"Mental Health Crisis" v. Availability of Semi-Automated Weapons Crisis. Bullshit.
Republican elected officials - most certainly NOT "leaders" - who flail around trying to distract voters of all political inclinations by crying about a mental health crisis in the U.S. are liars and betrayers.
"Mental Health Crisis" v. Availability of Semi-Automated Weapons Crisis. Bullshit.
Republican elected officials - most certainly NOT "leaders" - who flail around trying to distract voters of all political inclinations by crying about a mental health crisis in the U.S. are liars and betrayers.
The mechanics of any solution to a "mental health crisis" betrays the supposed bedrock principle of the modern Republican Party: the freedom of the individual from the inexorable reach of government*.
To treat a "mental health crisis" would first require massive, legally-enforced (not "enforceable") mandatory and standardized (one-size-fits-all) testing of the the entire population regardless of age, ethnicity, economic strata, or gender.
This from those who so strenuously fought against mandatory vaccination against a disease.
Next, this would require massive hiring of mental health professionals - doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and maintenance personnel to staff just the all-encompassing required testing.
This from people who oppose hiring thousands of IRS employees to help citizens pay their legally required taxes.
We would expect a massive increase in the legal system (judges, staff, facilities) required to process the volume of court orders and challenges to those court orders by those whose testing indicates them as, for instance, "anti-social".
This from those who have been unable to fund the expansion of the immigration court system.
Oddly, Republicans may support the massive expansion of the mandatory mental health facilities required to institutionalize and treat "patients" (victims).
I can almost hear the chants of "Lock [Them] Up!".
*As if such an inflammation as is the currently contrived Republican Party has built itself on any bedrock or principle.
"Mental Health Crisis" v. Availability of Semi-Automated Weapons Crisis. Bullshit.
Republican elected officials - most certainly NOT "leaders" - who flail around trying to distract voters of all political inclinations by crying about a mental health crisis in the U.S. are liars and betrayers.
The mechanics of any solution to a "mental health crisis" betrays the supposed bedrock principle of the modern Republican Party: the freedom of the individual from the inexorable reach of government*.
To treat a "mental health crisis" would first require massive, legally-enforced (not "enforceable") mandatory and standardized (one-size-fits-all) testing of the the entire population regardless of age, ethnicity, economic strata, or gender.
This from those who so strenuously fought against mandatory vaccination against a disease.
Next, this would require massive hiring of mental health professionals - doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and maintenance personnel to staff just the all-encompassing required testing.
This from people who oppose hiring thousands of IRS employees to help citizens pay their legally required taxes.
We would expect a massive increase in the legal system (judges, staff, facilities) required to process the volume of court orders and challenges to those court orders by those whose testing indicates them as, for instance, "anti-social".
This from those who have been unable to fund the expansion of the immigration court system.
Oddly, Republicans may support the massive expansion of the mandatory mental health facilities required to institutionalize and treat "patients" (victims).
I can almost hear the chants of "Lock [Them] Up!".
*As if such an inflammation as is the currently contrived Republican Party has built itself on any bedrock or principle.
Or the use of gas vans (a favorite of fascists in the past).