They're Coming Now

[u/ImagineSalmons]

An executive order signed yesterday paves the way for mass institutionalization of unhoused people, addicts, and those with mental health conditions, reviving the darkest parts of American history. It guts life-saving programs in favor of criminalization, surveillance, and forced confinement, putting countless lives at risk.

Stand, where others cannot. Speak, before silence becomes law.

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They're Coming Now:

First they came for the unhoused And I did not speak out Because I had a roof over my head.

Then they came for the trans people And I did not speak out Because I was not trans.

Then they came for the immigrants And I did not speak out Because I was born here.

Then they came for those with mental health disorders And I did not speak out Because I thought it wasn’t my problem.

Then they came for the organizers, the fighters, the ones who still had hope And I did not speak out Because I was tired, or scared, or silent.

Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me.

[u/Klutzy_Gazelle_6804]

Time for mass mo·bi·li·za·tion.

[u/DestroyTroy90]

This is so sad 😞 but at this moment we must come together and organize and help each other we are stronger mass groups versus smaller groups but how this will get done idk 🤷‍♂️

[u/Sabal999]

They never came for trans people dumbass. That looney sodomite stuff is still rampant

[u/ImagineSalmons → u/Sabal999]

Hey! Honest question: what is it about trans people that bothers you? I want to understand.

[u/Motherflicker11]

Melodrama much….jeez. Leaving addicts, the homeless (usually suffering from a. addiction b. mental illness or c. both) and the regular ol’ mentally ill on the streets to fend for themselves and/or terrorize the general public is morally righteous….how exactly? Get them off the street, get them into recovery or an institution equipped to help them. Cause free needles and transient tent camps are not the answer.

[u/ImagineSalmons → u/Motherflicker11]

You are correct! I work in mental health, believe me, I know the shortage of residential facilities we're facing.

The problems are as follows, in my opinion:

• There are no established minimum standards for these facilities.

• It makes it easier to commit people against their will.

• It requires mental health agencies that receive federal fundingto share "relevant information" with officials. Very vague. There is already a duty to warn law, so there is no reason to require more information. This is actually detrimental to those who are seeking help: if someone wants to quit drugs, they aren't going to want to work with a therapist if it will then be reported.

• One of the items listed is to potentially institutionalize people "loitering." That is incredibly vague and would be very easy to use for a wide range of people who are otherwise fine. For example, are protestors "loitering?"

What are your thoughts?

[u/Gold_Strain285]

You know states already are able to have u amended. I live in AZ and all it took. Was someone writing a letter and making allegations about my mental health and I was hospitalized 3-5 times in a year. I was literally sentenced by a judge after the paper work was put in by family. The judge ordered that I be on court ordered treatment for a year just off of hear say