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They are feigning surprise that she will speak out on issues she addresses everyday in her professional capacity. Did they even look at her (stellar) credentials, listed right on the flyer, before hiring her to speak?

psychiatry as an institution has various problematic pasts and present. “you could put the judge’s wife in a home when he wanted a new wife,” my very old mentor

This post captures perfectly why many have walked away from the APA and will not be co-opted.

Names?

In their defense, it's bad business to go too hard at the very same people you need at your big flashy conference every year. Access is ass-kiss—and invites are revenue—after all.

Boycott their style sheet!!!

Well said. The despot has the mentality of a rapist who tries to steal the dignity or the will of his victims. Avoid being a victim. Fight back. Don’t let the despot steal you freedom and dignity.

History.

So you’re saying that the APA is a joke. Color me shocked.

Whatever the motives of the kneelers in advance, whether it be fear, money, peer pressure, or ideology, they have made themselves collaborators.

Why would you quote Snyder? He holds the door open for fascism while complaining about it and pointing us in the wrong direction to fight it.

Trading your freedom of speech for their reputational security ensures neither.

Snyder is right, and Ukraine is the live case study. Western capitals pre-adapted to Moscow's escalation, offering concessions before they were even demanded. That taught the Kremlin exactly what it could do. Kyivs refusal to obey in advance is why it still stands.