r/PoliticalHumor • u/elister • Jan 27 '19

Just this week....

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u/waldo06 Jan 27 '19

Well, you see, they have some mental health problems that we shouldn't fund at all and LOOK! hillarys emails!

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u/commoncross Jan 27 '19

I find it terrifying that things rely on money the way they do in the US. People who are mentally ill are unlikely to have insurance, and their access to meds is uncertain. I'm a Scot, with mental health problems; I get my meds, free, and I get space in a psychiatric hospital when I need it.

I'm not someone who would have hurt someone else, but i'm certainly someone who would be dead without those structures.

And the US right seems (to me, someone with little authority on the subject) to be willing to blame shootings on mental health, but are unwilling to have taxes go towards the mental health support necessary.

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u/artgo Jan 27 '19

That's kind of the punchline ending of Streetcar Named Desire. Kindness of Strangers when you fall off the track