re: Article Drops About Oregon St Ace Felony Molestation Conviction

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Our country completely ignores the danger of mental illness

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Our country ignoring mental illness is about the only thing I agree with that you've typed. It is pretty clear you don't know what you are talking about when it comes to these issues. And that is okay, you probably shouldn't be expected to.

But what is frustrating is reading you present these opinions on something you just don't know anything about. You did it earlier when you stated that it is better be dead than to go through sexual abuse, which I think you thought was supportive but actually just communicates a terrible message to victims of abuse.

Here you state that people with mental illness should be:

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Permanently put in the care of a mental environment. Let him work, but only under supervision

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Nearly half the people alive have met criteria for some form of mental illness in their lifetime. What I think you meant were that people with sexual impulses toward kids and people with psychotic disorders (I'm just guessing based on the shooting references although Charleston had nothing to do with that). The vast majority of people who fall into the psychotic disorder categories have no violent impulses. You likely interact with people who have these types of diagnoses on a regular basis and do not know it. It seems like you are simplifying a complex issue. And this is not even getting the questions about resources to monitor (poor funding across the board for mental health), insurance, how to predict who might have a higher susceptibility for violence, etc.