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This is exactly it. People in Canada I often see blindly pushing for this stuff but they don't realize a lot of police departments here already have had these k
by Fogest 5y ago
This is exactly it. People in Canada I often see blindly pushing for this stuff but they don't realize a lot of police departments here already have had these kinds of resources they utilize and have been having success with them before the BLM stuff got popular. But now the BLM stuff surrounding it makes it focused on the wrong goals and creates controversy and drama and it's rather annoying.
- alisonkisk 5y agoIt's a shame that propopents of good ideas need to mollycoddle fragile egos before the ideas can be approved on their merits. Why is "stop killing Black people" the wrong goal?
- Fogest 5y ago> Why is "stop killing Black people" the wrong goal? Because it perpetuates a false narrative that police are killing black people en-masse which is not true. It also creates a narrative that other races, including white people could not also benefit from mental health specific support. It focuses on one specific group rather than focusing on the fact that everybody has the problem. It creates an unneeded divide in people when really it is uncalled for. It could just as easily be focused on everybody. This is why I still think it is silly to focus on one race when it comes to things like these. Because at the end of the day it is all lives that matter when it comes to mental health, not one specific group. When we focus on support for one specific group that is discriminatory. And that is complete crap. Progress should be focused on benefitting everybody, not giving certain groups advantages based on historical disadvantages. We should be moving forward as a society together, not trying to make up for past issues that the majority of the population weren't even alive for.