"Mental health services, as they currently exist, are far from perfect. This is for reasons both scientific—the brain is an incredibly complex system—and social—frankly, many mental health professionals can be condescending, ableist assholes (and oftentimes racist/sexist/homophobic, etc). It is incredibly presumptuous to state that had Loughner only received “treatment” he never would have killed all these people. There’s no way to know that. And perfectly “normal” people commit horrible acts everyday. Yes, there are real issues with mental health access which need to be addressed, but let’s not pretend that “treatment” is a cure-all for all violence."
— Sarah, The Conversations We Should (And Shouldn’t) Be Having at Cat in a Dog’s World
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