Some find it brutal. But if done the right way, for the right people, it can work.
Whoever wrote this byline should be shot.
It’s trying to change policy really around three different issues. First, it’s trying to expand the use of civil commitments; that’s involuntary mental health treatment. It’s usually reserved for people who are a danger to themselves, danger to others, or unable to meet their basic needs. And he’s looking to expand that. It’s not totally clear how he’s gonna do that, because that’s determined by state law, but in any case, that’s one of his objectives.
I fucking Anakin meme’d myself on this one the moment I read the sub-headline.
“Trump’s controversial homelessness solution? Blue states have done it for years.”
“And both are in the wrong, right?”
“Some find it brutal. But if done the right way, for the right people, it can work.”
“…”
“for the right people it can work” is a nice way of saying that the people who get stuffed into a blender don’t matter, and the real victims are in fact the parasites who have to look at the result of their work.