• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It sure sounds like the same thing except you are just substituting “anxious and depressed” in place of “delinquent and homosexual”.

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      9 months ago

      If you can’t seem to see the difference, that’s a lack of critical thinking on your part. One criminalizes and demeans youth, the other one is concerned about well being and health. I think it is just appropriate that one ended up influencing Congress and courts while the other is largely being ignored and dismissed. I’ll let you to sort out which is which. Good bye.

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        9 months ago

        At the time, delinquency and homosexuality were seen as mental disorders, just like anxiety and depression are today. The problem is that you are looking at both events through the lens of today rather than as things were understood at the time each event was happening.