Yeah, I made some sort of stupid comment when I first heard about this story. But I’m finding it really really disturbing that the people who are first responders did NOTHING for the man attacked for a really long time. While he was writhing on the floor they set up crime scene tape and apparently took pictures on their phones to share. Repulsive.
Attention, internet: Enough with the zombie apocalypse meme. ENOUGH. In general, I need you to stop talking to me about zombies, vampires, werewolves, unicorns, bacon, cupcakes, Chuck Norris if that’s still happening, and “I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.” Stop.
Great quote from the article:
In place of (costly and arguably inhumane) warehousing of the mentally ill, the plan for decades in Washington state has been to provide aggressive outpatient case management. Psychosis, bipolar disease, depression, anxiety and others are all treatable diseases. The notion—and it’s not a bad idea at its core—is to use an army of social workers (state employees) to keep mentally ill people in the community engaged with treatment and the community safe.
Over the same decades, our investment in social services has dwindled. Right-wing propagandists like the Seattle Times’s editorial board, Tim Eyman, and everyone you know who has uttered the phrase ‘a more efficient state government’ are directly responsible for our social service network being gutted, the many safety nets being left tattered and unmanned.
The reign of radical right wing financial policy in Washington State has left (the richest of) us with some of the lowest tax burdens of any community in the United States. The cost is a day like today.
(Via a friend - thanks Nicole!)
