08-09-2019, 02:40 PM
Aren't most mentally ill people non-violent? And aren't the mentally ill more likely to be the victims of crimes than the perpetrators? Maybe I"m going overboard for the sake of argument (again) but isn't it possible that the mentally ill (as the common American understands mental illness, ie, not that much) are getting railroaded on this one?
It must be strange to be, say a responsible and medicated person with a mental illness who hasn't killed or harmed anyone, watching people declare your type as being so dangerous that your rights need to be taken away. Also, what diagnosed mental illness did this shooter have? Sure, there is a crazy aspect to doing stuff like this, but that doesn't mean every crazy person needs to be denied constitutional rights due to some guilt by association.
THere is my hot take of the day. The mentally ill are poorly understood and poorly represented enough within this country that we are going to gleefully tie them to mass murderers and take away their rights.
It must be strange to be, say a responsible and medicated person with a mental illness who hasn't killed or harmed anyone, watching people declare your type as being so dangerous that your rights need to be taken away. Also, what diagnosed mental illness did this shooter have? Sure, there is a crazy aspect to doing stuff like this, but that doesn't mean every crazy person needs to be denied constitutional rights due to some guilt by association.
THere is my hot take of the day. The mentally ill are poorly understood and poorly represented enough within this country that we are going to gleefully tie them to mass murderers and take away their rights.
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