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Olympia, Washington, is a microcosm of the problems created by the emptying of mental hospitals.
Christopher F. Rufo, Winter 2021 Health CarePublic safetyThe Social Order
"The story of American deinstitutionalization has become familiar. In a long arc—from President Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act of 1963 to the present—federal and state governments dismantled mental asylums and released the psychiatrically disturbed into the world. Though there were sometimes brutal abuses in the state mental hospitals of the early twentieth century, the closure of the asylums did not put an end to mental illness. If anything, with the proliferation on the streets of psychosis-inducing drugs such as methamphetamine, the United States has more cases of serious mental illness than ever before—and less capacity to treat and manage them."
Christopher F. Rufo, Winter 2021 Health CarePublic safetyThe Social Order
"The story of American deinstitutionalization has become familiar. In a long arc—from President Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act of 1963 to the present—federal and state governments dismantled mental asylums and released the psychiatrically disturbed into the world. Though there were sometimes brutal abuses in the state mental hospitals of the early twentieth century, the closure of the asylums did not put an end to mental illness. If anything, with the proliferation on the streets of psychosis-inducing drugs such as methamphetamine, the United States has more cases of serious mental illness than ever before—and less capacity to treat and manage them."
The Invisible Asylum | City Journal
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I feel bad for folks with mental issues. However, I do not believe they should be allowed to wake folks up at night while they are walking down the street yelling how they want to go home.
True story. Last night my dogs went crazy around 0200hrs. Agent goofball was walking down the street crying for his mommy.
I Felt bad for the guy, but I and my family have to get up in the am ready to work and go to school.
So, keep it down people.
True story. Last night my dogs went crazy around 0200hrs. Agent goofball was walking down the street crying for his mommy.
I Felt bad for the guy, but I and my family have to get up in the am ready to work and go to school.
So, keep it down people.
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Cpl (Join to see) It’s insane to release the Insane on the streets. Also cruel. Without even looking at the article, I knew this madness had to be Democrat-fueled, they’re always pompously gaslighting their activisms as “compassionate” while Republicans are supp. cruel bastards. But without boundaries and laws, Dems actions end up screwing over the helpless and the citizen.
So I did read the article; “In the name of compassion, we have built a system that may be even crueler than what came before” sums it up.
So I did read the article; “In the name of compassion, we have built a system that may be even crueler than what came before” sums it up.
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Sgt (Join to see) In their quest to be compassionate to the mentally ill, they unleashed indifference and heartlessness on the average citizen who becomes the target of the mentally ill.
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Cpl (Join to see) - Is there really a “quest to be compassionate to the mentally ill?” Like the rulings the Dems use for dealing with immigrants, most of their actions bring a lot suffering and stress to the weak and suffering.
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