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		LordHumungous on July 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Invo... It's very hard in America to send people to treatment against their will, so they end up on the streets.

dbcurtis on July 13, 2019 [–]

This. In the Bad Old Days, the US had the habit of over-institutionalizing people. The pendulum has now swung. We replaced a system that was inhumane and lacking in nuance with a system that is inhumane and lacking in nuance.

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