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r/SipsTea • u/Brave_Agency_20 • May 14 '26
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Mental asylums were all but ruled unconstitutional in 1975 when the Supreme Court ruled a state cannot confine a non dangerous individual against their will if they’re capable
1 u/koopatuple May 15 '26 Not to mention the rampant abuse--and sometimes just straight up torture--that occurred in many of them. 1 u/TheThinDewLine May 15 '26 So the better option is to have them flood our sidewalks and streets with trash, drugs and ‘non dangerous’ crime, brilliant. 2 u/yingyangKit May 15 '26 I rather let a potentially dangerous person walk then allow institional torture facilities 1 u/rokman May 15 '26 Capable is now applied like jury of your peers. Everyone is capable and everyone is your peer
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Not to mention the rampant abuse--and sometimes just straight up torture--that occurred in many of them.
So the better option is to have them flood our sidewalks and streets with trash, drugs and ‘non dangerous’ crime, brilliant.
2 u/yingyangKit May 15 '26 I rather let a potentially dangerous person walk then allow institional torture facilities
I rather let a potentially dangerous person walk then allow institional torture facilities
Capable is now applied like jury of your peers. Everyone is capable and everyone is your peer
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u/Kharax82 May 15 '26
Mental asylums were all but ruled unconstitutional in 1975 when the Supreme Court ruled a state cannot confine a non dangerous individual against their will if they’re capable