How the ACLU closed mental hospitals and created homelessness. Said a leading civil rights attorney in 1974, “They [the patients] are better off outside the hospital with no care than they are inside with no care. The hospitals are what really do damage to people.”

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I remember the craziest moment of one flew over the cuckoos nest was the moment mcmurphy realized all the other crazy people were there by choice. I do think the system got abused and people wanted to get into the insane asylums for an easy life, today some commit crimes to get into prison on purpose to get free room and board but those conditions are usually a bit harsher so it's not as big a problem. You have to keep conditions harsh so people don't want to go there, but then it becomes cruel and unusual punishment which is unconstitutional.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

today some commit crimes to get into prison on purpose to get free room and board

Who? Name him.

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your link is about that

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

People who deliberately go into prison? No.

Name him or retract the claim.

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always read your own links. Are you just spamming actually?

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nope. The ACLU's cuplability for beginning the homeless epidemic is one of my pet topics. After the disaster happened, the media pinned the blame on Reagan and forgot that the ACLU ever committed this monstrous crime.

Are you referring to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? That is a work of fiction.