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  • However, a person with mental illness is concious (in this case) and can advocate for themselves

    They can’t effectively advocate for themselves when they’re delusional or paranoid.

    Do you think all schizophrenic people should be forcefully medicated even if they don’t pose a threat to others?

    Nobody mentioned schizophrenia but you. And the assumption was very evidently that the people in question did pose a threat. In the case of Mike Huckabee, an actionable and immediate one.

    And yes, I know involuntary commitments have been horribly abused in the past. But I also know that there are times when such a process is necessary. I know people close to me who would not be alive and had the potential to harm others if they hadn’t been sectioned. And the most severe case wasn’t schizophrenia, it was during a bad bipolar manic phase. Not that there are good ones.