics" are drugs such as haloperidol (Haldol), chlorpromazine (Thorazine), as well as "atypicals" such as

... O.K., fair enough; thanks. I agree that impairment and individual cause (I think? I might want to tease out the notion of causation here, though...) are

You write: "Bi-partisanship is becoming more and more implausible as extremist-politics seem to take center stage."

Is political "extremism" really the problem here? I mean, I don't know about you, but it seems to me that there are some things extremely wrong with the world we live in (endless war, systematic assaults on women's reproductive choices, a massively inhumane system of racist immigration controls, a culture of violent hatred and shame towards queer and trans people, etc. etc.), and that these extreme problems call for passionate, uncompromising, unflinching protest and resistance. Don't you think?

When I call myself a feminist, an anti-racist, a peacenik, etc., and demonstrate that those principles do commit me to seeking some radical changes in the world around me in the interests of peace, freedom, equality or justice, I'm told that I am an "extremist," since I care a lot about these issues, and since I am not content to just accept the political status quo with only a few tiny tweaks here and there around the edges. As well I should be: as I see it, some things are non-negotiable, and (e.g.) the lives and freedom and dignity of innocent people are among them.

The problem with, say, Sarah Palin is not that she's an "extremist," is it? It's that she's a creep: what she advocates is despicable and harmful. And the right response to that is not moderation, bipartisanship, or compromise, but rather to call it out for what it is, in no uncertain terms.

As Dr. King wrote, "You spoke of our activity in Birmingham as extreme. At first I was rather disappointed that fellow clergymen would see my nonviolent efforts as those of the extremist. … But as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist. Was not Jesus an extremist for love — 'Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.' Was not Amos an extremist for justice — 'Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.' Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel of Jesus Christ — 'I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.' Was not Martin Luther an extremist — 'Here I stand; I can do none other so help me God.' Was not John Bunyan an extremist — 'I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.' Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist — 'This nation cannot survive half slave and half free.' Was not Thomas Jefferson an extremist — 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' So the question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of extremist will we be. Will we be extremists for hate or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice—or will we be extremists for the cause of justice? ... So, after all, maybe the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."