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Kaleva

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27. ACLU fought against confining people against their will and won

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #21)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 07:17 PM

Oct 2022

People who hadn't shown to be a threat to themselves or others and could reasonably care for themselves.

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I've always heard that Reagan eliminated mental health care in the USA [View all] Coventina Oct 2022 OP

👀 underpants Oct 2022 #1

He was still very much in his right mind when he was elected governor of California Hekate Oct 2022 #16

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2022 #2

Yes. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #3

Reagan was a fascist asshole I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #4

That was over 40 years ago Ex Lurker Oct 2022 #8

People forget he was California governor from 1967-1975. That was when he closed down ... Hekate Oct 2022 #17

Why hasn't California reopened them all in the 45 years since Reagan was governor MichMan Oct 2022 #22

Why do you think? Hekate Oct 2022 #26

Probably because since then we've had Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #28

Exactly. paleotn Oct 2022 #30

They have one now, correct? MichMan Oct 2022 #32

Yes, and legislation has been passed recently Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #33

Im mentally ill I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #38

K&R Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #5

The GOP sold it as a way to get patients closer to their homes Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #6

You're right about that. The other part that's often unsaid is Ex Lurker Oct 2022 #10

mentally ill pamdb Oct 2022 #7

As a user of public libraries, I am well aware. Coventina Oct 2022 #9

You are 100% correct. paleotn Oct 2022 #31

At that time Los Angeles was buying one way bus tickets to The_Casual_Observer Oct 2022 #11

Gov Reagan was connected to the businesses making $$ from closing state psych hospitals mnhtnbb Oct 2022 #12

I wish I could rec your post! Coventina Oct 2022 #13

++ appalachiablue Oct 2022 #37

+1 progressoid Oct 2022 #42

I've talked to right-wingers before about the best way to improve the homeless situation Aristus Oct 2022 #14

They need to put sociopaths I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #39

You know this "nostalgia" for the 1950s? Part of it is this: there were no beggars in the streets.... Hekate Oct 2022 #15

He did in CA. demosincebirth Oct 2022 #18

Before, it was much easier to have someone committed Kaleva Oct 2022 #19

And, perhaps it was too easy. Coventina Oct 2022 #20

The issue now is that the mentally ill are in charge of their treatment Kaleva Oct 2022 #24

The evidence based care I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #40

Exactly. I have 2 different friends who each had an adolescent that suffered a psychotic break... Hekate Oct 2022 #25

The shuttered mental hospitals because they wasted money on sick people. Chainfire Oct 2022 #21

ACLU fought against confining people against their will and won Kaleva Oct 2022 #27

Since I have often read this charge, I was waiting to read how Reagan did it. former9thward Oct 2022 #23

It would be nice if more people read your post hardluck Oct 2022 #36

My mother still rants about this to this day. BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #29

Somehow Reagan did it with a Democratic House for his entire two terms MichMan Oct 2022 #34

It's a lot more difficult to build something than to tear something down. Coventina Oct 2022 #35

This was exactly what awakened me politically. Total clarity about the difference between D & R. JudyM Oct 2022 #41