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Re:Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant by hirundo on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:01AM (#29809769)
> A Modest Proposal: Mr. Bateman needs a 72-hour involuntary admission to a good psychiatric hospital.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...

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Re:Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant by bell-cot on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:24AM (#29810971)
"A Modest Proposal" is a flag for Juvenalian satire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

(Though such bizarre and self-destructive behavior is a red flag, and medical testing & psychiatric evaluation are quite reasonable. PragmaticPulp's comment kinda covers that.)

Yes, I know the USSR's history. In current-day America...the guy's chances of being forced into a psych. hospital by the government for this seem about as high as his chances of being tried for publicly insulting George III's honor.

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