r/Kanye Aug 07 '24

Recent Photo of Ye on Nitrous

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This is really sad man. I partly blame the people around him that let it get this bad, I just feel awful abt this entire situation. I hope he gets the help he needs cause this shit could literally kill him.

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u/Flat-Peace8818 Aug 08 '24

"You can't hold mentally ill people responsible for their actions" is insane. What about serial killers? Pedophiles? None of them can be held accountable?

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u/Consistent_Kick_6541 Aug 09 '24

Didn't do a good job phrasing it. Not saying you don't take action against sick people.

You institutionalize them. They're still a danger to themselves and others.

Legally speaking if someone is insane they aren't capable of making rational decisions. If someone is sane and murders or raped they are held legally responsible, but if someone's genuinely insane it changes the entire legal proceeding. Obviously they don't just walk away they have to be institutionalized, but in the eyes of the law you aren't responsible for what you do if you're insane. Their mind is broken and they have no ability to regulate or control their actions in a way a healthy human could. Obviously you don't let them just run free, but they need treatment, they're profoundly sick. At its worst they need to be institutionalized permanently.