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When a face tells you all you need to know.
Yeah, this person needs to be locked up in a psych hospital. >

I live in Bloomington and work in mental health and am sad to say our mental health resources around here are both overwhelmed and underfunded. The local resources are terribly understaffed and massively overdemanded. The CMHC around here that handles most homeless and Medicaid clients has only a handful of therapists and hundreds of folks on the wait list. 
I recently transitioned to a private practice setting, and stories like this make me regret it. While I may not treated this specific person, certainly they have had an intake at the CMHC I worked at, and certainly they were told to wait for months to see someone. The police are good at getting folks into an intake when it's a mental health problem. Maybe I could've made it a few weeks instead. This shit sucks man. >

Thats true everywhere in the US mental health is basicly invisible to moat people and or corporations. We need some real healthcare reform and fast. >

We all say "go get help!". But there is minimal infrastructure to support mental health problems as it is. Children (in a state that is one of the best for education) need to wait weeks in the emergency room for mental health treatment when they are in active crisis (suicide attempts, aggressive behavior). >

Not only that, but bringing it up inherently gets you treated like a criminal / danger to yourself and society.
For example, my wife was honest on her Post-Partum survey after having our second child; instead of supporting her and getting her someone to talk to, they wanted to take away all her belongings including her phone and phone cord. I got so upset at the hospital staff and the officer on duty. Screw that inhumane, disconnected, liability-based form of action. Treating a new mom like a danger is a great way to ADD to the depression and isolation, and is wholly detrimental to the supposed client-doctor relationship. >

Jesus that's terrifying. What circumstances did you seek PPD help? My mother had it, I have depression, I'm low key expecting it for myself.  I'll probably quietly manage it with my current therapist and psychiatrist. >

To answer your question directly, we did not seek the PPD support, the PPD questionnaire was 'required' by the hospital, and when the nurse saw my wife's initial answers she even was like "are you sure you want to answer this way" ... but that's so backwards if you understand mental health at all. 
People already have anxiety and extreme reservations about sharing their feelings for fear of being judged or persecuted, and then the systems in place are designed to protect private entities, thus the individual is tossed to the wayside metaphorically. 
Yes, I unfortunately have to agree with staying "quiet". When you are in the care of a hospital, they only care that their reputation is not damaged by someone going off the deep end and causing chaos and injury. PPD is real; just stay informed, have a good support network, and manage your thoughts and feelings responsibly. Easier said than done for sure, but getting the "system" involved is a good way to get treated like a mental patient instead of like a normal human with emotional needs. >

Thank god for the witness who bravely followed and reported this suspect. >

Actually kudos to the witnesses bravery and valour. It's good that he did not support this crime and reported it to the concerned authority. Justice should be granted. >

How do you live that long and one day decide to start stabbing? >

Escalation and radicalization from Fox News, NewsMax, Twitter, Truth Social, Facebook, Maga Rallies, Q Anon, Rush Limbaugh, PragerU, Joe Rogan, OAN, a whole cesspool of awful podcasts, every republican press release, etc.  
For years and years now, people have been told (by sources THEY trust) that 
- Democrats are murdering babies (sometimes MILLIONS per week... and sometimes they eat them!)


that millions of Mexicans are coming across the border with drugs and guns to rape women and steal your job, 


that Jews secretly control the money and the media, 


that all Muslims are radical terrorists who are just one plane ticket away from another 9/11, 


that LGBTQ people are actually perverted pedophiles who are "grooming" your kids, 


that China invented a bio-weapon in covid and every Asian/Asian-American person you see is a secret double agent who is in on it and could infect you right now (but it's also a hoax by Dr Fauci to sell... something?)


and the liberal elite want to take away your freedom to turn the USA into a communist gulag. 


It's been a non-stop barrage of this bullshit for a long long time.  Nevermind that there's no sources or even logic to back any of it up; it's fear-mongering.   They tell the same lies every day and each con artist backs each other up to make it seem like it's coming from multiple sources. Every day, the same lies, the same twisted stories or straight up fake ones.  So, it slowly radicalizes mostly regular folks (usually uneducated poor white people) into believing they are under attack and that violence is the only way to defend themselves and their country.  They hear about being under attack and that our country is being destroyed and that our freedom is at risk and over and over and over and over from different angles multiple times a day until it feels like it's inescapable. 
It'd be impressive if it wasn't so vile and destructive. >

And it's all projection.
How about that? >

Her ugly ass smirk makes me ill. >

She looks so proud of herself. >

Wait til she finds out her stupid remark about one less person to blow up our country makes her outburst a federal hate crime. Simple assault goes out the window. Welcome to federal prison. >

Not that it even matters, but like, that isn't even the right offensive racial stereotype. How thick are you that you can't even be racist enough to commit a federal hate crime correctly? >

Sikhs getting attacked after 9/11 is a pretty clear example that that kind of idiocy is widespread, sadly >

Happened in my town. His windows in his store kept getting broken. It was awful. Was the nicest person and helped everyone that came in that store. He gave up and left. 
The bad feeling it gave me hasn't diminished over time >

It got so bad in our suburb town on Long Island to the point where 7-11 and gas station owners were putting up signs in the windows and by the registers along the lines of:
"While we are of Middle Eastern descent, we do not condone the actions of extremist Muslim culture and sympathize with all victims of the attacks against OUR country.  Please do not [whatever bigoted nonsense people were perpetrating against them at the time].
It was really sad.  These people had been staples of the community for decades.  And because of their beliefs, skin color, and country of origin (hell, the majority of them weren't even Afghani), people took it upon themselves to dole out "justice" against them.
It kind of made me ashamed to be part of the demographic that was doing this stupid shit. >

Afganistan wasn't the country responsible for 9/11.
Still though, blind racism, as well as all forms of racism, really suck. >

Afghanistan was seen responsible for 9/11 because their taliban government was harboring Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
Iraq was the one not responsible for 9/11. >

cough cough Saudi Arabia... >

Bloomington Indiana not Minnesota. >

Bloomington, Indiana is generally a pretty nice town.  Now, Saint Paul Indiana could use some work. Definitely gotta say Minnesota has the nicer Saint Paul. >

It’s a nice town surrounded by rural areas. In much of rural Indiana, Trumpism remains very strong. Drove from Indy to Fort Wayne and saw tons of trump signs and stickers, anti-socialism, liberal hate, etc etc. >

Nahhhh... it's a nice university surrounded by a bunch of shitty towns >

I'll be honest, when I think of Bloomington I think of IU, so you're more right than I am. >

I'm not sure why the headline here is attributing the racism claim to the university when the text of the article confirms that racial motivation is called out in the charging documents. >

Yes it was a shitty use of a colon. >


shitty use of a colon.

I mean…yeah, that’s what colons are for. >

Racism is a fucking disease, man. Evil bitch! People who do shit like this for reasons like that have no place in our society. Edit : obviously im saying racism is wrong >

Meh. I’ve seen worse >

steve mnuchin as well. >

mitch mcconnell while we’re at it >

And that new deplorable douchbag in congress George Santos. His smug fucking face seriously angers me. >

Charlie Kirk too if we’re gonna keep it going. >

He face too small for he gotdamn head >

"Davis told police she stabbed the woman multiple times in the head with a folding knife, because it 'would be one less person to blow up our country.'"
Wonder where she got that kind of rhetoric. >

i thought it was the Muslims who blew things up to them? >

It’s all the same to people like her. >

Jesus, so hateful and awful and yet a hit funny. >

It was funny before it was so real.. >

That movie is from 2012. It was already very real then, and had been for a long time. >

Yeeah, true, but it definitely seemed to ramp up after 2016. >

2016 was the result of almost two decades of build-up. It can be traced straight back to 9/11 and the country's reactions to that. >

University: Student stabbed on bus because her attacker is an unhinged lunatic racist >

You forgot horrifically stupid. See her post in this thread... >

Wait, what? Where? >

This is what happens when you normalize racist thoughts and rhetoric >

I fucking hate living in Indiana >

Anti-China sentiment spilling over into hatred for anyone who looks Asian; only going to get worse from here as the rhetoric winds up. Same thing happened in the Iraq war era to anyone who looked even vaguely Middle-Eastern. >

Chinese-American here. My family has been here in the US since the early 1900s. Terrified of all the current rhetoric. We have no ties to China yet I’ve been told to “go back to China” several times.  I’m like, “mother fuckers - I am American. Deal with it.” >

Yeah to me it feels like we will forever be foreigners in our own country. I’m in Canada and I’ve heard “go back to your country” even from immigrants >

Yep. I’m pretty sure if I got deported to China the Chinese would tell me to go back to America 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️🤣 >

Mixed Asian here. Been dealing w this my whole life. At least now people are realizing it is a problem and calling it for what it is. Sick and tired of it. >

The fact that some people, even some Asians think that racism against Asians isn't a real problem is what pisses me off the most. >

Usually when racism against Asians is brought up in Reddit, there are like 100 comments saying how racism in Asia is actually the worst like it somehow is relevant. It just sounds like they are justifying racism against Asians. So many people just don't care about racism against Asians, especially on Reddit.
Edit: Also, there's a world of difference between getting stared at in Asia or getting denied service at a small store because you aren't Asian vs getting literally killed in America for being non-white. Yet people still try to claim Asians are the most racist. >

Conveniently, they never use the same argument for Africans – there's plenty of racism in Africa. In fact, there's quite a lot of racism in Europe, particularly outside Western Europe. >

I've literally seen people say how they think a country like Japan is the most racist on Earth when you got other countries out there outright enslaving people. >

Japan is racist, but imo it's mainly xenophobia. They even discriminate against Japanese who were born outside of the country. But like at worst, non-Japanese get denied service at some small hole in the wall restaurant or store, or get stared at. Here in America, minorities get killed. It's a world of difference.
Edit: What I mean is that, imo, Japanese people generally don't hate you for your race, they hate that you are an outsider, regardless of race. Of course there definitely are racist Japanese people, not trying to say there aren't any. >

I'm not saying that Japan doesn't have racism, every country does, and Japan is very xenophobic. However to say they are the most racist is straight up ignorant.
There was even a video done by a channel asking black Japanese and black expats living in Japan. They described how yes there is racism and they do get hassled by police, they never fear that it will escalate towards violence against themselves. They even talked about how hard it was to speak to family and friends in the US who refuse to believe that the racism is less in Japan. >

I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm saying what most people think is racism in Japan is not a hatred of their race, it's a general dislike and fear of outsiders. >

Anti china sentiment + residual COVID racism is gonna ruin some Asian American lives. >

Yep, many young people don't know this. Japan was seen as the biggest hegemonic threat to the United States in the 80s and 90s, and the media coverage against them was absolutely brutal. Gallup archives their polls, and throughout the early 90's, nearly 60-70% of Americans had a negative view of Japan. Japan merely passed the baton to China. >

Now that is interesting. Makes me wonder who the next "villain" would be if China enters a "lost decade" like Japan did. India or S. Korea maybe? >

India for sure. They're still in the rapid growth/rapid development phase and will likely continue barring a catastrophic disaster.
S. Korea is in the same socio-economic boat as Japan. >

Definitely India, they even have easy to utilize culture war issues. Unsafe for women, antiquated customs like caste system, giant hubs for scam call centers that prey on the elderly, etc... Granted, some of these are very real issues that should be looked at (there's been significant progress afaik) but just like China these things can be propped up hard into propaganda. >

I guess you don't remember a few years back when reddit would upvote anything calling Indians rapists or street-shitters. >

a few years back? It never stopped. You can't even have a post about an Indian on a sub like /r/upliftingnews without an absolute plethora of incredibly racist comments >

I blame dismantling the Fairness Doctrine. When you can blur the lines of news and entertainment you have agencies pandering for views. Lies masquerading as news is dangerous to society, and even more to the individual with mental issues. >

Thank you for bringing that up. Too many people aren’t aware that IMO this is the root cause of today’s super-partisan bullshit political environment. 
If I’m not mistaken this was done away with in 1987 or 88 under the Reagan Admin (aka worst president ever).
Also, podcasts and entertainment shows that present “news” are exempt from the Equal Time Rule. God knows that podcasts and other forms of media have propagated exponentially since that was written up so people are more likely to fall victim to confirmation bias and bullshit “news”. >

Why is it literally EVERYTHING started going downhill in the 80s. (I mean we know why, but wage stagnation, gap between productivity and earnings, housing costs, education costs) >

One word: Reagan.
Reagan was Nixon on steroids, IMO >

Now imagine what Trump "on steroids" will look like in 2040... >

Like we'll have to wait that long. With the whole Santos thing they're just dialing in their strategy to finally install the American Putin/puppet >

I wish the article told us what the victim's condition is. I hope she's ok and recovering well.
Shit like this is why my family moved off the mainland US. We would have emigrated to another country if it has been possible for us. My husband and our kid are Asian American and very few places feel safe for us. >

Ya I hope she’s ok but from what it said of “several times to the head” the outlook is bleak…
I worry about ever going through the middle and southern states for vacation with my wife who is Filipino since they also look kind of Mexican or native (my brothers wife is Filipino and people think she’s native Hawaiian and we are not even American nor anywhere close to Hawaii) >

A folding knife to the back of the head is going to hurt but it's very unlikely that the knife was able to pierce through the skull so I don't think the outlook is bleak at all.
If arteries or the spine had been severed she probably would not have been in a condition to recount the details to the investigators later. >

Yep, scalp wounds bleed like hell but unless you’re literally a jaguar it’s really, really difficult to shove a point through a skull. >

I remember a CCTV video where a front desk lady was sitting minding her business and some guy just slammed a huge knife straight onto the top of her head as hard as he could and she almost didnt even notice. It just stuck into her skull and didnt do much >

The victim is 18 years old and the attacker was a 56 year old...   I mean, if the racism wasn't ugly enough...
And I am willing to bet she is all about "pro life"... smh, ppl are fcking sick in the head man. >

My older relatives are afraid to leave the house now, mostly because of these hate crimes popping up specifically against Asians (including several in our area). All from recent rhetoric. >

I used to live in downtown San Jose (California) and about a mile away there was a Japantown. It’s very quiet and many folks who live there are elderly Asian-Americans. In fact there was even a senior citizen home in the neighborhood.
I heard that when the anti-Asian violence started escalating, especially in San Francisco, some folks in Japantown volunteered to keep an eye out for the elderly as they were worried they’d be a target. >

Well, she is as fugly on the outside as she is on the inside. >

Part of why I stopped riding public transportation in sf. I wanted to save money and not deal with parking, but with anti-asian sentiment and violence rising this much, it wasn't worth the risk. >

Correct Title: Student Stabbed on Bus by Racist. >

How can a person look so much like Jack Black without being Jack Black? >

Jack Black is a million times more attractive than this backwater bridge troll. >

Yeah wtf I would carry Jack Black’s babies to term and I’m a man >

She looks like something a child would draw on a paper if asked to sketch a generically evil Karen. >

This thumb with makeup has the audacity to say someone else is ruining the country >

What the fuck is wrong with this racist bitch?!?
I’m pissed. >

So, this isn’t ”Red”, from “Orange Is The New Black”??
On a serious note, this smirk just makes me so mad & makes it all feel that much worse… it seems pretty clear she doesn’t feel an ounce of remorse for brutalizing a young lady, who at 18yrs old, is practically still a child & could very well leave her scarred psychologically, for the rest of her life after enduring such a brutal attack at random, simply for being Asian. She stabbed this young woman several times in the head for absolutely NOTHING but being Asian & then is smirking in her “mug shot” & it makes me want to wish so many evil fukn things befall her… it almost makes me ashamed… fuk her. 
My heart goes really goes out to this young woman & I hope she has a good support system in place to help her bc it really could take a lot of time & work to ever be able to feel safe & secure in public again (if ever) after this kind of random & brutal attack… >

Yep you can tell by her face she did that shit . >

"meth: you can tell by her face she did that shit" >

Man Jack Black really went down hill >

And Bloomington is considered progressive by Indiana standards.... >

Looks like some already did. >

Imagine being this deranged >


Davis told police she stabbed the woman multiple times in the head with a folding knife, because it “would be one less person to blow up our country.”

Hm, I wonder where she might have gotten the germ of such an idea. >

There really aren't words to describe how atrocious this attack is, but to use "not acceptable"???? What kind of fucken wombat says attempted murder is just "not acceptable"...Hooooonestly where's the outrage with "not acceptable"? My kid not flushing his shit down the toilet is "not acceptable", but attempted murder by a racist??? Geeeez. >

Just one of thousands of horrible acts by Trump. >


Davis told police she stabbed the woman multiple times in the head with a folding knife, because it “would be one less person to blow up our country.”

Who gave her that idea? We need to go after hate speech in mass media. It's stochastic terrorism to keep increasing the pressure knowing full well some of your followers will act on it >

Wait, she was stabbed because she was Asian, or she was stabbed because her attacker was a piece of shit racist? >

She can't even get racism right.....
Blow up the country?  I thought it was creating covid in a lab to use bioweapon. >

The meth got her wires crossed. >

I work in criminal law. I guarantee you her rap sheet is full of misdemeanors like trespassing,battery, disorderly. This is classic meth or schizophrenic type of crime. >

Makes me embarrassed to be from Indiana.  I found the ladies Facebook (she has 2 accounts and one is public) and she is from Martinsville and only moved to Bloomington in the last couple years. She posts about having her kids taken from her 30 years ago and how they won't talk to her. 
Martinsville used to be a sundown town, and probably still is. Bloomington is a college town and progressive-ish >

That is one ugly ass woman. The inside matches the outside with this one >

Fuck! I went there for college. There is no shortage of crazy shit that happens there. Glad to see the student survived. It is such a diverse city because of the international recognition for its university, but outside of campus and downtown is a scary typical southern town in a northern state. >

The west side is most generally what you're describing - I was born just outside of town (on the west side) so that was my typical experience. 
I'm still shocked that this happened, but the rhetoric that led to this is the #1 reason I'm ecstatic to no longer be over there anymore. I don't want to say too many details, but overall campus and its surrounding area is usually good. >

Garbage POS like her deserves to be locked up forever >

She looks exactly like I thought she would. >

Could people just try not being shit for five minutes? Has anyone thought of this? >

She should be charged with Hate Crime as well so she gets a federal charge to maximize the punishment. >

she looks a bit like Jack Black >

Based on the grin, you can know that there are a pos >

Evil POS is proud of herself in that photo. >

That dusty old ham beast deserves nothing less than to be behind bars. >

She is a threat to the public keep her locked up >

This is when execution is necessary for trash like this. >

Unprovoked multiple stabs to the head
Wtf is going on over there, is there something in the water making everyone crazy >

Those drawn on eyebrows should've been a dead give away as crazy. >

They are tattooed on. I lost it when i realized. I looked her up on Facebook out of curiosity. >

But according to others Asian hate doesn’t exist. >

As an Asian, what pisses me off more about all of this is that some, especially self-hating Asians still somehow think anti-Asian racism isn't real. >

Be careful with that sub, lots of toxicity and hate in there too.
Though I agree that some people don’t think anti Asian racism is real, which it very much is and a big issue. >

Her fatass will rot in jail 💗 >

My wife is afraid of visiting my home country- how can I tell her she’ll be safe when shit like this keeps happening? She got some looks that weren’t what I’d call friendly, last time we were there. >

She looks like Umbridge >

I don't want to live on this planet anymore >

Glad the cops got her. Dont want a violent crazy racist person walking around. Hopefully she gets locked up, not just a slap on the wrist. >

So much trash in the US. Hopefully she never sees the sun again. >

Damn, another reason why I never want to go to the US >

Evil cunt. Hope she rots in prison. >

What the hell is that smirk r/casuallypsychopath >

I’m sorry but a person like this should not be afforded another breath.  A waste of oxygen, money, space, and resources. >

If anyone wants to know why we have hate crime enhancements, here's your example.